Sally Phillips
Sally Elizabeth Phillips is an English actress, television presenter and comedian. She co-created and was one of the writers of the sketch comedy show Smack the Pony. She is also known for her roles in Miranda as Tilly, I’m Alan Partridge as Sophie, Parents as Jenny Pope and Set the Thames on Fire as Colette.
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Sally Elizabeth Phillips is an English actress, television presenter and comedian. She co-created and was one of the writers of the sketch comedy show Smack the Pony. She is also known for her roles in Miranda as Tilly, I’m Alan Partridge as Sophie, Parents as Jenny Pope, Set the Thames on Fire as Colette in 2015 and her guest appearances as the fictional Finnish Prime Minister Minna Häkkinen in the US TV series Veep. Phillips also co-starred in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, as Mrs Bennet, and in the role of Shazza in all three films of the Bridget Jones franchise. Since 2004, Phillips has played the title role in the BBC Radio 4 comedy show Clare in the Community.
In 2018 she was curator for series 12 of The Museum of Curiosity on Radio 4. Phillips was born in Hong Kong, then under British rule. Her father Tim, later chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, was an executive with British Airways. Following her father’s job, she grew up in the Far East, the Middle East, Italy and Australia. Phillips appeared in the 1990 Oxford Revue THRASH which also starred Ed Smith. After graduating with a first class degree, Phillips applied to write a PhD on the Spaghetti Western, but changed her mind and ended up studying drama with the Théâtre de Complicité. Her first feature film, The Decoy Bride, started in spring 2010.
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