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'''Sally Davis''' (born 23 April 1980),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/features/sally-bretton-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-tv-star|title=Sally Bretton - things you didn't know about the TV star|access-date=19 April 2024|date=20 March 2024|website=whattowatch}}</ref> known professionally as '''Sally Bretton''', is an English actress. She is best known for appearing as Lucy Adams in the long-running BBC television sitcom ''[[Not Going Out]]'' since 2007, and as Martha Lloyd in the [[BBC1]] crime drama ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'' between 2016 and 2017, a role she has reprised in the spin-off, ''[[Beyond Paradise (TV series)|Beyond Paradise]]'', since 2023.
'''Sally Davis''' (born 23 April 1980),<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Morgan |first=Laura |date=20 March 2024 |title=Sally Bretton - things you didn't know about the TV star |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/features/sally-bretton-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-tv-star |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=whattowatch}}</ref> known professionally as '''Sally Bretton''', is an English actress. She is best known for appearing as Lucy Adams in the long-running BBC television sitcom ''[[Not Going Out]]'' since 2007 and as Martha Lloyd in the BBC crime drama ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'' between 2016 and 2017, a role she has reprised in the spin-off, ''[[Beyond Paradise (TV series)|Beyond Paradise]]'', since 2023.


She has featured in the TV programmes ''[[Absolute Power (comedy)|Absolute Power]]'', ''[[Green Wing]]'' and ''[[The Office (UK TV series)|The Office]]''. In 2008, she played [[Goneril]] in Shakespeare's ''[[King Lear]]'' at [[Shakespeare's Globe]].
She has featured in the TV programmes ''[[Absolute Power (comedy)|Absolute Power]]'', ''[[Green Wing]]'' and ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]''. In 2008, she played [[Goneril]] in Shakespeare's ''[[King Lear]]'' at [[Shakespeare's Globe]].


