Sarah Lancashire Bio | Wiki
Sarah Lancashire is a noted OBE English actress. She is known for her roles on screen and stage and has earned various accolades over a career spanning four decades. She was cast at Coronation Street, Where the Heart Is, Clocking Off, and Seeing Red. Moreover, she signed a two-year golden handcuffs contract with the ITV network which made her the UK’s highest-paid television actress in July 2000.
Also, she had tv show roles in costume dramas Oliver Twist, Lark Rise to Candleford, and The Paradise. She became known for her roles in the drama series Last Tango in Halifax, Happy Valley, and Julia. In addition, she appeared in Dad’s Army, and West End theatre productions Blood Brothers in 1990 and Guys and Dolls.
Sarah Lancashire Age
She was born on October 10, 1964, in Oldham, Lancashire, England. Lancashire is 58 years old.
Sarah Lancashire Height
She is a woman of tall stature. Lancashire stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx 1.73 m).
Sarah Lancashire Family
She was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England to loving parents. Lancashire is the daughter of Hilda, who worked as Geoffrey’s personal assistant, and Geoffrey Lancashire was a television scriptwriter for Coronation Street. Her father wrote situation comedies such as The Cuckoo Waltz. She grew up along with three brothers Simon Lancashire, James Lancashire, and John Lancashire. When she was 17, she started to suffer from clinical depression.
Sarah Lancashire Husband
She married her loving husband television executive Peter Salmo at a low-key ceremony held at Langar Hall, Nottinghamshire in August 2001. The two welcomed a son Joseph Peter Salmon in March 2003. Previously, she was married to Gary Hargreaves from 1987 to 1997 when she was 22 years old.
Lancashire stated that she only married because she became pregnant and possessed both a traditional outlook and a fear of the stigma of having a child out of wedlock. Gary and Lancashire had two sons Thomas born in 1987 and Matthew born in 1989.
Sarah Lancashire Education
She studied at Oldham Hulme Grammar School from 1976 to 1981. She won a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and realized that she enjoyed acting. Further, she graduated in 1986, describing her time as a student there as “tremendous” but “seriously hard work and quite intimidating”.
Sarah Lancashire Movies and Tv Shows
Movies
- And When Did You Last See Your Father? as Beaty in 2007
- Dad’s Army as Mavis Pike in 2016
- Yesterday as Liz (Liverpool Stranger) in 2019
- Everybody’s Talking About Jamie as Margaret New in 2021
Tv Shows
- Coronation Street as Wendy Farmer in 1987
- About Face as Rebecca in 1991
- Coronation Street as Raquel Wolstenhulme (later Watts) from 1991 to 1996 and 2000
- Where the Heart is as Ruth Goddard from 1997 to 1999
- Murder Most Horrid as Karen Sullivan in 1999
- Rose and Maloney as Rose Linden from 2002 to 2005
- Doctor Who as Ms. Foster in 2008
- Lark Rise to Candleford as Adult Laura Timmins from 2008 to 2011
- The Paradise as Miss Audrey from 2012 to 2013
- Last Tango in Halifax as Caroline McKenzie Dawson from 2012 to 2020
- Happy Valley as Catherine Cawood from 2014 to 2023
- Kiri as Miriam Grayson in 2018
- The Accident as Polly Bevan in 2019
- Julia as Julia Child from 2022 to present
Sarah Lancashire 2021
In 2021, she had a starring role in the biographical coming-of-age musical comedy-drama film, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. The movie follows and is based upon the true-life story of 16-year-old British schoolboy Jamie Campbell, as he overcomes prejudice and bullying, to step out of the darkness and become a drag queen.
Sarah Lancashire Coronation Street
He first made a brief appearance in Coronation Street as Wendy Farmer, a prospective lodger of series regular Jack Duckworth in 1987. She then auditioned for the role of the new Coronation Street character Raquel Wolstenhulme, a colleague of supermarket employee Curly Watts. She played the role until 1996 when she left due to her heavy work schedule and desire to pursue other projects.
Moreover, she starred in the spin-off straight-to-video film Coronation Street – The Cruise in December 1995. Lancashire returned to Coronation Street for one episode in which Raquel asks Curly for a divorce in January 2000.
Sarah Lancashire Doctor Who
In 2008, she appeared in the opening episode of the 2008 series Doctor Who, as “an enigmatic and powerful businesswoman” who Lancashire described as a “warped Mary Poppins”. The British science fiction television series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human.
Sarah Lancashire Happy Valley
She had a starring role in a British crime drama television series, Happy Valley from 2014 to 2023. Lancashire played Sgt Catherine Cawood a strong-willed police sergeant in West Yorkshire, still coming to terms with the suicide of her teenage daughter, Becky, eight years earlier. Additionally, the series has 18 episodes in three series.
Sarah Lancashire Net Worth
Lancashire is a noted 58 years old OBE English actress who has a net worth of $20 Million.
How Tall Is Sarah Lancashire
Lancashire is a woman of tall stature and is 5 ft 8 in.
How Old Is Sarah Lancashire
Lancashire is 58 years old born on October 10, 1964, in Oldham, Lancashire, England.