Biografia

In mid-January 2009, her then-8 month old daughter, Ella-Jayne Murray, with James Murray, died at their home after succumbing to complications from a congenital heart defect. The couple knew about her condition and she had already been operated on twice to try to solve it.

Was 9 months pregnant with her daughter Nell when she completed filming Os Pilares da Terra (2010).

Co-owner, with Dervla Kirwan, of production company, "Aphra Productions".

Mother, with husband James Murray, of daughters Ella-Jayne Murray (May 2008-January 2009) and Nell Murray (b. November 21, 2009).

Although Sarah was born and brought up in Yeovil in Somerset, an 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 (Dawn Rudge in Peak Practice (1993), Allie Henshall in Cutting It (2002) and Natalie Holden in Blackpool (2004)), causing many people to believe that she is a native of the north-west.

I think insecurity does drive people. I know it's what drove me to push for the work I've got.

I'm really tall, and I used slouch and think it was really uncool to stand up straight - now I wish I hadn't been quite so dumb!

Plastic surgery can't make you younger or more beautiful, because beauty is in your eyes, isn't it? It's in your soul; you can't strap it on.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

I'd love to look like my mum when I am her age. She taught ballet for years, and my attitude to exercise and fitness has definitely been influenced by her. She's 84 now, and I've watched how well she has aged, and a lot of that is to do with her fantastic posture.