Sarah Hadland is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Stevie Sutton in the

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BAFTA-nominated comedy television series '' Miranda'' (2009–2015) and Trish in ''

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'' (2013–2015). Hadland appeared as the Ocean Sky receptionist in the 2008 ''

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'' film ''

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''. Her other movie roles include ''

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'' (2007), ''

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'' (2010) and ''

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'' (2007). Hadland appeared in the comedy-drama television series ''

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'' (2008–2009) as script writer Gillian McGovern, and had roles in the British comedy TV shows ''

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'' (2008–2010), ''

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'' (2009, 2012–2013, 2015), ''

'' (2013–2015) and ''

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'' (2015). She appeared in the BBC miniseries ''

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'' (2016).

Early life and education

Sarah Hadland was born on May 15 and trained in dance from the age of three. During her schooling at

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, she became involved in

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with Tempo youth group in

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.From cat litter to the cat's whiskers
Swindon Advertiser – 14 November 2003 Following training at the Laine Theatre Arts College in

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, she began her theatre career at the age of 19, appearing in musicals such as ''

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'' and '' Grease'' in London's West End. After six years, she transferred to touring theatre, including performances in ''

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''. During this period, she began to develop her talents as a voiceover artist, with credits including the white kitten in the Catsan commercial, squeaking: "I can't find my litter tray"; and the America surfer girl in a

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advert, who says: "It's great for my body." She provided additional voice work for the

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video game ''

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''.

Career

Hadland's television career began with supporting roles in '' Bad Girls'' and ''

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,'' before she moved on to bigger roles in comedies ''

Green Wing ''Green Wing'' is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the Sketch comedy, sketch show ''Smack the Pony'' – Channel 4 commissioner Caroline Leddy and producer Victoria Pile – and ...

'' and ''

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''. She also starred in the films ''

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'' and ''

'' alongside comedians David Mitchell and

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, and

's ''

.'' She also played characters for their comedy sketch show ''

''. In November 2009, Hadland joined

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in the BBC comedy series '' Miranda'', based upon the

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series ''Miranda Hart's Joke Shop'' and featuring the same principal actors. From 2007, she has also had a recurring role in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series ''

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'', a parody of

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's novels, and of

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in general. Hadland provided the voice of Lily (née Bin) Sourquill, the daughter of Sir Philip ('Pip') Bin over the four series to date. She also voiced the characters Ripely Fecund (Pip's third wife, in series 2) and Miss Christmasham (a parody of ''

Great Expectations ''Great Expectations'' is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (Great Expectations), Pip (the book is a ''bildungsroman''; a coming-of-age story). It ...

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, in series 3). In 2011, Hadland was cast as the new English teacher, Linda Radleigh, in the BBC drama '' Waterloo Road''. She also starred in ''

'' on the channel CBBC between 2009 and 2015. From 2013 to 2015, Hadland appeared as Trish in the

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sitcom ''

'', set in a busy unemployment bureau in the West Midlands. On May 22, 2021 Hadland appeared on

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, where she revealed that her ‘food heaven’ was truffles, and her ’food hell’ was aubergines, courgettes and oysters.

Filmography

Films

Television

Video games

Theatre

*'' Admissions'' *''

'' *'' Grease'' *''

Time and the Conways ''Time and the Conways'' is a British play written by J. B. Priestley in 1937 illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937. Wide ...

'' *''

'' *'' What's in a Name?''

Radio appearances

*''Mr and Mrs Smith'' – Annabelle (series 1) – 2012 *''Births, Deaths and Marriages'' – Lorna (series 1 and 2) – 2012 *''

That Mitchell and Webb Sound ''That Mitchell and Webb Sound'' is a comedy sketch show on BBC Radio 4 which started on 28 August 2003. A second series was broadcast in 2005 with a third starting on 24 May 2007. The series became adapted for television as '' That Mitchell and ...

'' (series 4) – 2009 *'' Edge Falls'' – Valerie (series 1 and 2) – 2008 *'' Miranda Hart's Joke Shop'' – Stevie Sutton – 2008 *''

'' – Lily, Sir Phillip's daughter; Ripely Fecund, Pip's third wife (series 2–5) and Miss Christmasham (series 3) – 2007 *'' 20 Cigarettes'' – Lisa/Michelle/Caroline – 2006

References

External links

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