Sarah Hadland

Sarah Hadland is an English actress She is best known for her role as Stevie Sutton in BBC Ones BAFTAnominated comedy television series Miranda 20092015 and Trish in The Job Lot 20132015 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 comedydrama television series Moving Wallpaper 20082009 as script writer Gillian McGovern and had roles in the British comedy TV shows That Mitchell and Webb Look 20082010 Horrible Histories 2009 20122013 2015 The Job Lot 20132015 and Brotherhood 2015 She appeared in the BBC miniseries The Moonstone 2016 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 Laine Theatre Arts Hadland has one child a daughter Following her training Hadland began her theatre career at the age of 19 appearing in musicals such as Cats and Grease in Londons West End After six years she transferred to touring theatre including performances in Whos 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 She provided additional voice work for the PlayStation 2 video game Dragon Quest VIII Hadlands 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 Ones 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 Harts 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 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 Pips 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 appeared 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 In August 2024 Hadland was announced as a contestant for the twentysecond series of Strictly Come Dancing partnering with Vito Coppola The pair ultimately reached the final finishing as runnersup behind Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell