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Sally Jane Lindsay (born 8 July 1973) is an English actress and television presenter known for her roles as
Shelley Unwin
Shelley Unwin (also Barlow) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', played by Sally Lindsay. She is the daughter of Bev Unwin (Susie Blake).
Shelley's storylines included a bigamous marriage to Peter ...
in the long-running
ITV
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ITV
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soap opera
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Coronation Street
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Origi ...
'', Lisa Johnson in the
Sky One comedy series ''
Mount Pleasant'' and Kath Agnew in the
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sitcom
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Still Open All Hours
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Early life and career beginnings
Lindsay was born in
Stockport
Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here.
Most of the town is within ...
,
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
. Her first television appearance was at the age of seven on ''
Top of the Pops
''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British Record chart, music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show ...
'' when her school choir, the
St Winifred's School Choir, released ''
There's No One Quite Like Grandma
"There's No One Quite Like Grandma" was a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart, by the Stockport-based primary school choir St Winifred's School Choir from 21 December 1980 to 3 January 1981. It was written by Gordon Lorenz.
The song was a Chr ...
'', which reached number one on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
in 1980.
Lindsay attended St. Winifred's Primary School in Heaton Mersey, Stockport until 1984 when she attended
St Anne's RC High School in Heaton Chapel, Stockport. Lindsay studied English at the
University of Hull
The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hull ...
and had aspirations of becoming a journalist. However, she was cast in a play and enjoyed the experience, and then studied at North Cheshire Theatre School before dabbling in
stand up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up.
Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...
.
When she was 24, she met and became friends with comedian
Peter Kay
Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English actor, comedy writer and stand-up comedian. He has written, produced and acted in several television and film projects, and has written three books.
Born and brought up in Bolton, Kay studied ...
. Subsequently, they appeared together in ''
Phoenix Nights
''Phoenix Nights'' is a British sitcom about The Phoenix Club, a working men's club in the northern English town of Bolton, Greater Manchester. The show is a spin-off from the "In the Club" episode of the spoof documentary series '' That Pet ...
'' and in the video for the
Comic Relief
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Definition
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single ''
Is This the Way to Amarillo?''. In 2000, she appeared in an episode of ''
The Royle Family
''The Royle Family'' is a British sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998 to 2000, and specials from 2006 to 2012. It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, com ...
'', playing Twiggy's girlfriend, Michelle.
Career
''Coronation Street''
After winning the "Best Actress" category in the Inside Soap 2005 Awards, Lindsay announced that she would be leaving ''Coronation Street'' at the end of her contract to pursue comedy projects, after playing
Shelley for five years. She returned for several episodes in September 2006.
Lindsay was spotted on the set of ''Coronation Street'' in 2019 before it was revealed that she was filming a documentary for the show to celebrate its 60th anniversary. She has narrated numerous shows for the programme.
Acting after ''Coronation Street''
Lindsay voiced the character of Piella Bakewell in the 2008
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