Cherylee Houston MBE
Cherylee has played Izzy Armstrong in Coronation Street since 2010. She has had six seasons of Tinsel Girl, her memoir based plays on Radio 4. Prior to Coronation Street she had various television roles including Dorothy in I’m with Stupid the first disabled led comedy in 2006, Little Britain, Holby City and many others.
Prior to founding TripleC, Cherylee ran Big House Theatre Company which ran many initiatives around disabled actors audition technique and access to Youth Theatre. Cherylee built on this experience when she founded TripleC to challenge the way disabled people access the arts.
Cherylee is on the RTS North West committee and a board member at WFTV, she is also a member of the Arts Council Area North Council and The Arts Council’s Disability Advisory Group.
Cherylee was awarded the Achievement of The Year Award at The Women in Film And Television Awards 2019 and more recently The Doubleday Award. Cherylee received an MBE in the New Years honours list 2022 for services to disabled people and drama.