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Bretton trained in London at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]],<ref name="Actaeon Films">{{cite web |url=http://www.actaeonfilms.com/aftSB.html |title=Actaeon Films |access-date=24 December 2009 |author=Actaeon Films Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421032234/http://www.actaeonfilms.com/aftSB.html |archive-date=21 April 2011 }}</ref> and worked as a drama teacher at Top Hat Stage and Screen School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Not Going Out star Sally Bretton on her latest role in Dial M for Murder |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18275466.not-going-star-sally-bretton-latest-role-dial-m-murder/ |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Glasgow Times |date=4 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>{{when|date=April 2020}} She chose the professional name Bretton as a Sally Davis was already registered with actors' union [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/12058571/Sally-Bretton-That-wasnt-my-bum.-I-went-for-an-upgrade.html |title=Sally Bretton: 'That wasn't my bum. I went for an upgrade' |first=Harry |last=Wallop |date=21 December 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
Bretton trained in London at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]],<ref name="Actaeon Films">{{cite web |url=http://www.actaeonfilms.com/aftSB.html |title=Actaeon Films |access-date=24 December 2009 |author=Actaeon Films Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421032234/http://www.actaeonfilms.com/aftSB.html |archive-date=21 April 2011 }}</ref> and worked as a drama teacher at Top Hat Stage and Screen School.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fotheringham |first=Ann |date=4 March 2020 |title=Not Going Out star Sally Bretton on her latest role in Dial M for Murder |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18275466.not-going-star-sally-bretton-latest-role-dial-m-murder/ |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Glasgow Times |language=en}}</ref>{{when|date=April 2020}} She chose the professional name Bretton as a Sally Davis was already registered with actors' union [[Equity (British trade union)|Equity]].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/12058571/Sally-Bretton-That-wasnt-my-bum.-I-went-for-an-upgrade.html |title=Sally Bretton: 'That wasn't my bum. I went for an upgrade' |first=Harry |last=Wallop |date=21 December 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Bretton and her husband, Lee,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Mack on Not Going Out becoming the longest running BBC sitcom on air |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pgwsp |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 July 2021 |date=14 January 2017}}</ref> a photographer, have three daughters, including twins.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> She grew up in a small town in [[Hertfordshire]] and as of 2015 resided near [[Hitchin]], Hertfordshire.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/>
Bretton and her husband, Lee,<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Mack on Not Going Out becoming the longest running BBC sitcom on air |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pgwsp |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 July 2021 |date=14 January 2017}}</ref> a photographer, have three daughters, including twins.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> She grew up in a small town in [[Hertfordshire]] and as of 2015 resided near [[Hitchin]], Hertfordshire.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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| 2001 || ''[[The Office (UK TV series)|The Office]]'' || Donna || 4 episodes
| 2001 || ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]'' || Donna || 4 episodes
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| 2001 || ''[[Night and Day (TV series)|Night & Day]]'' || Lisa || 6 episodes
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| 2003 || ''[[Blue Murder (UK TV series)|Blue Murder]]'' || Grassmere || Pilot episode
| 2003 || ''[[Blue Murder (British TV series)|Blue Murder]]'' || Grassmere || Pilot episode
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| 2004 || ''[[Wild West (TV series)|Wild West]]'' || Victoria || Episode: "The Film Crew"
| 2004 || ''[[Wild West (TV series)|Wild West]]'' || Victoria || Episode: "The Film Crew"
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| 2004–06 || ''[[Green Wing]]''|| Kim Alabaster || 16 episodes
| 2004–2006 || ''[[Green Wing]]''|| Kim Alabaster || 16 episodes
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| 2016 || ''[[Agatha Raisin (TV series)|Agatha Raisin]]'' || Amanda Ballard || 1 episode
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| 2016–17 || ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'' || Martha Lloyd || 5 episodes
| 2016–2017 || ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'' || Martha Lloyd || 5 episodes
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| 2018 || ''Thanks for the Memories'' || Sarah ||
| 2018 || ''Thanks for the Memories'' || Sarah || 2 episodes
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| 2023–present || ''[[Beyond Paradise (TV series)|Beyond Paradise]]'' || Martha Lloyd || Main role (13 episodes)
| 2023–present || ''[[Beyond Paradise (TV series)|Beyond Paradise]]'' || Martha Lloyd || Main role (13 episodes)
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| 2024 || ''[[The Au Pair (TV series)|The Au Pair]]'' || Zoe Dalton || Main role (4 episodes)
| 2024 || ''The Au Pair'' || Zoe Dalton || Main role (4 episodes)
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== Awards ==
== Awards ==
* '''Nominated'''
* '''Nominated'''
** 2002 – Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards<br />Best Actress (Theatre) – ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''
** 2002 – Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards<br/>Best Actress (Theatre) – ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 08:16, 6 September 2024

Sally Bretton
Born
Sally Davis

(1980-04-23) 23 April 1980 (age 44)
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active1987, 1990, 2000–present
SpouseLee
Children3

Sally Davis (born 23 April 1980),[1] known professionally as Sally Bretton, is an English actress. She is best known for appearing as Lucy Adams in the long-running BBC television sitcom Not Going Out since 2007 and as Martha Lloyd in the BBC crime drama Death in Paradise between 2016 and 2017, a role she has reprised in the spin-off, Beyond Paradise, since 2023.

She has featured in the TV programmes Absolute Power, Green Wing and The Office. In 2008, she played Goneril in Shakespeare's King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe.

Early life

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Bretton trained in London at the Central School of Speech and Drama,[2] and worked as a drama teacher at Top Hat Stage and Screen School.[3][when?] She chose the professional name Bretton as a Sally Davis was already registered with actors' union Equity.[1][4]

