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Sally Davis (born 1975/1976), known professionally as Sally Bretton, is a British actress. She is best known for appearing as Lucy Adams in the long-running BBC television sitcom ''
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'' since 2007, and as Martha Lloyd in the
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crime drama '' Death in Paradise'' between 2016 and 2017. She has featured in the TV programmes '' Absolute Power'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. In 2008, she played
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in Shakespeare's ''
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'' at
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.


Early life

Bretton trained at the
Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a ...
, and worked as a drama teacher at Top Hat Stage and Screen School. She chose the professional name Bretton as a Sally Davis was already registered with actors' union
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Personal life

Bretton and her husband, Lee, a photographer, have three daughters. She grew up in a small town in
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and as of 2015 resided near
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, Hertfordshire.


Filmography


Film


Television


Theatre


Radio


Awards

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


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bretton, Sally Living people Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama English film actresses English radio actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English Shakespearean actresses Drama teachers 21st-century English actresses Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century English actresses