Sarah Lancashire
Also Known As: Sarah-Jane Abigail Lancashire, サラ・ランカシャー, Сара Ланкашир, Sara Lankašir, سارا لنکشر
Biography: Sarah Lancashire is an English actress whose career began in 1986. Lancashire's first acting roles were in local theatre, with small guest roles in television dramas and sitcoms. After coming to public attention with roles in popular programmes including Coronation Street (1991-1996, 2000), Where the Heart Is (1997–1999) and Clocking Off (2000), Lancashire signed a two-year golden handcuffs contract with the ITV network, appearing exclusively in ITV1 programming for the next two years. Lancashire has continued to work extensively across a variety of television drama genres, including guest appearances, regular roles in returning series and with featured roles in standalone miniseries' and television films. Her more prolific work includes the drama series' Lark Rise to Candleford (2008-2011), Last Tango in Halifax (2012-2020) and Happy Valley (2014, 2016, 2023). Lancashire has appeared in the feature films And When Did You Last See Your Father? and Dad's Army and has returned to West End Theatre several times since her 1990 stint in Blood Brothers. Her combined acting credits have earned Lancashire a number of awards and nominations over a career spanning four decades and a prominent status within the British Television Industry of the 21st century. Lancashire was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
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Gentlemen's Relish
Overview: The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and it is she who encourages him to switch to photography. Soon Swann has developed a healthy (and respectable) business with portraits of naked women in classical and exotic settings. However, the nature of Swann's new work is open to misinterpretation and he finds himself at the centre of a scandal involving the misuse of his pictures by a SOHO pornographer, and the focus of a campaign by suffragettes against the expoitation of women. At the same time, he loses the support of the loyal Violet, who leaps to the wrong conclusion about Swann's relationship with one of his models. When Violet then becomes involved in the suffragette and amti-pornography movements, it seems all may be lost for Swann - both professionally...and personally.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Exam Conditions
Overview: A teenage boy tries desperately to retrieve the rude caricature he accidentally handed in before his teacher notices.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-03
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Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special
Overview: Some burning questions will be answered when five of our best loved Coronation Street characters embark upon the cruise of a lifetime. Will we see another side to Curly, Raquel, Rita, Mavis, and Alec as they enjoy the sunny Mediterranean cruising? Can the dark, starry nights on board the world's most romantic cruise-liner spark the passion in Curly and Raquel's difficult relationship or will they be sailing into troubled waters?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-09
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Sons & Lovers
Overview: Filmmaker Stephen Whittaker adapts author D.H. Lawrence's simmering tale of sex, love, and family. In the years leading up to World War I, the problems faced by many families were uncannily similar to the issues that mankind would still be struggling with nearly a century later. Human relationships remain as fragile as ever, and the only constant in life seems to be a humbling sense of uncertainty. Sarah Lancashire stars in a drama detailing the anguish of first love, and the awkward confusion of first sex.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-12
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When Did You Last See Your Father?
Overview: The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-05
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Dad's Army
Overview: A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-05
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The Dresser
Overview: One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-31
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Sex, the City and Me
Overview: Fast-paced and powerful drama set in the high-octane world of the City of London.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-16
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Birthday Girl
Overview: A woman decides to celebrate her recovery from leukaemia by throwing a party. But before the big night, she discovers that the illness has returned. She decides to postpone telling everyone until the aprty is over, but during the evening she discovers that she is not the only one with a secret.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-22
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Back Home
Overview: The war in Europe is over, but the one at home has only just begun. The Second World War is ending and throughout Britain, evacuees are returning home to their families - but not the families they remember. Like so many other women, Peggy’s life has been transformed by the war. Living and working with good friends, she is happier than she has been for years. Yet Peggy’s life is not the only one changed by the war. Her daughter, Rusty, has just returned from the U.S., where she has been living as an evacuee for the last five years. After so long abroad, her home in England has become unrecognizable. Just as Peggy begins to restore normal family bonds, her husband returns from the war, damaged and desperate to make everything as it was before. Adapted from the novel by Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight, Mister Tom, Back Home is the story of a family who struggle to make sense of their new lives in a world irrevocably altered by the far-reaching effects of war.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-22
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The Cry
Overview: Psychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who befriends a woman in hospital and then becomes convinced that the daughter is being abused.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-08
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Seeing Red
Overview: Coral Atkins, a British soap star of the 1970s, becomes deeply affected by the plight of children from troubled homes. Against considerable odds, Coral harnesses her celebrity to launch a crusade to establish her own home to care for the children. Based on the memoirs of Coral Atkins.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-19
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Cherished
Overview: A drama based on the true story of Angela Cannings, who was wrongly convicted of killing two of her children, on the basis of "expert witness" evidence about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Cot Death Syndrome) which has since been discredited.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-22
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Angel Cake
Overview: A cakemaker and her dysfunctional family live on a grimy estate. When Elaine's rock buns come out of the oven resembling the Virgin Mary, potentially miraculous consequences follow for her family and friends. Her arthritic mother Millie is suddenly able to move freely, her irresponsible son Todd falls in love, and both she and her husband Ed are offered the chance of other relationships. But miracles are not all they seem.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-15
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Fair Cop: A Century of British Policewomen
Overview: With 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of the first British policewoman being given the power of arrest, this film takes us through the remarkable history of 100 years of Britain's female police force. It explores the individual careers and ambitions of women police officers who, through their bravery and guile, were determined to succeed in a profession that never wanted them. It is a story about ingenuity and determination as well as law and order. A Fair Cop is a hidden history of our society, depicting a battle of the sexes that masked a battle for power.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-16
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The First Film
Overview: Leeds born filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson's thirty three year quest to prove that the worlds film industry started in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1888.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-03
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Yesterday
Overview: A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-26
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Overview: Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Supported by his loving mom and his amazing friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-10
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My Fragile Heart
Overview: Trina Lavery returns home to Stoke after 20 years, to look after her ill mother. She learns that Bernard Cleve is also living in Stoke. Bernard was accused of killing Trinas best friend many years ago but was never convicted. Another girl is killed and Bernard is again a suspect. Trina thinks he is innocent but places herself in danger in trying to prove it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-17
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Christmas at St Paul's
Overview: For the first time in its history, St Paul's has granted the BBC privileged access to film behind the scenes in the countdown to Christmas and on the big day itself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-24
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In Search of Tony Blair
Overview: Ten years after he stepped to power as Labour leader, Tony Blair remains a national enigma. His persona as a fresh-faced idealist and man of the people has been shattered, most significantly by the war on Iraq. Now many are struggling to understand what remains behind the faltering smile.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-11
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