Sarah Alexander has appeared in British series including Armstrong and Miller, Smack the Pony, Coupling, The Worst Week of My Life, Green Wing, Marley's Ghosts and Jonathan Creek.
16 Facts About Sarah Alexander
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Sarah Alexander's father, Frank Smith, was a television producer and director on factual shows such as Panorama; he died when she was still at school.
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Sarah Alexander's parents wanted her to continue to university, but she turned down a place at the University of Manchester to take her first professional acting job.
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In 1992, Sarah Alexander appeared in The Bill, as a witness to an attempted robbery.
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Sarah Alexander has appeared in other theatre productions, including The Vagina Monologues, Hand in Hand, The Secretary Bird, Northanger Abbey, and as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth.
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Miller and Armstrong became friends and collaborators, and Sarah Alexander went on to appear on their Channel 4 sketch show Armstrong and Miller, usually in the regular "Nude Practice" segment.
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Sarah Alexander moved into comedy acting, in which she has since specialised.
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Sarah Alexander appeared in the Midsomer Murders episode "The Garden of Death", as Fliss Inkpen-Thomas.
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Sarah Alexander made her debut as Susan Walker in the BBC sitcom Coupling, which ran for four series from 2000 to 2004.
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Sarah Alexander appeared as Alice Fletcher in NBC's short-lived remake of the British comedy series Teachers, before roles in the films I Could Never Be Your Woman and Stardust.
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Sarah Alexander starred in the 2008 BBC dramedy Mutual Friends, and played Layla Barton in the BBC drama All The Small Things, which debuted in 2009.
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Sarah Alexander starred in the 2012 BBC series Me and Mrs Jones.
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Sarah Alexander starred in the Dave comedy Undercover as DS Zoe Keller.
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In 2019, Sarah Alexander appeared as Undine Thwaite in the Epix series Pennyworth.
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Sarah Alexander has contributed to the BBC charity telethon Comic Relief, appearing in 2001 as a judge based on Nicki Chapman in a parody of Popstars, in 2003 as Liza Goddard in a spoof of Blankety Blank, and, in 2005, in a celebrity version of University Challenge.
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In 2001, at the age of 30, Sarah Alexander began a relationship with 70-year-old actor Gerald Harper.