Sarah Lancashire

Born: 1964-10-04

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.


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as Liz (Liverpool Stranger)
Released: 2019-06-26

Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are...

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Dad's Army

as Mrs. Pike
Released: 2016-02-05

A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard...

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The Dresser

as Madge
Released: 2015-10-31

One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring...

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as Margaret New
Released: 2021-09-10

Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of...

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When Did You Last See Your Father?

as Beaty
Released: 2007-10-05

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.

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Birthday Girl

as Rachel Jones
Released: 2002-12-22

A woman decides to celebrate her recovery from leukaemia by throwing a party. But before the big...

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Sex, the City and Me

as Ruth Gilbert
Released: 2007-06-16

Fast-paced and powerful drama set in the high-octane world of the City of London.

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Seeing Red

as Coral Atkins
Released: 2000-03-19

Coral Atkins, a British soap star of the 1970s, becomes deeply affected by the plight of...

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Sons & Lovers

as Gertrude Morel
Released: 2003-01-12

Filmmaker Stephen Whittaker adapts author D.H. Lawrence's simmering tale of sex, love, and...

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Cherished

as Angela Cannings
Released: 2005-02-22

A drama based on the true story of Angela Cannings, who was wrongly convicted of killing two of...

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Back Home

as Peggy Dickinson
Released: 2001-10-22

The war in Europe is over, but the one at home has only just begun. The Second World War is...

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Gentlemen's Relish

as Violtet Askey
Released: 2001-01-01

The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When...

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The First Film

as Lizze Le Prince (voice)
Released: 2015-07-03

Leeds born filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson's thirty three year quest to prove that the worlds...

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Fair Cop: A Century of British Policewomen

as Narrator
Released: 2015-03-16

With 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of the first British policewoman being given the power...

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My Fragile Heart

as Trina Lavery
Released: 2000-09-17

Trina Lavery returns home to Stoke after 20 years, to look after her ill mother. She learns that...

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Christmas at St Paul's

as uncredited
Released: 2018-12-24

For the first time in its history, St Paul's has granted the BBC privileged access to film...

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Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special

as Raquel Watts
Released: 1995-12-09

Some burning questions will be answered when five of our best loved Coronation Street characters...

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Doctor Who

as Miss Foster
First aired: 2005-03-26

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...

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Coronation Street

as Raquel Wolstenhulme / Raquel Watts
First aired: 1960-12-09

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them...

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Coronation Street

as Raquel Watts
First aired: 1960-12-09

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them...

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Skins

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-01-25

Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable...

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The One Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2006-08-14

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD....

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Happy Valley

as Catherine Cawood
First aired: 2014-04-29

Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and...

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Happy Valley

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-04-29

Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and...

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School of Roars

as Mrs. Twirlyhorn
First aired: 2017-02-06

Class is in session for mini-monsters Wufflebump, Meepa, Icklewoo, Wingston and Yummble, who...

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Where the Heart Is

as Ruth Goddard
First aired: 1997-04-06

Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the fictional Yorkshire...

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Lark Rise to Candleford

as Adult Laura
First aired: 2008-01-13

Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the...

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Last Tango in Halifax

as Caroline
First aired: 2012-11-20

Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put...

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Julia

as Julia Child
First aired: 2022-03-31

Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in...

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Murder Most Horrid

as Karen Sullivan
First aired: 1991-11-14

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various...

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The Paradise

as Miss Audrey
First aired: 2012-09-25

An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise...

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Clocking Off

as Yvonne Kolakowski
First aired: 2000-01-23

How much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh...

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Rose and Maloney

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-09-29

Rose and Maloney investigate old criminal cases, seeking to rectify miscarriages of justice.

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Oliver Twist

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-12-18

Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly...

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Oliver Twist

as Mrs. Corney
First aired: 2007-12-18

Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly...

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Going Live!

as Self
First aired: 1987-09-26

Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It...

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Wuthering Heights

as Nelly Dean
First aired: 2009-08-30

Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches...

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Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

as Gwen
First aired: 2020-06-23

Widely celebrated as Alan Bennett's masterpieces, his multi-award-winning Talking Heads return...

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The Rotters' Club

as Barbara Chase
First aired: 2005-01-26

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' adaptation of Jonathon Coe's novel follow a group of Birmingham...

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Five Daughters

as Rosemary Nicholls
First aired: 2010-04-25

The stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.

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The Accident

as Polly Bevan
First aired: 2019-10-24

Tragedy strikes the welsh town of Glyngolau when an accident on a construction site kills a...

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Kiri

as Miriam Grayson
First aired: 2018-01-10

A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her...

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The Glass

as Carol Parker
First aired: 2001-05-27

Jim Proctor, a middle-aged tycoon, decides to hand over his glass-making company to his young...

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All the Small Things

as Esther Caddick
First aired: 2009-03-31

Uplifting drama series from the writer of Cutting It about family and community, played out with...

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The Cry

as Meg Bartlett
First aired: 2002-04-08

Psychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who...

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