Katy Cavanagh-Jupe is an English actress and writer who trained at RADA in London and has appeared regularly on British television since 1997. Her breakout role was Mel in the award-winning series The Cops from 1998 to 2001. In 2004, she had a regular role as Sergeant Dawn "Spike" Milligan in the television series Dalziel and Pascoe. Then in 2008, she joined the ITV soap opera Coronation Street to create the irrepressible Julie Carp. After 7 years on the show (and 3 kids later), Katy decided to explore other creative avenues. She has since appeared in a wide variety of film, TV and theatre, as well as forging a path as a screenwriter, with her first short film in post production and several feature and TV projects in development.
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Biography from IMDb.
- December 12, 1973 (52)
- North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK
- Actor, also producer
- 14 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
What are Katy Cavanagh-Jupe's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Katy Cavanagh-Jupe's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (8).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Katy Cavanagh-Jupe's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
32 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
One Last Deal(2026)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
& Sons(2025)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Dreamin' Wild(2022)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Magician's Elephant(2023)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all filmsFridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Bradford-Halifax-London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Cracker: Nine Eleven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Not Going Out(2006)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all showsThe Family Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Sarah Smile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
A Line in the Sand(2004)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Shameless(2004)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
This World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Blue Murder(2003)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Rehab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Burn It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Royal(2003)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all showsTed and Alice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Judge John Deed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Bob & Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Ice Cool Reception (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Walter: The secret life of a victorian pornographer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Sex 'n' Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midsomer Murders(1997)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Dalziel and Pascoe(1996)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Wycliffe(1993)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Peak Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The Bill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Psyche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 65th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 31 titles, 30 of them dated from 1984 to 2026; peak year 2023.
Film career
Peak 2023 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1996Screen debut· Dalziel and Pascoe
- 2017First film· Murder on the Blackpool Express
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Katy Cavanagh-Jupe's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Katy Cavanagh-Jupe work with?
People who share at least 2 of Katy Cavanagh-Jupe's MovieCove titles; Noah Jupe shares the most, 2.
- Noah JupeShared titles: & Sons (2025), Dreamin' Wild (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Noah Jupe
