Name
Sarah Lancashire
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1964-10-10 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
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. Lancashire has continued to work extensively across a variety of television drama genres, including guest appearances, regular roles in returning series and with featured roles in standalone miniseries' and television films. Her more prolific work includes the drama series' Lark Rise to Candleford (2008-2011), Last Tango in Halifax (2012-2020) and Happy Valley (2014, 2016, 2023).
Lancashire has appeared in the feature films And When Did You Last See Your Father? and Dad's Army and has returned to West End Theatre several times since her 1990 stint in Blood Brothers. Her combined acting credits have earned Lancashire a number of awards and nominations over a career spanning four decades and a prominent status within the British Television Industry of the 21st century. Lancashire was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama.
Known For
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A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard ...
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One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of tour...
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Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams...
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The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father....
- 2001 Gentlemen's Relish as Violtet Askey
- 1992 Exam Conditions as Secretary
- 1995 Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special as Raquel Watts
- 2003 Sons & Lovers as Gertrude Morel
- 2007 And When Did You Last See Your Father? as Beaty
- 2016 Dad's Army as Mrs. Pike
- 2015 The Dresser as Madge
- 2007 Sex, the City and Me as Ruth Gilbert
- 2002 Birthday Girl as Rachel Jones
- 2001 Back Home as Peggy Dickinson
- 2000 Seeing Red as Coral Atkins
- 2005 Cherished as Angela Cannings
- 2006 Angel Cake as Elaine Wilson
- 2015 Fair Cop: A Century of British Policewomen as Narrator
- 2015 The First Film as Lizze Le Prince (voice)
- 2019 Yesterday as Liz (Liverpool Stranger)
- 2021 Everybody's Talking About Jamie as Margaret New
- 2000 My Fragile Heart as Trina Lavery
- 2018 Christmas at St Paul's
- 2004 In Search of Tony Blair as Self (Narrator)
- 2003 Strike: When Britain Went to War as Self - Narrator(voice)
- 2004 Amazing Gracie as Self (Narrator)
- 2007 Skins ( 1 episode ) as Mary
- 2000 Chambers ( 6 episodes ) as Ruth Quirke
- 2022 Julia ( 16 episodes ) as Julia Child
- 2008 Lark Rise to Candleford ( 40 episodes ) as Adult Laura
- 2009 Wuthering Heights ( 2 episodes ) as Nelly Dean
- 2005 The Rotters' Club ( 3 episodes ) as Barbara Chase
- 2006 Angel Cake ( 1 episode ) as Elaine Wilson
- 2010 Five Daughters ( 3 episodes ) as Rosemary Nicholls
- 2012 Last Tango in Halifax ( 24 episodes ) as Caroline
- 2005 Doctor Who ( 1 episode ) as Miss Foster
- 2014 Happy Valley ( 18 episodes ) as Catherine Cawood
- 2012 The Paradise ( 8 episodes ) as Miss Audrey
- 2020 Alan Bennett's Talking Heads ( 1 episode ) as Gwen
- 1989 About Face ( 1 episode ) as Rebecca
- 2001 The Glass ( 6 episodes ) as Carol Parker
- 2024 Black Doves ( 6 episodes ) as Mrs. Reed
- 2018 Kiri ( 4 episodes ) as Miriam Grayson
- 1987 Going Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 All the Small Things ( 6 episodes ) as Esther Caddick
- 1960 Coronation Street ( 209 episodes ) as Raquel Watts
- 1960 Coronation Street ( 7 episodes ) as Raquel Wolstenhulme / Raquel Watts
- 1997 Bloomin' Marvellous ( 8 episodes ) as Liz Deakin
- 2019 The Accident ( 4 episodes ) as Polly Bevan
- 2002 The Cry ( 4 episodes ) as Meg Bartlett
- 2017 School of Roars ( 52 episodes ) as Mrs. Twirlyhorn
- 1987 Watching ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Linden
- 2007 Oliver Twist ( 5 episodes ) as Mrs Corney
- 2000 Clocking Off ( 6 episodes ) as Yvonne Kolakowski
- 2019 Edwardian Britain in Colour ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
- 1991 Murder Most Horrid ( 1 episode ) as Karen Sullivan
- 1997 Where the Heart Is ( 30 episodes ) as Ruth Goddard
- 1983 Dramarama ( 1 episode ) as Janice Dobbs
- 2002 Rose and Maloney ( 11 episodes ) as Rose Linden
- 2010 Upstairs Downstairs ( 2 episodes ) as Miss Whisset
- 1998 Verdict ( 1 episode ) as Anne Cloves QC
- 1989 Bradley ( 1 episode ) as Wendy
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode ) as Girl on Train
- 2008 Inspector George Gently ( 1 episode ) as Mallory Brown
- 2019 MotherFatherSon ( 8 episodes ) as Angela Howard
