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Sarah Hadland

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Sarah Hadland
Born (1971-05-15) 15 May 1971 (age 53)
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Notable workMiranda (2009–2015, 2020)
The Job Lot (2013–2015)
Waterloo Road (2011–2012)
Moving Wallpaper (2008–2009)
Children1

Sarah Hadland (born 15 May 1971)[1] is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Stevie Sutton in the BBC One BAFTA-nominated comedy television series Miranda (2009–2015) and Trish in The Job Lot (2013–2015).

Hadland appeared as the Ocean Sky receptionist in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace. Her other movie roles include Magicians (2007), Leap Year (2010) and Learners (2007). Hadland appeared in the comedy-drama television series Moving Wallpaper (2008–2009) as script writer Gillian McGovern, and had roles in the British comedy TV shows That Mitchell and Webb Look (2008–2010), Horrible Histories (2009, 2012–2013, 2015), The Job Lot (2013–2015) and Brotherhood (2015). She appeared in the BBC miniseries The Moonstone (2016).[2]

Early life and education

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Hadland was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, on 15 May 1971. During her schooling at Wilmslow High School in Cheshire, she became involved in amateur dramatics with the Tempo youth group in Wilmslow. She later trained at the prestigious Laine Theatre Arts.

Career

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Following the training at the Laine Theatre Arts College in Epsom, Surrey, Hadland began her theatre career at the age of 19, appearing in musicals such as Cats and Grease in London's West End.[3]

After six years, she transferred to touring theatre, including performances in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. During this period, she began to develop her talents as a voiceover artist, with credits including the white kitten in the Catsan commercial and the America surfer girl in a VO5 shampoo advert, who says: "It's great for my body."[4] She provided additional voice work for the PlayStation 2 video game Dragon Quest VIII.

Hadland's television career began with supporting roles in Bad Girls and The Bill, before she moved on to larger roles in the comedies Green Wing and Broken News. In addition, she appeared in the films Confetti and Magicians alongside comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb, and BBC One's Learners. Hadland also played characters for their comedy sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look. In November 2009, Hadland joined Miranda Hart in the BBC comedy series Miranda, based upon the BBC Radio 2 series Miranda Hart's Joke Shop and featuring the same principal actors.

From 2007 to 2012, she had a recurring role in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Bleak Expectations, a parody of Charles Dickens's novels, and of Victoriana in general. Hadland provided the voice of Lily (née Bin) Sourquill, the daughter of Sir Philip ('Pip') Bin over the four series to date. She also voiced the characters Ripely Fecund (Pip's third wife, in series 2) and Miss Christmasham (a parody of Great Expectations' Miss Havisham, in series 3).

In 2011, Hadland was cast as the new English teacher, Linda Radleigh, in the BBC drama Waterloo Road. She also starred in Horrible Histories on the CBBC channel between 2009 and 2015. From 2013 to 2015, Hadland appeared as Trish in the ITV sitcom The Job Lot, set in a busy Jobcentre in the West Midlands.[5]

In August 2024, Hadland was announced as a contestant for the twenty-second series of Strictly Come Dancing.[6][7]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Film Role Notes
2007 Magicians Carol
Grow Your Own Carla
Snow White: The Sequel Additional Voices (English dub)
2008 Quantum of Solace Ocean Sky receptionist
2010 Leap Year Airport customer service agent
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (English dub) Celia Reidley
2012 Now Is Good Caroline
2013 Burton & Taylor Kathryn Walker
2016 Girls Rule Angry Mob Member Short Film
2018 Game Over, Man! Cameo
2019 Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Irene the Iceni