Personal life

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Bretton and her husband, Lee,[1][5] a photographer, have three daughters, including twins.[4] She grew up in a small town in Hertfordshire and as of 2015 resided near Hitchin, Hertfordshire.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Titel Role Notes
2000 Peaches Amy
2001 Goodbye Charlie Bright Susan
2001 Tim Nice-But-Dim's Guide to Being a Bloody Nice Bloke Television film
2001 Wayne and Waynetta's Guide to Wedded Bliss Television film
2001 Happy Together Debi Television film
2005 Open Wide Karen Television film
2005 Blackbeard: Terror at Sea Mary Ormond Television film
2004 If... We Eradicate Violent Crime Dr. Sally Price Television film
2007 A Fitting Tribute Tammy Short film
Edinburgh International Film Festival Official Selection
2007 Outlaw Kelly
2020 Swan Donna Short film

Television

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Year Titel Role Notes
1987 Napoleon & Josephine Hortense de Beauharnais as Child 2 episodes
1990 Screen One Jenny Episode: "Can You Hear Me Thinking"
2000 Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show Various roles
2000 Sunburn Lisa Episode: "Unexpected Love and Golf"
2001 The Office Donna 4 episodes
2001 Night & Day Lisa 6 episodes
2001 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Carmina Episode: "Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust"
2001 Doctors Chrissie Devonish Episode: "Passive Resistance"
2001 Armstrong and Miller Emma 1 episode
2001 Beast Carly Episode: "Cow"
2003 Absolute Power Cat Durnford
2003 Blue Murder Grassmere Pilot episode
2004 Wild West Victoria Episode: "The Film Crew"
2004–2006 Green Wing Kim Alabaster 16 episodes
2005 Blessed Mary Hathaway
2006 Vincent Tina 1 episode
2006 The Bill Dee Collier 2 episodes
2006 Snuff Box Pretty Lady Walking Dog Episode: "Love Triangle"
2007 How Not to Live Your Life Abby Pilot episode
2007 Hotel Babylon Elizabeth Scott 1 episode
2007 Casualty Stevie Thornell Episode: "Stitch"
2007–present Not Going Out Lucy Adams Main role (95 episodes)
2009 My Family Cheryl Episode: "2039: A Christmas Oddity"
2010 Lewis Eve Rigby Episode: "Your Sudden Death Question"
2011 Casualty Suki Williams Episode: "A Quiet Life"
2016 Agatha Raisin Amanda Ballard 1 episode
2016–2017 Death in Paradise Martha Lloyd 5 episodes
2018 Thanks for the Memories Sarah 2 episodes
2023–present Beyond Paradise Martha Lloyd Main role (13 episodes)
2024 The Au Pair Zoe Dalton Main role (4 episodes)

Theatre

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Year Titel Role Venue
2002 Hay Fever Sorel Oxford Stage Company (UK tour)
2002 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Honey Library Theatre, Manchester
2003 Present Laughter Daphne Theatre Royal, Bath (Tour)
2004 All My Sons Ann Deever Library Theatre, Manchester
2004 A Conversation Gail Williams Royal Exchange, Manchester
2006–07 In Extremis Heloise Shakespeare's Globe, London
2008 King Lear Goneril Shakespeare's Globe, London
2018 An Ideal Husband Lady Chiltern Vaudeville Theatre, London / Theatre Royal, Bath
2020 Dial M for Murder Margot Wendice Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford

Radio

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Year Titel Role Notes Ref.
2003 Afternoon Play: Seven Floors [6]
2012–13 Births, Deaths and Marriages Mary [7]
2014 Start/Stop Alice Series 2

Awards

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  • Nominated
    • 2002 – Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards
      Best Actress (Theatre) – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

References

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  1. ^ a b c Morgan, Laura (20 March 2024). "Sally Bretton - things you didn't know about the TV star". whattowatch. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ Actaeon Films Ltd. "Actaeon Films". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  3. ^ Fotheringham, Ann (4 March 2020). "Not Going Out star Sally Bretton on her latest role in Dial M for Murder". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Wallop, Harry (21 December 2015). "Sally Bretton: 'That wasn't my bum. I went for an upgrade'". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ "Lee Mack on Not Going Out becoming the longest running BBC sitcom on air". BBC. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Seven Floors". Radio Listings.
  7. ^ "Births, Deaths and Marriages - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
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