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Sarah Smart (born 3 March 1977) is an English actress.

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Early life

Smart was born on 3 March 1977 in Birmingham, England [1] [2] and lived in Northfield until 1987. She was a pupil of St Paul's School for Girls in Birmingham.

Career

Her career started as a child in the television series Woof! [1] She has portrayed a series of television roles including Virginia Braithwaite, daughter of a lottery winning family in the comedy drama At Home with the Braithwaites . [3] Sparkhouse (Red Production Company/BBC 2002) and her appearance in Jane Hall (Red Production Company/ITV1 2006) marked a link between Smart and television writer Sally Wainwright. Between 2008 and 2012, she played Ann-Britt Höglund in Wallander , nine feature-length adaptations of Henning Mankell's Wallander novels, for the BBC. Smart has also been featured in a number of radio dramas. In 2011, she appeared in a two-part story for the sixth series of the BBC series Doctor Who as the sympathetic 'villain' of The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People . [4]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sarah Smart. Biography, news, photos and videos". Hello!. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sarah Smart - Biography - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "At Home With the Braithwaites". British Classic Comedy. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "605. The Rebel Flesh / 606. The Almost People | Doctor Who TV". 11 May 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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