entitled to be addressed as "The Honourable Susan Nicholls". Nicholls was married to Mark Eden from 1993 until his death in 2021; Eden appeared as Alan Bradley on Coronation Street from 1986 until 1989. In 2011, while watching an episode of Coronation Street, Sister Anna Bianconi-Moore, a Senior nurse at the dermatology department at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, noticed a mole on Nicholls' shoulder. The nurse contacted the show immediately via email to express her concerns. Nicholls was seen by Zeena Islam – Coronation Street's in-house doctor, who referred her to a skin cancer specialist, where she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. After the mole was surgically removed, ITV contacted Bianconi-Moore to inform her of the situation and she was invited to the Coronation Street set to meet Nicholls. Awards and nominations References External links Sue Nicholls at the British Film Institute Sue Nicholls (Aveleyman) 1943 births Living people English television actresses English soap opera actresses People from Walsall Daughters of life peers Alumni of RADA People educated at Abbots Bromley School for Girls Conservative Party (UK) people