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Sandy plays the part of Sarah
in the Activated Image's production of Patience by Jason Sherman.
Recently Sandy starred as Frances
Marden in Emmerdale (Yorkshire TV) for 12 months. Other television
roles include Barbara in Peep Show (Channel 4), Mrs Conway in
Doctors (BBC 1), and Marion in Holby City (BBC1).
Sandy studied English and Drama in Birmingham.
She has performed seven one-woman shows including: Ecocide (for
which she won a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival) Bed Among
the Lentils (Bridewell Theatre) and in 2002 Correspondent (Bridewell
Theatre and The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh where it was a sell
out success). Seasons at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, The
Victoria Theatre, Stoke, Birmingham Rep and the Everyman Theatre,
Cheltenham. Roles have included Lulu in The Birthday Party, Minnie
in Shadow of a Gunman, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Zanche in The White Devil, Ginny in Relatively Speaking, Chelsea
in On Golden Pond, Muriel in Soldiering On, and Doreen in Doris
and Doreen. She played both Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnston in the
award-winning show Blood Brothers in the West End.
Her work in radio has been extensive. Radio
plays include Miss Pinkerton in Vanity Fair, Jan in White Out,
Edge of the Pier, Liz in Falling Through Italy, Tales the Countess
Told with Eleanor Bron, and For Richer, For Poorer with Simon
Russell-Beale (all for BBC Radio 4). She is also a familiar voice
on many commercials including Wella, Ariel, Safeway, Huggies,
Colgate and her own personal favorite ‘Za Za The Cat’
in the Virgin commercials.
Sandy’s work as a presenter for the BBC
World Service includes co-presenting the Sony award-winning programme
Talking Point and anchoring news programmes such as World Briefing
and Reporting Religion. Other presentation credits include many
broadcasts from The Proms, the arts programme Meridian Live and
Good Books. She has interviewed many well-known names including
Baroness Barbara Castle, Terry Waite and Benjamin Zefeniah.
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