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Sally Ann Matthews (born 19 September 1970) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Jenny Bradley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

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Sally Ann Matthews
Born	Sally Ann Matthews (1970-09-19) 19 September 1970 (age 52) Oldham, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Television	Coronation Street Heartbeat Emmerdale 4 O'Clock Club
Spouse	Nicolas Rhodes
Children	2

Career

Matthews was born in Oldham, Lancashire. She played Jenny Bradley, the daughter of the villainous Alan Bradley (Mark Eden) in Coronation Street from 1986 to 1991, making a brief return in 1993.

In 2005 Matthews joined the cast of Emmerdale as farmer's wife Sandra Briggs, but left less than a year later. In an interview with Inside Soap, the show's executive producer, Kathleen Beedles, admitted casting Matthews, well-known to soap fans from Coronation Street, in what would essentially become a minor role was a mistake. She also confirmed she would like Matthews to return to the show in some capacity in the future.

She returned to Coronation Street as Jenny in February 2015.[1]

Personal life

In a one-off documentary Coronation Street's DNA Secrets in September 2018, Matthews found out that fellow Coronation Street actress Amanda Barrie, who played Alma Baldwin (nee Halliwell) (1981–1982, 1988–2001), is her cousin.[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986–1991, 1993, 2015–present	Coronation Street	Jenny Bradley	Cast regular, 800+ episodes (to date) Longlisted—2015 Inside Soap Award for Best Bad Girl[3] Longlisted—2016 Inside Soap Award for Best Bad Girl[4] Longlisted—2019 National Television Award for Serial Drama Performance[5] Longlisted—2019 British Soap Award for Best Actress[6]
1991	The Grove Family	Pat	Television film
1993	Stay Lucky	Star Nurse	Episode: "Gilding the Lily"
1995–2007	Heartbeat	Paula	Recurring, 3 episodes
1996	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Tracey	Episode: "Widdershins"
	Brassed Off	Waitress	Feature film
1997	Common As Muck	Claire	Episode #2.4
1997, 2003	The Bill	Anjie (1997); Karen (2003)	2 episodes
1997	Wing and a Prayer	Maria Capstan	Episode: "The Greater Good"
2000	City Central	Brenda	Episode: "Respect"
	Dalziel and Pascoe	TV Presenter	Episode: "Foreign Bodies" Cameo
2000, 2008, 2010, 2011	Doctors	Jenny Carpenter (2000); Shelley Cooper (2008); Louisa Cole (2010); Cheryl Goldsack (2011)	4 episodes
2002	Clocking Off	Female Detective	Episode: "Gary's Story"
	Where the Heart Is	Claire Finlay	Episode: "Hold My Hand"
	Sparkhouse	Posh Woman	Episode #1.1
2004	The Courtroom	Anne Wilson	Episode: "Mother Love"
2005, 2006	The Catherine Tate Show	Ginger Refuge Boss (2005); Rita (2006)	2 episodes
2005–2006	Emmerdale	Sandra Briggs	Cast regular, 35 episodes
2007	Waterloo Road	Alison Lawson	Episode #3.10
2008	The Royal	Ellen Dannini	Episode: "To Love and to Lose"
2010	Being Human	Orla	Episode: "In the Morning"
2012	Prisoners' Wives	Janet	Episode #1.3
	Song for Marion	Playground Monitor	Feature Film
2013	My Mad Fat Diary	Kester's Wife	Episode: "Don't Ever Tell Anybody Anything"
	The Mimic	Clara	Episode #1.5
2014	4 O'Clock Club	Miss Aine O'Brien	Recurring, 10 episodes (series 3)
	Murdered by My Boyfriend	Neighbour	Television film
2018	Chapter 1: Liv	Olivia's Mum	Short film
2020	Chapter 2: Zach

Theatre

• Judy (Lead), Framed, the Mill at Sonning, Ian Masters
• Alison, Mum's The Word, UK Tour, Andrew Lynford
• Dee, The Business of Murder, UK Tour, Ian Masters
• Jean Perkins, Funny Money, UK Tour, Giles Watling
• Annie, Table Manners, UK Tour, Ian Dickens
• Joanna Lyppiat, Present Laughter, UK Tour, Ian Dickens
• Jane, Killing Time, UK Tour, Ian Dickens
• Mrs Grose, Turn of the Screw, UK Tour, Ian Dickens
• Suzette, Don't Dress for Dinner, UK Tour, Ian Dickens
• Mary Magdalene/Singer, The Passion/Doomsday, Northern Broadsides, Barrie Rutter
• Lady Montague, Romeo & Juliet, Northern Broadsides, Barrie Rutter
• Octavia, Antony & Cleopatra, Northern Broadsides, Barrie Rutter
• Michele Gray, Blood Sweat and Tears, Hull Truck, Zoe Seaton
• Vicki, My Fat Friend, Oldham, Kenneth Alan Taylor
• Stephanie/Stella Turner, Feed, Bill Kenwright Ltd, Kenneth Alan Taylor
• Sarah Harding, The Accrington Pals, Bolton Octagon, Sue Sutton Mayo
• Raissa, The Suicide, Bolton Octagon, Lawrence Till
• Daisy Hannigan, Biloxi Blues, Manchester Library Theatre, David Fleashman

Radio

• Iris/Octavia, Antony & Cleopatra (2 years), BBC Radio 4, Kate Rowland
• Toni, Carr Lane Carters, BBC Radio 4
• Nurse Jameson, MY DAD'S A BORING NERD, BBC Radio 4, Martin Jameson

References

External links

• Sally Ann Matthews at IMDb
• Sally Ann Matthews on Twitter

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