---
name: "Sally Lindsay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sally-lindsay"
fi1m_id: "sally-lindsay"
imdb_id: "nm0962559"
tmdb_id: 76900
wikidata_id: "Q7405203"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 July 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T18:10:00.303696+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sally Lindsay

## Identity

Sally Lindsay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sally-lindsay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sally-lindsay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0962559
- **TMDB ID:** 76900
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7405203
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Lindsay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7405203, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0962559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76900

Actor. Born 8 July 1973 in Manchester, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 July 1973, Manchester, England
- **Active:** 2011–2017
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Lindsay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7405203, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0962559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76900

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Murdered for Being Different*](https://film.one/film/murdered-for-being-different.md) (81)
- **Apple TV:** [*Scott & Bailey*](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sally Lindsay is an English actress and television presenter. Born on 8 July 1973 in Manchester, she studied English at the University of Hull before pursuing acting. She began her career in theatre and comedy, appearing in episodes of The Royle Family and Phoenix Nights.

Lindsay rose to prominence playing Shelley Unwin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006. She co-developed the idea for the police procedural Scott & Bailey with Suranne Jones and portrayed Alison Bailey in the series from 2011 to 2016. Other notable roles include Lisa Johnson in Mount Pleasant (2011–2017) and Kath Agnew in Still Open All Hours (2013–2019). Since 2021 she has starred as Jean White in The Madame Blanc Mysteries, which she co-created and produces.

In 2025 she was appointed MBE for services to drama. She is married to musician Steve White.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, itv.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Murdered for Being Different* (2017), Fi1m 81, as Tracey Maltby — [page](https://film.one/film/murdered-for-being-different.md)
- *Scott & Bailey* (2011), Fi1m 75, as Alison Bailey — [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Number One Fan* (2026), series, as Donna
- *Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques* (2025), series, as Narrator
- *Wallace & Gromit: The Collection* (2024), Actor
- *Love Rat* (2024), series, as Emma
- *The Madame Blanc Mysteries* (2021), series, as Jean White · Writer, Creator
- *Intruder* (2021), series, as FLO Karen Bailey
- *Ricky and Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip* (2020), series, as Narrator
- *Dial M for Middlesbrough* (2019), as Evie
- *Cold Call* (2019), series, as June
- *Pond Life* (2019), as Irene Buckfield
- *Grace and Goliath* (2018), as Consultant
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Isobel Harris
- *Porters* (2017), series, as Linda Porter
- *Murdered for Being Different* (2017), as Tracey Maltby — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/murdered-for-being-different.md)
- *Diddy TV* (2016), series, Actor
- *Ordinary Lies* (2015), series, as Kathy
- *Still Open All Hours* (2014), series, as Kath Agnew
- *Wallace & Gromit x Google Hangout | A Video Call with Aardman Friends!* (2012), as Piella
- *BBC Comedy Feeds* (2012), series, as Ramona
- *The Chase: Celebrity Special* (2011), series, as Sally Lindsay
- *Mount Pleasant* (2011), series, as Lisa
- *Scott & Bailey* (2011), series, as Alison Bailey — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md)
- *Reggie Perrin* (2009), series, as Tea Lady
- *A Matter of Loaf and Death* (2008), as Piella (voice)
- *Scallywagga* (2008), series, Actor
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *Peter Kay: Live at the Bolton Albert Halls* (2003), as Girl in Taxi #1
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Danica Trask — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)

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