Suzanne Procter appeared in Coronation Street in February 2014 as Fran Heath, the mother of Maddie Heath. She trained at the Hertfordshire Theatre School and has also appeared in Casualty, Doctors, Jekyll, Blackpool, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Pass It On. In the theatre she has appeared in many plays including The Jolly Folly of Polly the Scottish Trolley Dolly, The International Festival of Lilliput, The Wizard of Oz and In Conversation with an Acid Bath Murderer