Cherylee Houston MBE

Cherylee has played Izzy Armstrong in Coronation Street for the last thirteen years. She has had aix seasons of Tinsel Girl, her memoir based plays on Radio 4, including three series on Woman’s Hour. She is the cofounder of TripleC who run DANC, The Disabled Artists Networking Community with over 1600 deaf, disabled and / or neurodivergent creatives and allies. TripleC won the Bafta Special Award in 2022 at The Craft Awards for their work in disability and television. Cherylee was awarded the Achievement of The Year Award at The Women in Film And Television Awards 2019 and more recently The Doubleday Award, from Manchester University’s Centre for Patient Experience, for significant contribution to patient care. Cherylee started the #TakingTheDis hashtag to promote the different life experiences of disabled people. TripleC is dedicated to changing the way disabled people are included in and access the arts, ensuring the way we are reflected in the media impacts on the way we (disabled people) are treated in society.

Cherylee received an MBE in the New Years honours list 2022 for services to disabled people and drama.