Television

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Year Series Role Notes
1994 A Dark-Adapted Eye Elsie TV film
1998 Bob and Margaret Various characters
2002 Bad Girls Spike Appeared in three episodes
Daddy's Girl DC Parkes TV film
2002, 2004 The Bill Mel Roland
Lara Silliton 		Episode 18.74
Episode 20.62
2002, 2006 Doctors Debs
Wendy Driscoll 		Episode 5.16: "Too Late for Goodbyes"
Episode 8.45: "Shadowplay"
2003 Sweet Medicine Jill Episode 1.5
2004 Casualty Sandra Lee Episode 18.29: "Parenthood"
Peep Show Karen Episode 2.6: "Wedding"
2005 Man Stroke Woman Customer
Woman in Pub 		Episode 1.2
Episode 1.5
Heatwave Pippa Connors TV film
Beethoven Johanna van Beethoven TV mini-series: parts 2 and 3
Fireman Sam Firefighter Penny Morris, Bella Lasagne, Mandy Flood TV series
Mile High Gina Episode 2.23
Broken News Claire Appeared in all six episodes
2006 Green Wing Nurse Episode 2.7
Saxondale Tina Episode 1.5
2007 Supernormal Changerella
Additional voices 		Appeared in 26 episodes
Learners Fiona TV film
The IT Crowd Margaret Episode 2.4: "The Dinner Party"
2008 Love Soup Sarah Episode 2.4: "The Menaced Assassin"
Beautiful People Miss Dunnderdale Episode 1.5: "How I Got My Tongs"
After You've Gone Lisa Episode 3.6: "Damaged"
2008–2009 Moving Wallpaper Gillian McGovern Appeared in 18 episodes
2008–2010 That Mitchell and Webb Look Various characters Appeared in 17 episodes (series 2–4)
2009–2010, 2012–2013 Horrible Histories Various characters Series regular in series 1, 4 and 5; recurring in series 2
2009–2015 Miranda Stevie Sutton All episodes of series 1, 2 and 3, apart from 2.5
2010 How Not to Live Your Life Karen Episode 3.1: "Don's New Job"
2011–2012 Waterloo Road Linda Radleigh Appeared in 9 episodes (Series 7, eps 7.13 – 7.21)
The Jury Tanya Hawkins Episode 2
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff Miss Tightclench
2013–2015 The Job Lot Trish 18 episodes (All episodes of Series 1–3)
2015 Ballot Monkeys Kate Standen
Brotherhood Aunt Debbie
Horrible Histories Queen Victoria Episode 11: "Tricky Queen Vicky"
W1A Fitness Instructor Series 2, Episode 2
2015–2018 Bob the Builder Dizzy (UK), Lift Voice, Betsy (UK), Vet Tilly (UK) 30 episodes
2016 Galavant Catherine Episode: "Bewitched, Bothered, Belittled"
The Moonstone Miss Clack 5 episodes
Marley's Ghosts Carly Episode 5: 'Carly'
2017 Ratburger DC Grey TV film
Inside No. 9 Fran Episode 3.4
2017–present Daisy & Ollie Daisy 104 episodes
2021–present Murder, They Hope Monica All episodes of series
2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth Lucy Episode 5: "Moonage Daydream"
Episode 6: "Changes"
2024 Daddy Issues Rita
Strictly Come Dancing Herself / Contestant Series 22

Video games

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Year Video Game Role Notes Source
2004 Fable Additional voices
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King English version
2005 Buzz! The Music Quiz Floor manager
2006 Medieval II: Total War Additional voices
2008 Overlord II Mistress Kelda
Everybody's Golf: World Tour Sonia, Anya English version [8]
2012 LittleBigPlanet PS Vita Mrs. Sunshine
2018 Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Additional voices English version

Theatre

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Radio appearances

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References

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  1. ^ @goldchannel (15 May 2021). "We love her as Monica in #MurderTheyHope, so join us in wishing the wonderful Sarah Hadland a very Happy Birthday!" (Tweet) – via Twitter. [user-generated source]
  2. ^ "John Thomson and Sarah Hadland to star in BBC One Daytime's new adaptation of mystery adventure classic The Moonstone". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Sarah's big break as star of Confetti". Wilmslow Express. 24 May 2006. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
  4. ^ From cat litter to the cat's whiskers Archived 17 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Swindon Advertiser – 14 November 2003
  5. ^ Reid-Smith, Tris (26 April 2012). "Gay actor Russell Tovey to star in new ITV sitcom". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Sarah Hadland is the ninth celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024". BBC. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. ^ Mensah, Katelyn (8 August 2024). "Miranda star Sarah Hadland confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024 line-up". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Sarah Hadland (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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