Sara Griffiths

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Sara Griffiths
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Sheffield, England
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Sara Griffiths (born 12 July 1968[2]) is an English actress.

Early life

Griffiths was born on 12 July 1968 in Sheffield, England. She trained at The Elmhurst School from 1979 to 1985, taking a drama course with Andrew Neil and Graham Mitchell during 1984/5.[3] Before becoming an actress, Sara started her career as one of the youngest dancers ever in Moulin Rouge in Paris.[4]

Acting

Griffiths' appearances in British television series include The Chief, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Van der Valk, Holby City, The Bill, Doctor Who (in the serial Delta and the Bannermen)[5] and Doctors. Her main roles were as Liz Beaufort in Gentlemen and Players and as two characters in soap opera Emmerdale: firstly as Clare Sutcliffe between June 1988 and April 1989 then as Isla Forsyth between October 2005 and November 2006.

At the time of her Doctor Who appearance in 1987, Griffiths became a potential candidate for replacement companion when Bonnie Langford (Mel Bush) left. Ultimately, the companion role was given to Sophie Aldred (Ace).[6][7] 37 years later, Griffiths returned as the voice of her character (Ray), being a companion to Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy in various Big Finish audio dramas.[8]

Theatre

On stage, she appeared in the West End in An Inspector Calls playing Sheila Birling at the Garrick Theatre, spent a year at the Royal National Theatre and performed in numerous productions on tour, abroad and in the UK. One of these was working with Steven Berkoff on Coriolanus in the UK, Japan and Jerusalem.[9] Another memorable performance was portraying the title character of Lady Windermere's Fan at Ipswich's Wolsey Theatre in 1996.[10]

Voicework

Represented by Harvey Voices, Griffiths provided voiceovers for commercials such as Nationwide Building Society, Disney,[4] Twinings Tea, Aquafresh and Colman's. In addition, she narrated documentaries including Me, My Sex and I for the BBC as well as the Oprah Channel.[11]

As well as this, Sara regularly read new scripts for the Royal National Theatre Studio and took part in radio plays for BBC Radio 4 e.g. The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio and Network by Tony McHale, broadcast as an afternoon play for BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.[12] In 2007, she appeared in the Big Finish Doctor Who play I.D., alongside Sixth Doctor Colin Baker.[13]

Other work

Sara has also been a presenter on the shopping channel QVC, where she trained other QVC presenters in Germany and Italy. In addition, she is a highly experienced and popular communication coach, lecturer of drama and examiner for New Era Academy, training people from many industries in both their personal and public communication skills.[14] As a qualified Spiritual Mentor, she founded The Universal Soul Company.[15]

Personal life

While appearing in Emmerdale Farm, Griffiths was in a relationship with co-star Cy Chadwick (who played her onscreen lover Nick Bates).[16][17] This ended when she moved to London while he was still filming the soap opera in Leeds.[18] After that, the actress dated Joseph Fiennes for six years.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sara Griffiths and Caroline Mander". Daily Mirror. 13 April 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hayward, Anthony (1996). Who's Who on Television. TV Times. London: Boxtree in association with TV Times. p. 108. ISBN 0-7522-1067-X. OCLC 36992362.
  4. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Voice of the Week: Sara Griffiths". Harvey Voices. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jean-Marc; Lofficier, Randy (2003). The Doctor Who Programme Guide. iUniverse. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-595-27618-9. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."C,D&S...Survival of the Bannermen". members.tripod.com. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sullivan, Shannon. "Delta and the Bannermen". Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time (Travel). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."In the Green Room with... Sara Griffiths". Doctor Who Magazine (612): 79. January 2025.
  9. ^ Coriolanus (1988) - Skip the Interval
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Theatre Reviews: Lady Windermere's Fan". The Stage. 17 October 1996. p. 14.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spotlight on Sara Griffiths". Harvey Voices. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Network". BBC Online. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Doctor Who: I.D." bigfinish.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sara Griffiths" (PDF). Zone 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2024.
  15. ^ Who We Are - The Universal Soul Company
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TV's lovebirds fly off to sun isle romance". The People. 3 July 1988. p. 7. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Putting a brake on soaraway Cy". Sunday Mirror. 27 November 1988. p. 26. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."My Emmerdale Spree". Sunday Sun. 16 February 1992. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Joseph Fiennes interview". The Observer. 10 May 1988. p. Life 39. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gwyneth in Loveth". Sunday People. 18 April 1999. p. 30. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

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