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Sally Ann Matthews | |
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| Born | Sally Ann Matthews 19 September 1970 Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Television | |
| Spouse | Nicolas Rhodes |
| Children | 2 |
Sally Ann Matthews (born 19 September 1970) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Jenny Bradley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and Emmerdale as Sandra Briggs
Matthews was born in Oldham, Lancashire. She played Jenny Bradley, the daughter of the villainous Alan Bradley (Mark Eden) in Coronation Street from 1986 to 1991, making a brief return in 1993. She returned to Coronation Street as Jenny in February 2015. [1]
In 2005 Matthews joined the cast of Emmerdale as farmer's wife Sandra Briggs, but left less than a year later. In an interview with Inside Soap , the show's executive producer, Kathleen Beedles, admitted casting Matthews, well-known to soap fans from Coronation Street , in what would essentially become a minor role was a mistake. She also confirmed she would like Matthews to return to the show in some capacity in the future.
In a one-off documentary Coronation Street's DNA Secrets in September 2018, Matthews found out that fellow Coronation Street actress Amanda Barrie, who played Alma Baldwin (nee Halliwell) (1981–1982, 1988–2001), is her cousin. [2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–1991, 1993, 2015–present | Coronation Street | Jenny Bradley | Cast regular, 800+ episodes (to date) Longlisted—2015 Inside Soap Award for Best Bad Girl [3] Longlisted—2016 Inside Soap Award for Best Bad Girl [4] Longlisted—2019 National Television Award for Serial Drama Performance [5] Longlisted—2019 British Soap Award for Best Actress [6] |
| 1991 | The Grove Family | Pat | Television film |
| 1993 | Stay Lucky | Star Nurse | Episode: "Gilding the Lily" |
| 1995–2007 | Heartbeat | Paula | Recurring, 3 episodes |
| 1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Tracey | Episode: "Widdershins" |
| Brassed Off | Waitress | Feature film | |
| 1997 | Common As Muck | Claire | Episode #2.4 |
| 1997, 2003 | The Bill | Anjie (1997); Karen (2003) | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Wing and a Prayer | Maria Capstan | Episode: "The Greater Good" |
| 2000 | City Central | Brenda | Episode: "Respect" |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | TV Presenter | Episode: "Foreign Bodies" Cameo | |
| 2000, 2008, 2010, 2011 | Doctors | Jenny Carpenter (2000); Shelley Cooper (2008); Louisa Cole (2010); Cheryl Goldsack (2011) | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | Clocking Off | Female Detective | Episode: "Gary's Story" |
| Where the Heart Is | Claire Finlay | Episode: "Hold My Hand" | |
| Sparkhouse | Posh Woman | Episode #1.1 | |
| 2004 | The Courtroom | Anne Wilson | Episode: "Mother Love" |
| 2005, 2006 | The Catherine Tate Show | Ginger Refuge Boss (2005); Rita (2006) | 2 episodes |
| 2005–2006 | Emmerdale | Sandra Briggs | Cast regular, 35 episodes |
| 2007 | Waterloo Road | Alison Lawson | Episode #3.10 |
| 2008 | The Royal | Ellen Dannini | Episode: "To Love and to Lose" |
| 2010 | Being Human | Orla | Episode: "In the Morning" |
| 2012 | Prisoners' Wives | Janet | Episode #1.3 |
| Song for Marion | Playground Monitor | Feature Film | |
| 2013 | My Mad Fat Diary | Kester's Wife | Episode: "Don't Ever Tell Anybody Anything" |
| The Mimic | Clara | Episode #1.5 | |
| 2014 | 4 O'Clock Club | Miss Aine O'Brien | Recurring, 10 episodes (series 3) |
| Murdered by My Boyfriend | Neighbour | Television film | |
| 2018 | Chapter 1: Liv | Olivia's Mum | Short film |
| 2020 | Chapter 2: Zach |
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