Sally Bretton

Sally Davis (born 23 April 1980),[1] known professionally as Sally Bretton, is an English actress. She is best known for appearing as Lucy Adams in the long-running BBC television sitcom Not Going Out since 2007, and as Martha Lloyd in the BBC1 crime drama Death in Paradise between 2016 and 2017, a role she has reprised in the spin-off, Beyond Paradise, since 2023.

Sally Bretton
Born
Sally Davis

(1980-04-23) 23 April 1980
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active1987, 1990, 2000–present
SpouseLee
Children3

She has featured in the TV programmes Absolute Power, Green Wing and The Office. In 2008, she played Goneril in Shakespeare's King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe.

Early life

Bretton trained in London at the Central School of Speech and Drama,[2] and worked as a drama teacher at Top Hat Stage and Screen School.[3] She chose the professional name Bretton as a Sally Davis was already registered with actors' union Equity.[4]

Personal life

Bretton and her husband, Lee,[5] a photographer, have three daughters, including twins.[4] She grew up in a small town in Hertfordshire and as of 2015 resided near Hitchin, Hertfordshire.[4]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2000PeachesAmy
2001Goodbye Charlie BrightSusan
2001Tim Nice-But-Dim's Guide to Being a Bloody Nice BlokeTelevision film
2001Wayne and Waynetta's Guide to Wedded BlissTelevision film
2001Happy TogetherDebiTelevision film
2005Open WideKarenTelevision film
2005Blackbeard: Terror at SeaMary OrmondTelevision film
2004If... We Eradicate Violent CrimeDr. Sally PriceTelevision film
2007A Fitting TributeTammyShort film
Edinburgh International Film Festival Official Selection
2007OutlawKelly
2020SwanDonnaShort film

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Napoleon & JosephineHortense de Beauharnais as Child2 episodes
1990Screen OneJennyEpisode: "Can You Hear Me Thinking"
2000Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New ShowVarious roles
2000SunburnLisaEpisode: "Unexpected Love and Golf"
2001The OfficeDonna4 episodes
2001Night & DayLisa6 episodes
2001Dr. Terrible's House of HorribleCarminaEpisode: "Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust"
2001DoctorsChrissie DevonishEpisode: "Passive Resistance"
2001Armstrong and MillerEmma1 episode
2001BeastCarlyEpisode: "Cow"
2003Absolute PowerCat Durnford
2003Blue MurderGrassmerePilot episode
2004Wild WestVictoriaEpisode: "The Film Crew"
2004–06Green WingKim Alabaster16 episodes
2005BlessedMary Hathaway
2006VincentTina1 episode
2006The BillDee Collier2 episodes
2006Snuff BoxPretty Lady Walking DogEpisode: "Love Triangle"
2007How Not to Live Your LifeAbbyPilot episode
2007Hotel BabylonElizabeth Scott1 episode
2007CasualtyStevie ThornellEpisode: "Stitch"
2007–presentNot Going OutLucy AdamsMain role (95 episodes)
2009My FamilyCherylEpsiode: "2039: A Christmas Oddity"
2010LewisEve RigbyEpisode: "Your Sudden Death Question"
2011CasualtySuki Williams"A Quiet Life"
2016Agatha RaisinAmanda Ballard1 episode
2016–17Death in ParadiseMartha Lloyd5 episodes
2018Thanks for the MemoriesSarah
2023–presentBeyond ParadiseMartha LloydMain role (13 episodes)

Theatre
YearTitleRoleVenue
2002Hay FeverSorelOxford Stage Company (UK tour)
2002Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?HoneyLibrary Theatre, Manchester
2003Present LaughterDaphneTheatre Royal, Bath (Tour)
2004All My SonsAnn DeeverLibrary Theatre, Manchester
2004A ConversationGail WilliamsRoyal Exchange, Manchester
2006–07In ExtremisHeloiseShakespeare's Globe, London
2008King LearGonerilShakespeare's Globe, London
2018An Ideal HusbandLady ChilternVaudeville Theatre, London / Theatre Royal, Bath
2020Dial M for MurderMargot WendiceYvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford

Radio
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2003Afternoon Play: Seven Floors[6]
2012–13Births, Deaths and MarriagesMary[7]
2014Start/StopAliceSeries 2

Awards
  • Nominated
    • 2002 – Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards
      Best Actress (Theatre) – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

References
  1. "Sally Bretton - things you didn't know about the TV star". whattowatch. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. Actaeon Films Ltd. "Actaeon Films". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  3. "Not Going Out star Sally Bretton on her latest role in Dial M for Murder". Glasgow Times. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. Wallop, Harry (21 December 2015). "Sally Bretton: 'That wasn't my bum. I went for an upgrade'". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. "Lee Mack on Not Going Out becoming the longest running BBC sitcom on air". BBC. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. "Seven Floors". Radio Listings.
  7. "Births, Deaths and Marriages - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
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