Sarah Lancashire

Who is Sarah Lancashire?

Sarah Lancashire is an English actress and director. She is a BAFTA TV Award winner.

Lancashire trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1986. She appeared in a 1987 episode of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Wendy Farmer, before returning to the show as regular character Raquel Watts, a role she played for five years. Other TV roles include Ruth Goddard in the ITV drama series Where the Heart Is, Rose Linden in the ITV drama series Rose and Maloney, as the narrator of BBC One period drama Lark Rise to Candleford and as Catherine Cawood in the BBC One drama series Happy Valley. For her role as Caroline in the BBC One drama series Last Tango in Halifax, she won the 2014 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also starred as Coral Atkins in Seeing Red, which won her the 2000 National TV Award for Most Popular Actress and as Angela Cannings in Cherished, both TV films based on real-life events.

On stage, she starred in the 2005 West End revival of the musical Guys and Dolls and received an Olivier Award nomination for her role in the 2011 West End musical Betty Blue Eyes.