Yvonne Gidden appeared on Coronation Street in May 2015 as the Judge who presided over the custody hearing of Max Turner at Weatherfield Combined Courts in May 2015. Having trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, her other credits include roles in Angels, Wolcott, The Brief, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, Inspector Morse, Desmond's, London's Burning and Casualty. She has also appeared in stage productions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Harder They Come, Rose Bernd, The Member of the Wedding, Musik and Bites.