Sacha Louise Parkinson (born 11 March 1992) is an English actress, known for her role as

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on the

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soap opera ''

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''.

Early life

Sacha Louise Parkinson was born on 11 March 1992 in

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, the only child of English business manager, Leigh Farrow and Scottish housing officer, Cliff Parkinson. She was educated at Walkden High School.

Personal life

On 22 February 2018, Parkinson said that she has

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. The condition led to Parkinson having an operation in April 2017 to remove endometrial cysts from her ovaries along with other endometriosis tissue from surrounding areas.

Career

In one of her earliest roles, Parkinson was cast in ''

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''. This was followed by the 2003 Channel 4 adaptation of

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's ''

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''. She later made guest appearances in ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' before joining

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's ''

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'' in 2007, in which Parkinson played schoolgirl Anna Duncan for six episodes. Parkinson appeared in minor guest roles in '' Waterloo Road'', ''

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'', '' Survivors'' and '' Shameless'' between 2007 and 2008, as well as the acclaimed drama ''Clay'' starring Imelda Staunton. In 2009 she was cast as Natasha in the Red Union Films ''

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'', and played the role of Leanne in '' A Boy Called Dad'' a Made Up North Productions which was released in March 2010. On 15 December 2008, it was announced Parkinson was to join British soap opera ''Coronation Street'', where she would play

. Parkinson first appeared on screen as Sian on 26 January 2009, as a friend of established character

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, played by actress

Brooke Vincent Brooke Levi Vincent (born 4 June 1992) is an English actress, known for her portrayal of Sophie Webster in the ITV soap-opera ''Coronation Street'', which she played from 2004 to 2019. Early life Vincent was born in Audenshaw, Greater Manche ...

. Sian and Sophie later became the soap's first lesbian couple in the spring of 2010. Due to the popularity of the storyline, Coronation Street extended Parkinson's contract until 2011. Parkinson made the decision to leave the soap, filming her last scenes on 18 November 2011. These scenes were shown in an episode on 30 December 2011. She cited a wish to work on other projects and not wanting to outstay her welcome on the show as her reasons for leaving. On 18 August 2012 Parkinson appeared as a guest star on series 27 of the BBC medical drama ''

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''. Parkinson placed 63rd on the 2012 AfterEllen Hot 100 List. In March 2013, she appeared in a 2 hour long drama on BBC 3 named ''The Crash'', previously titled ''One Day Like This''. Co stars include ''Skins'''

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and Waterloo Road's Darcy Isa. Some of the filming took place in Kilsyth Academy in Kilsyth. In 2013 Parkinson appeared in Channel 4's four-part drama '' The Mill'', portraying the role of Miriam Catterall. In October 2013, she appeared as Suzy in ''

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''. In 2014, she played Katie in the

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three-part drama ''

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''. She appeared in the E4 series ''

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'' as archetypal "mean girl" Stacey. In February 2016 it was confirmed that Parkinson was joining the cast of ITV drama ''

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'' for its second series.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parkinson, Sacha 1992 births Living people English television actresses People educated at Walkden High School English soap opera actresses Actresses from Salford 21st-century English actresses