Sara Gregory

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Sara Gregory
Born
Sara Lloyd-Gregory

(1986-08-19) 19 August 1986 (age 38)
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
Notable work Alys (2011–2012)
SpouseCarwyn Jones
Children1
Awards BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress (2013) – Alys

Sara Lloyd-Gregory (born 19 August 1986), also billed as Sara Gregory, is a British actress from Ammanford, Wales. She is known for her leading role in the S4C drama series Alys and appearing in the Sky1 series Thorne: Sleepyhead .

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Early life

Sara Gregory was born in Ammanford in 1986 to Yvonne (née Lloyd) and Adrian Gregory. She attended Maes yr Yrfa School in Cross Hands and had studied ballet from the age of three. She was intent on becoming a dancer until the age of 16, when she developed an interest in acting. Following her high school graduation, she went on to study at Gorseinon College in Swansea for a brief time, although her ambition to perform would prevail. She enrolled at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, a conservatoire in Cardiff, from which she never graduated. She opted instead to pursue a career on screen, a decision which proved successful due to her affiliation with the Mark Jermin Stage School and his agency. [1] [2]

Career

Her debut came in 2003 in Stopping Distance, a film about gang rape in which she appeared as a teenage girl called Melanie. In 2004, she made her second stage appearance, this time as teenager Julie Osman—the daughter of a Turkish Muslim man who was the victim of a racially motivated murder in South Wales—in A Way of Life . [3]

In 2006, she completed a hat-trick of appearances in controversial films by portraying the role of a girl called Serena in Little White Lies. The film was a comedy which featured racism [4] and was, like A Way of Life, filmed in South Wales. Later that year, she starred in the Torchwood episode "Day One" as a young woman called Carys Fletcher who is possessed by an alien that feeds off orgasmic energy. In 2007, she became one of the regular cast of the BBC Wales drama Belonging , as Nadine Weaver.

In 2008, she played the female lead in Romeo and Juliet at the New Theatre, Cardiff. [5]

In 2011, she starred in the lead role of the new S4C Welsh television series Alys . [6] She returned for the second season of Alys which was broadcast in late 2012. In 2013, Sara won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress, following her role as Alys. [7]

In 2018 and 2019, she played Amy in two series of the BBC Wales mockumentary Tourist Trap . [8]

Personal life

Gregory's partner is actor Carwyn Jones; [9] they have a son, Idris.

Film and television appearances

Film
YearTitleRoleDirected by
2004 A Way of Life Julie Osman Amma Asante
2006Little White LiesSerenaCaradog W. James
2008 Affinity Madeleine Tim Fywell
2010S.N.U.B!AnnaJonathan Glendening
2010 Patagonia Chica del Valle Marc Evans
2013Another MeWoman with baby Isabel Coixet
2014Get Up and GoEllaBrendan Grant
2015 Under Milk Wood Gossamer Beynon Kevin Allen
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Stopping DistanceMelanieTV movie
2006 Torchwood Carys FletcherSeries 1 (guest; #1.2)
2007 Y Pris Llio EdwardsSeries 1 (recurring; 4 episodes)
2008 Belonging NadineSeries 9 (main; 7 episodes)
2008 Tess of the d'Urbervilles Nancy DarchMiniseries (episode 1)
2009 Doctors Carmel CoatesSeries 11 (guest; #11.15)
2009BlodauCatS4C drama series
2009Sleep with MeYoung LeliaTV movie
2010 Being Human Amy McBrideSeries 2 (guest; #2.8)
2010 Thorne: Sleepyhead Alison WillettsSeries 1 (supporting; 3 episodes)
2011Bloody NorahAmyTV movie
2011–2012 Alys AlysSeries 1 & 2 (main; 16 episodes)
2013DoctorsOlwyn PrytherchSeries 15 (guest; #15.20)
2013–2016 Hinterland Catrin JohnSeries 1 & 3 (guest; 2 episodes)
2014The Devil’s ViceSuzanneTV movie
2014 Cara Fi ManonSeries 1 (guest; #1.3)
2016–2017Byw CelwyddLowri Ogwen JonesSeries 1 & 2 (main; 16 episodes)
2017DoctorsRachael LambertSeries 18 (guest; #18.183/#18.184)
2018 Casualty Carly McLeodSeries 32 (guest; #32.30)
2018–2019 Tourist Trap AmySeries 1 & 2 (main; 12 episodes)
2021 The Pembrokeshire Murders Leanne DaunceyMiniseries (episode 3)
2021BregusLucySeries 1 (guest; #1.1/#1.2)
2021 Manhunt Alice TurnerSeries 2 (guest; #2.1)
2021On the EdgeHayleySeries 3 (guest; #3.2)
2022CasualtyHannah EvansSeries 36 (guest; #36.44)
2023Yr AmgueddfaAnnetteSeries 2 (4 episodes)
2023AnfamolNiaSeries 1 (5 episodes)
2024CreisisJanetteSeries 1

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