Siân Reeves is an English actress, known for her roles as Sydney Henshall in the

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drama '' Cutting It'', Sally Spode in the ITV

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'' and Charlie Wood in the ITV soap opera ''

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''.

Life and career

Reeves was born in

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, and was raised in Brewood, South Staffordshire. After being educated at Wolgarston High School in nearby Penkridge, she worked in a shoe shop until pursuing acting professionally. In 1985, Reeves was cast as an original cast member of ''

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''. Reeves appeared in the

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'' in 2006 as Elaine Jarvis for five episodes. In March 2006, Reeves appeared in the BBC singing competition '' Just the Two of Us''. Her singing partner was originally

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, but after he failed to turn up for the second rehearsal, he was replaced by Russell Watson, and the pair went on to win the series. In 2007, Reeves suffered a backstage accident whilst rehearsing the play ''Vernon God Little'' at London's Young Vic theatre. A stage trapdoor had been left open, and she fell through it, onto a steel ladder, suffering a punctured lung and crushed ribcage, leaving her unable to move for 10 months. In July 2009, it was announced that Reeves would join the cast of the ITV soap opera ''

'', playing the role of villain Sally Spode. In 2009, Reeves appeared as Hannah Temple in the

drama series '' Hope Springs'' and as office manager Gloria in

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sitcom '' Lunch Monkeys''. From 2011 to 2014, Reeves portrayed Bianca in the

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comedy drama '' Mount Pleasant''. In 2019, she joined the cast of the ITV soap opera ''

'' as Charlie Wood. In 2022 she won the Special Jury Award in Direction at the first season of Casablanca Film Factory Awards for her short film 'I Know Something Happened'. 2018 was in Shakespeare And Hathaway Private Investigators.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reeves, Sian 1965 births English musical theatre actresses Living people Reality show winners English soap opera actresses Actors from West Bromwich People from Brewood Actresses from Staffordshire People from South Staffordshire District