Dystin Johnson

Dystin Johnson is a British film and television actress. Johnson is best-known for playing Norma Starkey in Shameless. She has also had parts in Prime Suspect: The Final Act, Eastenders, The Bill and Holby City. She was also in the Paul Merton's Silent Clowns documentary on BBC Four as herself, in 2006. She also plays Rossetti Wordsworth in children's TV show The Story Makers Originally made an appearance in The Bill as an extra playing the part ... more

Dystin Johnson is a British film and television actress. Johnson is best-known for playing Norma Starkey in Shameless. She has also had parts in Prime Suspect: The Final Act, Eastenders, The Bill and Holby City. She was also in the Paul Merton's Silent Clowns documentary on BBC Four as herself, in 2006. She also plays Rossetti Wordsworth in children's TV show The Story Makers Originally made an appearance in The Bill as an extra playing the part of a mother of a young girl who tries to commit suicide. In the next season she became a regular playing the part of Nurse Duffy. Since then she has had several small parts in Silent Witness and Waking the dead. Most recently she has appeared in Shameless playing the lovable yet hatable character of Norma, the family's mother's girlfriend (at least sometimes). less