Sara Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sara Jane Alexander 9 August 1976 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, presenter, voice actress |
| Known for | Shortest-serving CBeebies presenter |
| Spouse | Cory English |
Sara Jane "Eva" Alexander (born 9 August 1976 [1] ) is a British actress, writer and was a television presenter. Eva is pronounced "Ava".
Until March 2007, she was a continuity presenter on the BBC preschool television channel CBeebies, joining as a replacement for Nicole Davis who left in February 2006. She became and still is the shortest-serving presenter at just thirteen months.
In 1993, Alexander appeared (under her real name) in Franco Zeffirelli's film Storia di una capinera (aka Sparrow). [2]
Alexander has had a variety of small parts in television dramas such as Waking the Dead , The Brief and Casualty , in addition to a range of theatre and radio work. She also starred in the Children's BBC programme The Mysti Show as Ella, a stubborn teenager who is helped by Mystical Rainbowfrost (aka Mysti), a fairy who can change into a human. She appeared in the 2009 ITV drama Whatever It Takes and in 2010 she appeared once again on CBBC, this time as the character Gill in Hounded . She appeared in the 2010 film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 as a waitress. Most recently, she was in an episode of the BBC series: Cuffs.
She attended the University of Bristol, graduating in 1997, and also attended The Drama Studio London where she gained a postgraduate diploma in acting. [1] She is married to American actor Cory English. [3]
DRAMA AT THE WICKHAM THEATRE. 11 October Two Sisters and a Piano. Havana, Cuba, 1991. Two sisters under house arrest take refuge in their art, but they must decide on a dangerous chance of freedom. European premiere of the award-winning play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning Nilo Cruz and co-starring Eva Alexander, a Bristol Drama graduate (1997, as Sara Jane Alexander).