Stirling Gallacher | |
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Born | Stirling Gallacher 30 November 1970 Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, England |
Other names | Stirling Gleeson (married name) |
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse |
Seán Gleeson (2009 – present); William Ely (divorced) |
Children | Ulysses (son) |
Awards | British Soap Award – Best On-Screen Partnership – Dr. Georgina Woodson |
Stirling Gallacher (born 1970 in Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire) is an English actress.
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Gallacher is possibly best-known for her role as Dr. Georgina Woodson in the British TV drama Doctors (2000 TV series) from which she left on Friday, 27 March 2009 after 6 years. In 2007, along with co-star Seán Gleeson, she won the 'Best On Screen Partnership' award at the British Soap Awards.[1][2]
She has worked with actor/comedian Ricky Gervais, appearing in Gervais's stand up show Animals and playing Jennifer Taylor-Clarke in both series of The Office.[3] Following this, she starred in Little Britain as the Prime Minister's wife. Gallacher co-wrote and co-directed the play, The Seven Deadly Sins, with Andrea Seale.
Stirling has a son, Ulysses, born in January 2004. She is not the mother of Jessica Gallagher, the child actress who played her on-screen daughter, Bracken. On 20 June 2009, she married her ex Doctors co-star, and on-screen husband, Seán Gleeson. They also have a baby boy born in September 2009.