Ivy-Rae Regan
In her 60s, Ivy-Rae Regan is a fierce, lean, northern soul dancer.
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Married to Chizzler, they have an open relationship.
Ivy-Rae has a ferocious sex drive and has various dalliances with different men, but always returns home to Chizzler.
Sue Johnston on Ivy-Rae
Sue takes on one of the boldest characters she has ever played.
She has this very upfront sex life, which you don’t see very often on television with women of my age
"It was an adventure playing Ivy-Rae because she is completely different to the role I am usually cast as. Debbie Horsfield (writer) doesn’t bow down to age when it comes to Ivy-Rae; she goes dancing, she works and she runs around with men young enough to be her sons. She is brutally honest with those around her and if you don’t like it, that is tough.
She doesn’t give a toss about what people think about her and there is a freedom in that. She also has this very upfront sex life, which you don’t see very often on television with women of my age. Most people are pretending it doesn’t happen but Ivy-Rae is very open about it. She is a dynamo."
Sue talks about the interesting relationship her character has with her on-screen husband, Chizzler, played by Struan Rodger:
"Her husband introduced swinging into their relationship and Ivy-Rae went along with it but it soon all went wrong. He is now in a wheelchair and so is no longer very active, but Ivy-Rae continues to be very active.
"She loves to dance and the men with whom she has these dalliances with are mostly her dance partners, who she is most likely just using for their fast cars and dance experience. She does have a fling with a Brazilian Northern soul dancer in the series. He is ‘Mr Smooth’. The actor who played him, Richard (Calkin), is a professional dancer and so could really dance which was great."
