Sarah Parish

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Parish in The Wedding Date.

Sarah Parish (born 1 January 1969) is an English actress best known for her work on such award-winning TV series as Peak Practice, Hearts and Bones and Cutting It.

1 Biography
2 Personal life
3 Trivia
4 Credits
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Biography

Parish was born in Yeovil, Somerset to parents Bill and Thelma; she also has one sister and one brother (John Parish).

After training at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London, her appearance in a cult advert for Manchester-based Boddingtons bitter in 1994 (as Vera, who likes nothing better than "a good rub down with chip fat") led to a series of roles as Northern women, including Dawn Rudge in "Peak Practice" (1993), Allie Henshall in "Cutting It" (2002) and Natalie Holden in "Blackpool" (2004)

She starred alongside Debra Messing in the movie The Wedding Date, had a small role in The Holiday with Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Jack Black and Kate Winslet and appeared as the Empress Of Racnoss in the Christmas 2006 "Doctor Who" episode "The Runaway Bride". Her most recent appearance was in the one-off drama Recovery.

Parish co-owns the production company Aphra Productions with actress Dervla Kirwan.

[edit] Personal life

Parish lives in Islington, London. She has a Border Terrier dog called Pig, and drives a Mercedes-Benz SLK in silver.

Her hobbies include fencing, swimming and scuba diving; and she apparently has a love for cleaning.

Parish is currently dating the actor James Murray, who is six years her junior.

Her brother is musician John Parish.

[edit] Trivia

Has frequently co-starred opposite the Scottish actor David Tennant — in the 2004 musical serial Blackpool; the Tony Marchant drama Recovery and the 2006 Doctor Who Christmas special episode The Runaway Bride.^[1]