Tracy Brabin (born 1961, Batley, West Yorkshire) is an English actress and television writer.

Brabin is best remembered for her roles as clumsy waitress Sandra opposite David Jason in A Bit of a Do (YTV), Tricia Armstrong in Coronation Street from 1994 to 1997 and Ginny in Richard Harris's Outside Edge. She has also appeared in EastEnders as Roxy Drake, The Ghost Hunter as Mrs Oliver (BBC television), and Love + Hate directed by Dominic Savage. In 2006, she appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders entitled "Dead Letters". In 2008, she began to appear in a series of commercials for supermarket chain Sainsbury's playing the role of Sarah, a mother-of-two and Sainsbury's employee who does her weekly shopping at the store.^[1]

Brabin has written for Heartbeat, Family Affairs, Crossroads, Tracy Beaker, and was a writer on Hollyoaks for two years. With two feature films in development with Sally Hibbin at Parallax East, she is currently working on Shameless for Company Pictures.

She appeared in an episode of Casualty aired on 18 April 2009 as April who died as a result of an accident. The role was her second appearance in the series, having played a different character two years earlier.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Television 3 Television writing 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Personal life

She married her long term partner Richard Platt in July 2005. The couple have had one very amazing child called Nancy (who happens to be very good friends with two brilliant people called Rosie and Sam).

[edit] Television

• Casualty (2009) April
• Sainsbury's Ad Campaign (2008-) Sarah
• The Bill (2008) Isabel Edgar
• Doctors (2008) Amanda Webster
• Casualty (2007) Vee Kitching
• The Good Samaritan (2007) Gloria
• The Real Extras (2007) Herself
• Doctors (2006) Tina Machin
• Strictly Confidential (2006) Tina Roebottom
• Midsomer Murders (2006) Ruth Chalk (1 episode, 2006)
• Rosemary & Thyme (2006) Nicola Spicer
• An Audience with Coronation Street (2006) Herself
• Holby City (2005) Stella Howard
• Love + Hate (2005) Gaynor
• Coronation Street: The Duckworth Family Album (2005) Herself
• Heartbeat (2004) Sandra Tetley
• Bodies (2004) Karen Taylor
• Is Harry on the Boat? (2003) Isobel
• The Bill (2002) Pam
• Silent Witness (2002) Nina Palmer
• Nice Guy Eddie (2002) Stephanie
• Holby City (2001) Lucy Gartside
• EastEnders (2001) Roxy Drake
• Doctors (2000) Lucy Carlton
• The Bill (2000) Mrs. Sanderson
• Where the Heart Is" (2000) Stella Taylor
• Ghosthunter (2000) Mrs. Oliver
• Sunburn (1999) Sheila Adams
• Mayday Mayday (1995) Sylvia Redpath
• Coronation Street (1994-1997) Tricia Armstrong
• Outside Edge (1994-1995) Ginnie Willis
• Peak Practice (1994) Lou Clarke
• Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992) Sarah Ferguson
• El C.I.D. (1992) Fran
• Riff-Raff (1991) Singer
• Hale and Pace (1989-1991)
• A Bit of a Do (1989) Sandra Pickersgill

[edit] Television writing

• Shameless (2009)
• Family Affairs (2005)
• Heartbeat (2005)
• Tracy Beaker Parties with Pudsey (2004)
• The Story of Tracy Beaker
• Crossroads (2001)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tracy Brabin at the Internet Movie Database

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