Sarah Hadland

Sarah Hadland
Born	Sarah Catherine E Hadland (1971-05-15) 15 May 1971 Hertfordshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Notable work	Miranda (2009–2015, 2020) The Job Lot (2013–2015) Waterloo Road (2011–2012) Moving Wallpaper (2008–2009)
Children	1

Sarah Catherine E Hadland (born 15 May 1971) 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).

Early life and education

Hadland was born in 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 in professional dance and musical theatre at the prestigious Laine Theatre Arts.

Career

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.

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." 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 unemployment bureau in the West Midlands.

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

Filmography

Films

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

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

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
2012	LittleBigPlanet PS Vita	Mrs. Sunshine
2018	Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom	Additional voices	English version

Theatre

• Admissions
• Cats
• Grease
• Time and the Conways
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• What's in a Name?

Radio appearances

• Mr and Mrs Smith – Annabelle (series 1) – 2012
• Births, Deaths and Marriages – Lorna (series 1 and 2) – 2012
• That Mitchell and Webb Sound (series 4) – 2009
• Edge Falls – Valerie (series 1 and 2) – 2008
• Miranda Hart's Joke Shop – Stevie Sutton – 2008
• Bleak Expectations – Lily, Sir Phillip's daughter; Ripely Fecund, Pip's third wife (series 2–5) and Miss Christmasham (series 3) – 2007
• 20 Cigarettes – Lisa/Michelle/Caroline – 2006

External links

• Sarah Hadland at IMDb