Sara Lloyd-Gregory (born 19 August 1986), also billed as Sara Gregory, is a
Welsh actress
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. She is known for her leading role in the
S4C drama series ''
Alys'', and appearing in the
Sky1 series ''
Thorne: Sleepyhead''.
Early life
Sara Gregory was born in
Ammanford,
West Wales
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in 1986 to Yvonne (née Lloyd) and Adrian Gregory, a member of the Welsh rugby team, The Gregory Brothers. She attended Maes yr Yrfa School in
Cross Hands
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Cross Hands Public Hall is one of only three of its kind in Wales. The Public Hall was erected in 1920 and designed by an unknown Italian designer in the classic A ...
and had studied ballet from the age of three. However, she was intent on becoming a dancer until the age of 16 until she developed an interest in acting. Following her high school graduation, she went on to study at
Gorseinon College in
Swansea for a brief time, although her ambition to perform would prevail and she went on the enrol at the
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, a
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Cardiff
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, for which she never graduated, and instead opted to pursue a career on screen, a decision which proved successful due to her affiliation with the Mark Jermin Stage School and his agency.
Career
Her debut came in 2003 in ''Stopping Distance'', a film about
gang rape in which she appeared as a teenage girl called Melanie. In 2004, she made her second stage appearance, this time as teenager Julie Osman—the daughter of a
Turkish Muslim man who was the victim of a racially motivated murder in
South Wales—in ''
A Way of Life''.
In 2006, she completed a hat-trick of appearances in controversial films by portraying the role of a girl called Serena in ''Little White Lies''. The film was a comedy which featured racism and was, like ''A Way of Life'', filmed in South Wales. Later that year, she starred in the ''
Torchwood
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Day One Day One may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Day One'' (1989 film), a 1989 television film
* ''Day One'', also known as ''To Write Love on Her Arms'', a 2012 drama film
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" as a young woman called Carys Fletcher who is possessed by an alien that feeds off orgasmic energy. In 2007, she became one of the regular cast of the BBC Wales drama ''
Belonging'', as Nadine Weaver.
In 2008, she played the female lead in ''
Romeo and Juliet'' at the
New Theatre, Cardiff.
In 2011, she starred in the lead role of the new S4C Welsh television series ''
Alys''. She returned for the second season of ''
Alys'' which was broadcast in late 2012. In 2013, Sara won the
BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress, following her role as ''Alys''.
In 2018 and 2019, she played Amy in two series of the BBC Wales mockumentary ''
Tourist Trap
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Personal life
Gregory's partner is actor Carwyn Jones;
they have a son, Idris.
Filmography
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Welsh television actresses
Welsh stage actresses