Sarah Lancashire

Sarah Lancashire

ActorDirector Oct 10 (age 61) Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK 1987–2024 (37 year career)

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Biography

Sarah Lancashire is an English actress whose career began in 1986. Lancashire's first acting roles were in local theatre, with small guest roles in television dramas and sitcoms. After coming to public attention with roles in popular programmes including Coronation Street (1991-1996, 2000), Where the Heart Is (1997–1999) and Clocking Off (2000), Lancashire signed a two-year golden handcuffs contract with the ITV network, appearing exclusively in ITV1 programming for the next two years. Lancashir…

Known For

Yesterday

Yesterday

Liz (Liverpool Stranger)

Happy Valley

Happy Valley

Catherine Cawood

Black Doves

Black Doves

Mrs. Reed

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Nelly Dean

The Paradise

The Paradise

Miss Audrey

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Margaret New

Lark Rise to Candleford

Lark Rise to Candleford

Adult Laura

Julia

Julia

Julia Child

Filmography

Acting (52)

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Movies (21)

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

as Margaret New

Yesterday

Yesterday

as Liz (Liverpool Stranger)

Christmas at St Paul's

Christmas at St Paul's

Dad's Army

Dad's Army

as Mrs. Pike

The First Film

The First Film

as Lizze Le Prince (voice)

Fair Cop: A Century of British Policewomen

Fair Cop: A Century of British Policewomen

as Narrator

The Dresser

The Dresser

as Madge

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

as Beaty

Sex, the City and Me

Sex, the City and Me

as Ruth Gilbert

Angel Cake

as Elaine Wilson

Cherished

Cherished

as Angela Cannings

In Search of Tony Blair

In Search of Tony Blair

as Self (Narrator)

Sons & Lovers

Sons & Lovers

as Gertrude Morel

The Cry

as Meg Bartlet

Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl

as Rachel Jones

Gentlemen's Relish

Gentlemen's Relish

as Violtet Askey

Back Home

Back Home

as Peggy Dickinson

Seeing Red

Seeing Red

as Coral Atkins

My Fragile Heart

My Fragile Heart

as Trina Lavery

Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special

Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special

as Raquel Watts

Exam Conditions

as Secretary

Television (31)

Black Doves

Black Doves

as Mrs. Reed

Julia

Julia

as Julia Child

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

as Gwen

The Accident

The Accident

as Polly Bevan

Edwardian Britain in Colour

Edwardian Britain in Colour

as Self - Narrator

Kiri

Kiri

as Miriam Grayson

School of Roars

School of Roars

as Mrs. Twirlyhorn

Happy Valley

Happy Valley

as Catherine Cawood

The Paradise

The Paradise

as Miss Audrey

Last Tango in Halifax

Last Tango in Halifax

as Caroline

Five Daughters

Five Daughters

as Rosemary Nicholls

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

as Nelly Dean

All the Small Things

All the Small Things

as Esther Caddick

Lark Rise to Candleford

Lark Rise to Candleford

as Adult Laura

Skins

Skins

as Mary

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

as Mrs Corney

Angel Cake

as Elaine Wilson

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as Miss Foster

The Rotters' Club

The Rotters' Club

as Barbara Chase

Rose and Maloney

Rose and Maloney

The Cry

The Cry

as Meg Bartlett

The Glass

The Glass

as Carol Parker

Clocking Off

Clocking Off

as Yvonne Kolakowski

Chambers

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

as Ruth Goddard

Bloomin' Marvellous

as Liz Deakin

Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid

as Karen Sullivan

About Face

Going Live!

Going Live!

as Self

Watching

Watching

as Ms. Linden

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

as Raquel Wolstenhulme / Raquel Watts

Crew (1)

Television (1)

The Afternoon Play

The Afternoon Play

Director