Sally Carman

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Sally Carman
Born
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Other namesSally Carman-Duttine [1]
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present
Known for Shameless (2005–2013)
Coronation Street (2017–present)
Spouse
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(m. 2022)​
[2]

Sally Carman-Duttine is an English actress born in Mexborough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

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She is known for portraying the roles of Kelly Maguire in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Shameless (2005–2013), and Abi Franklin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2017–present).

Career

At 18 she attended the LAMDA drama school in London. [3]

Carman made her major television debut in 2000 when she starred as Bridget Salsabill in British drama Bomber , though she had previously featured briefly in an episode of City Central in 1998. As an actress, she has also starred in Doctors , Heartbeat and Holby City . She also played the character of Betty Haigh, the wife of John George Haigh, in the television film A is for Acid.

In 2005 she appeared in what would be a recurring role as Kelly Maguire in Shameless . She became a more prominent character in the 2008 series, and finally a main cast member from 2009 to 2013. [4]

In 2011, she played the character Marie in the film Tyrannosaur , written and directed by Paddy Considine.

On 28 January 2013, Carman appeared in "The Shrine" the first episode of the fourth series of Moving On as Sarah, one of the main characters.

She appeared in the second series of the BBC 1 drama Prisoners' Wives , [5] starting 14 March 2013, as Kim Haines, [5] the wife of a man falsely accused of child abuse.

In September 2014, she played the role of Mrs Casper, the mother of kestrel lover Billy, in Kes, a stage adaptation of Barry Hines’ book, A Kestrel for a Knave , at Cast in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. [3]

Carman was the lead actor in Dreamers a musical play that ran at the Oldham Coliseum in July 2015. [6]

She played DCI Sally Butcher in "River’s Edge" Parts 1 & 2, the final episodes of Silent Witness Series 19, in 2016.

In October 2017, Carman joined the cast of long-running ITV soap opera, Coronation Street . She is playing Abi Franklin, the drug-addicted mother of established teenage character, Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni).


Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2012 17th National Television Awards Drama Performance: FemaleShamelessNominated [7]
2018 TV Choice Awards Best Soap NewcomerCoronation StreetNominated [8]
2020 Inside Soap Awards Best ActressCoronation StreetNominated [9]
2021RTS North West AwardsBest Performance in a Continuing DramaCoronation StreetWon
2021TV Choice AwardsBest Soap ActressCoronation StreetWon [10]
2021 26th National Television Awards Serial Drama PerformanceCoronation StreetShortlisted [11]
2021Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressCoronation StreetWon [12]
2021 Digital Spy Reader Awards Best Actor (Female)Coronation StreetWon [13]
2022 The British Soap Awards Best Leading Performer Coronation StreetShortlisted [14]
2022The British Soap AwardsBest Dramatic PerformanceCoronation StreetNominated [14]
2022 27th National Television Awards Serial Drama PerformanceCoronation StreetNominated [15]
2022Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressCoronation StreetShortlisted [16]
2022TV Choice AwardsBest Soap ActressCoronation StreetNominated [17]
2022RTS North West AwardsBest Performance in a Continuing DramaCoronation StreetWon
2022I Talk Telly AwardsBest Soap PerformanceCoronation StreetNominated

Personal life

Carman married her co-star Joe Duttine who plays Tim Metcalfe in 2022. [18]

Carman is a Christian; she was baptised at St Philip's Church in Salford in 2019 after finding her faith in 2015. [19]

Carman discovered Reiki while filming Shameless, and subsequently trained at the Oldham Reiki Network. In March 2014 she worked as a therapist at Buddah Beauty, a holistic therapy salon in Chorlton whilst continuing acting. [20]

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References

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  2. ↑ Rowlands, Eve; Delaney, Zoe (15 July 2022). "Corrie co-stars Sally Carman and Joe Duttine finally wed in real life". WalesOnline. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "South Yorkshire TV Star..." The Star. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Shameless Kelly Maguire Character Profiles". Channel 4. 18 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Kim Haines". BBC. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Sally Carman:Everyone has a Dreamers". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Wrightman, Catriona (27 September 2011). "National Television Awards 2012: The nominees". Digital Spy . Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "TV Choice Awards 2018". ITV. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Inside Soap Awards reveals full longlist for 2020's ceremony". Digital Spy . 14 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "TV Choice Awards 2021 winners: Line of Duty scoops three big prizes as stars Martin Compston and Vicky McClure take home acting prizes for first time". Metro . 6 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "NTAs 2021 winners revealed, as Line of Duty and Coronation Street win major awards". Digital Spy . 9 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Meet your Inside Soap Awards winners for 2021!". Inside Soap . 23 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  13. ↑ Draper, Joe (21 December 2021). "The Digital Spy Reader Awards 2021 full results". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  14. 1 2 Kilkelly, Daniel; Warner, Sam (11 June 2022). "British Soap Awards 2022 winners list - updated live". Digital Spy . (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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  18. ↑ Sansome, Jessica (3 May 2024). "Corrie's Abi star speaks out on real-life husband's 'break up' with co-star". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  19. ↑ "ITV Coronation Street: Real life of Abi Franklin star Sally Carman - co-star fiancé, adult baptism and breakthrough role". Manchester Evening News. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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