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13 Facts About Sarah Parish

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Sarah Parish was born on 7 June 1968 and is an English actress.

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Sarah Parish is known for her work on television series including The Pillars of the Earth, Peak Practice, Hearts and Bones, Cutting It, Doctor Who, Mistresses, Merlin, Atlantis, Monroe, HBO's Industry, Stay Close, Trollied, W1A and, as the titular character, Bancroft.

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Sarah Parish was educated at the local Preston School and Yeovil College.

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Sarah Parish began acting at an early age and believes her first stage appearance was aged two in a pantomime in the village of Tintinhull in Somerset, playing the pearl in an oyster.

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Sarah Parish starred alongside Debra Messing in the movie The Wedding Date, had a small role in The Holiday, which starred Jude Law, and appeared as the Empress of the Racnoss in the Christmas 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Runaway Bride".

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Sarah Parish starred in the BBC series ShakespeaRe-Told in which she played Beatrice.

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Sarah Parish returned as GP Katie Roden in series two and three of Mistresses, which debuted on BBC One in February 2009.

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Sarah Parish played Lady Catrina in the BBC television series Merlin.

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In 2011, Sarah Parish co-starred in ITV's medical drama Monroe, alongside James Nesbitt.

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Since November 2015, Sarah Parish has portrayed Cheryl Fairweather in Sky One sitcom Trollied.

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In December 2021, Sarah Parish appeared in the Netflix original Stay Close as Lorraine.

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Sarah Parish married James Murray on 15 December 2007 in Hampshire.

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On 2 March 2018, Sarah Parish sustained an accident, breaking her leg when sledging in the snow.