Sally Bretton is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 actress best known for appearing in television sitcoms including the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

's Absolute Power, Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

's Green Wing

Green Wing

Green Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....

, the BBC's The Office

The Office (UK TV series)

The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...

, and, most recently, the BBC's Not Going Out

Not Going Out

Not Going Out is a British television sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006. Starring Lee Mack, Tim Vine, Sally Bretton, Miranda Hart and Katy Wix, it was initially written by Mack, Andrew Collins, Paul Kerensa, Simon Evans and Peter Tilbury, but now features contributions from other...

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In 2008 she played Goneril in Shakespeare's King Lear

King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...

at Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, located on the south bank of the River Thames, but destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt 1614 then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic best guess, based...

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Biography

Bretton is 5'4" tall with green eyes and blonde hair. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama

Central School of Speech and Drama

The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...

, and worked as a drama teacher at Top Hat Stage and Screen School.

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2007	A Fitting Tribute A Fitting Tribute A Fitting Tribute is a 2007 British short film comedy drama directed by Daniel Cormack and starring Sally Bretton, Thomas Nelstrop and April Nicholson....	Tammy	short film - 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival Edinburgh International Film Festival The Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...  Official Selection]
2007	Outlaw Outlaw (2007 film) Outlaw is a 2007 action-crime-drama film written and directed by British filmmaker Nick Love. Outlaw stars Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Bob Hoskins, Lennie James, Rupert Friend and Sean Harris.The film is set in the United Kingdom in 2006...	Kelly
2005	Open Wide	Karen	Television movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
2005	Blackbeard: Terror at Sea	Mary Ormond	Television movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
2004	If...we eradicate violent crime aka: If... We Could Stop the Violence	Dr Sally Price	Television movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
2001	So Long Charlie Bright aka: Goodbye Charlie Bright	Susan
2001	Happy Together	Debi	Television movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
2000	Peaches	Amy

Television

Year	Show	Episode(s)	Role
2011	Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...	"A Quiet Life"	Suki WIlliams
2009	My Family	Christmas episode	Cheryl
2007	How Not To Live Your Life How Not to Live Your Life How Not to Live Your Life is a British sitcom, written by and starring Dan Clark, about a neurotic twenty-nine year old man who is trying to navigate his way through life but is not helped by his bad instincts. On 27 May 2011 it was announced by the new BBC Three controller Zai Bennett that the...	Pilot episode
2007 –	Not Going Out Not Going Out Not Going Out is a British television sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006. Starring Lee Mack, Tim Vine, Sally Bretton, Miranda Hart and Katy Wix, it was initially written by Mack, Andrew Collins, Paul Kerensa, Simon Evans and Peter Tilbury, but now features contributions from other...	Series 2 onwards	Lucy
2007	Hotel Babylon Hotel Babylon Hotel Babylon was a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones, that aired from 19 January 2006 to 14 August 2009, produced by independent production company Carnival Films for BBC One...	guest star: one episode	TV series
2007	Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...	"Stitch"	Stevie Thornell
2004–2006	Green Wing Green Wing Green Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....	(regular cast)	Kim Alabaster
2006	Vincent Vincent (TV series) Vincent is an ITV drama series. An initial series was made and aired in 2005 and starred Ray Winstone, in the title role, and Suranne Jones as two members of a team of private eyes hired by people to spy on their partners or indeed anyone else they need to keep tabs on. The four part series also...	Episode #2.3	Tina
2006	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	"382" & "383"	Dee Collier
2005	Blessed Blessed (TV series) Blessed was a BBC television sitcom written by Ben Elton and starring Ardal O'Hanlon as Gary, a record producer, who is struggling to bring up two small children...	(regular cast)	Mary Hathaway
2004	Wild West	"The Film Crew"	Victoria
2003	Absolute Power Absolute Power (series) Absolute Power is a British comedy series, set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company in London, run by Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe ....	(regular cast)	Cat Durnford
?	The Bar	Pilot episode	Rhiannan Scott
2003	Blue Murder	Pilot episode	Grassmere
2001	Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible is a British television series, created by Graham Duff, co-written by and starring Steve Coogan. Originally aired on BBC2 in 2001, the programme was designed as an anthology series, in the style of Tales from the Crypt, and lampooned many aspects of the horror...	"Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust"	Carmina
2001	The Office The Office (UK TV series) The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...	(regular cast)	Donna
2001	Doctors Doctors (BBC Soap Opera) Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...	"Passive Resistance"	Chrissie Devonish
2001	Armstrong and Miller	Episode #4.1	?
2001	Beast Beast (TV series) Beast is a BBC One sitcom based in a veterinary surgery. Two series of six episodes each were made, with the first broadcast in early 2000 and the second in early 2001...	"Cow"	Carly
2000	Sunburn	"Unexpected Love and Golf"	Lisa
2000	Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show	(regular cast)	various characters
?	Small Potatoes	?	Laura
?	Can You Hear Me Thinking	?	?
?	Napoleon & Josephine	?	?

Theatre

Year	Venue	Show	Role
2008	Shakespeare's Globe, London	King Lear King Lear King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...	Goneril Goneril Goneril, or Gonerill, is a fictional character in William Shakespeare’s King Lear. She is the eldest of King Lear's daughters. Along with her sister Regan, Goneril is considered a wicked character. She is obsessed with power and overthrowing her elderly father as ruler of the kingdom...
2006 & 2007	Shakespeare's Globe, London	In Extremis In Extremis (play) In Extremis: The Story of Abelard & Heloise is a play by Howard Brenton on the story of Heloise and Abelard, which premiered at the Globe Theatre on 27 August 2006 with a 15 performance run. The play was directed by John Dove with design by Michael Taylor, and music by William Lyons...	Heloise
2004	Manchester Royal Exchange	A Conversation	Gail Williams
2004	Library Theatre, Manchester	All My Sons	Ann Deever
?	Bath Theatre Royal/Tour	Present Laughter	Daphne
2002	Library Theatre, Manchester	Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey
2002	Oxford Stage Company/ UK tour	Hay Fever Hay Fever Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Laura Hope Crews played the role in New York...	Sorel

Awards

• Nominated
  • 2002 - Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards
    Best Actress (Theatre) - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

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