Cheryl Leigh was born in Toxteth, Liverpool and attended the Liverpool Theatre School for three years. Following the completion of her drama training, her first acting jobs were small roles on TV when she appeared in the BBC's run of 'Play for Today' in 'The Muscle Market' (1981), the 12th episode of the 11th season of BBC4 television series, in which the building boss, played by Pete Postlethwaite, employs people cheaply by being complicit in the social security fraud of his employees, and then in 'Ruby in the Traffic', 'Iris in the Rain' (1981), were she played a punk, and 'Sweet Nothings' and 'Good Companions'. Her first proper role was in Alan Bleasdale's 'Boys From the Blackstuff (1982), in which she played a social security snooper posing as an Avon lady. Next was an appearance as a P.A. in the television film of the popular series 'Give Us a Break' (1984) starring Robert Lindsay and Paul McGann. Cherl's main acting role came playing Vicki Cleary in the Channel 4 soap 'Brookside' where she was a prominent character who appeared in 27 episodes from 1985 to 1987. A notable storyline involved her relationship with Terry Sullivan.
After leaving Brookside, as Sue Sullivan, she was in 4 episodes of 'Liverpool 1', the television drama series centred on the work of a fictional Merseyside Police vice squad produced by Lime Street Productions for ITV. In it she played the wife of John Sullivan, played by Paul Usher, who is the main antagonist of the series. It was also revealed that D.C. Callaghan, played by Mark Womak, previously had a relationship with Sullivan's wife, Sue, before they got together. Cheryl's final appearance was as Mrs Jackson in one episode of 'Nice Guy Eddie' (2002) in which wisecracking Private Investigator Eddie McMullen deals with small problems and everyday people on the streets of Liverpool before returning home to tackle the dramas of family life amid his wife, mother, and daughters.
Running parallel to her acting commitments, Cheryl is also a talented singer and fronted and played the guitar with the rock band 'Word for Word' and co-wrote the bands material with Dave Lorentz. During the summer of 1986, the band played at the 'Soap Aid' concert for the benefit of African relief.
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