Stirling Gallacher

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Stirling Gallacher
Born
Deborah Ann Stirling Gallacher

(1970-11-30) 30 November 1970 (age 54)
Bowdon, Cheshire, England
Education Arts Educational Schools
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Television
Spouses
William Ely
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(divorced)​
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(m. 2009)​
Children2
Awards British Soap Award for Best On-Screen Partnership

Deborah Ann Stirling Gallacher (born 30 November 1970) is an English actress. She appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as George Woodson for six years, which earnt her numerous nominations at the British Soap Awards. Gallacher's other notable roles include Jennifer Taylor-Clarke in the BBC comedy The Office , Paula Martin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and Ffion Morgan in the BBC medical drama Casualty .

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Early and personal life

Deborah Ann Stirling Gallacher was born on 30 November 1970. [1] [2] She was born and raised in Bowdon, Cheshire. [2] Gallacher gave birth to her first son in January 2004. [3] On 20 June 2009, she married her Doctors co-star and on-screen husband, Seán Gleeson. [4] That same year, Gallacher had another child with Gleeson, who has two other children from a relationship prior to Gallacher. [5]

Career

After minor appearances in films and television series, Gallacher booked a regular role in Meet Ricky Gervais on Channel 4 in 2000. A year later, she was booked in a main role on the BBC sitcom The Office , co-created by Gervais. [6] At the time, Gallacher was working in an IT job for the BBC, who allowed her to continue her office job while simultaneously appearing on the series. [5] Then in 2003, she appeared in Gervais' film Animals . [6] Later that year, Gallacher was cast as George Woodson in the BBC soap opera Doctors , a role she stayed in until 2009. [7] [8] In 2007, she received the accolade for Best On-Screen Partnership at the British Soap Awards alongside Gleeson, who played her husband, Ronnie Woodson. [9] [10] Also from 2003 to 2005, she appeared in Little Britain in various different roles. [11]

In 2017, Gallacher appeared in three episodes of the BBC soap opera EastEnders , portraying the Mayor of Walford, as well as appearing in an episode of the Tracy Beaker spin-off series The Dumping Ground . [12] Gallacher joined the cast of Coronation Street in August 2018 as Paula Martin, a love interest for established character Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent). [13] In February 2020, it was announced that Gallacher had joined medical drama Casualty as police officer Ffion Morgan, the wife of established character Jan Jenning (Di Botcher). [14] Gallacher confirmed that she would not leave Coronation Street for the new role, but instead would appear in both shows simultaneously. [15] Gallacher made her Casualty debut on 18 July 2020. [16] For her role as Ffion, Gallacher stated that she wanted to appear different to her Coronation Street character, so she wears a wig due to having an allergy to hair dye. [17]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996, 1999 The Knock Air Stewardess / Angela DixonRecurring role
1997One Sunday MorningNewsreaderShort film
1997 London's Burning Frances1 episode
2000 Meet Ricky Gervais Ricky's ProducerMain role
2001–2003 The Office Jennifer Taylor-ClarkMain role
2001, 2012, 2014 Casualty Various3 episodes
2003 Footballer's Wives Rowena BrookesEpisode: "Go for the Overkill"
2003 Animals PartnerFilm
2003 Comic Relief: The Big Hair Do Juliet Blankety Blank segment
2003–2005 Little Britain VariousMain roles
2003–2009 Doctors George Woodson Regular role
2006Alpha MaleDr. BullmoreFilm
2008Small ThingsDr Sophia NortonShort film
2010 Decade of Doctors HerselfInterviewed guest
2010 Holby City Kate MoylesGuest role
2012 Trollied Customer Stirling1 episode
2013 Father Brown Emily BennettEpisode: "The Devil's Dust"
2013Everybody's Going to DieJackieFilm
2017The High WindowVivianFilm
2017 Midsomer Murders Cleo LangtonEpisode: "Red in Tooth & Claw"
2017 Emmerdale Defence BarristerRecurring role
2017 EastEnders Mayor of WalfordGuest role
2017 The Dumping Ground Mimi BluntEpisode: "The Phantom of Ashdene Ridge"
2017–2020 Enterprice CynthiaMain role
2018Holby CityElizabeth CartwrightEpisode: "No Matter Where You Go, There You Are - Part One"
2018 The Festival Vivian TaylorFilm
2018 Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures Isobel (voice)Episode: "The Dispossessed"
2018–2020 Coronation Street Paula Martin Regular role
2019 White Gold Patricia BrownRecurring role
2020–2023Casualty Ffion Morgan Recurring role
2025One Night in BathCatherineFilm

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2005 British Soap Awards Sexiest FemaleDoctorsNominated [18]
2006 Best Actress Nominated [19]
2006 Best Dramatic Performance Nominated
2006Sexiest FemaleNominated
2007Best ActressNominated [9]
2007 Best On-Screen Partnership
(with Seán Gleeson)		Won
2007Sexiest FemaleNominated
2008Best ActressNominated [20]
2008Sexiest FemaleNominated

References

  1. ↑ Gallacher, Stirling [@wirlygallacher] (30 November 2021). "The perfect end to a perfect day… Thankyou to all you lovely folk and your birthday sweetness's" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 July 2022– via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 "Who is Paula Martin in Coronation Street and actress Stirling Gallacher who plays her?". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "BBC - Comedy: The Office - Character Profile - Jennifer". Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ex-EastEnder steps in to save day at opening". 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Coronation Street stars says she left audition in tears thinking she'd blown it". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  6. 1 2 Sickels, Robert C. (2008) The Business of Entertainment: Movies, Praeger Publishers, ISBN   978-0-275-99840-0, p. 63
  7. ↑ "Prime Time: The Bump and Grind". The News Letter . 19 August 2003. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
  8. ↑ Green, Kris (14 May 2009). "Peter Lloyd (Series Producer, 'Doctors')". Digital Spy . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  9. 1 2 "The British Soap Awards in pictures". Metro . 29 May 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners". Digital Spy . Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  11. ↑ BBC. "BBC - Drama - Doctors - Actors - Stirling Gallacher" . Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Radio Times
  13. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (8 August 2018). "Coronation Street reveals first scenes for Sophie Webster's new girlfriend Paula". Digital Spy . Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  14. ↑ Crick, Claire (3 February 2020). "Excitement as this Coronation Street favourite reveals new role in Casualty". What's on TV . Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  15. ↑ Gallacher, Stirling [@wirlygallacher] (3 February 2020). "Don't know about swapping ... currently surfing alongside" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 February 2020– via Twitter.
  16. ↑ "Casualty offers first look at Stirling Gallacher's debut as Jan's wife Ffion". Digital Spy . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "Stirling Gallacher wears wig on Casualty due to 'severe' hair dye allergy". The List. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  18. ↑ "British Soap Awards 2005 - The winners". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  19. ↑ "The British Soap Awards 2006 (2006)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  20. ↑ Hilton, Beth; Green, Kris (4 May 2008). "The British Soap Awards 2008: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
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