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Sarah Parish (born 1st January 1969) is a British actress best known for appearing in such award-winning TV series as Peak Practice, Hearts and Bones and Cutting It.
She trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London.
An appearance in a cult advert for Manchester-based Boddingtons bitter in 1994 (as Vera, who likes nothing better than "a good rub down with chip fat") led to a series of roles as northern women. Recently, she starred alongside Debra Messing in the movie The Wedding Date. Parish co-owns the production company Aphra Productions with actress Dervla Kirwan.
Parish was born in at Yeovil, Somerset and now lives in Islington, London. Her parents are Bill and Thelma; she also has one sister and one brother (John Parish).
She has frequently co-starred opposite the Scottish actor David Tennant — in the 2004 musical serial Blackpool; the forthcoming Tony Marchant drama Recovery and the 2006 Doctor Who Christmas special episode The Runaway Bride..
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