Sally Bretton

Sally Davis (born 23 April 1980), 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 reprised in the spin-off Beyond Paradise in 2023.

Sally Bretton
Born
Sally Davis

(1980-04-23) 23 April 1980
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
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,[1] and worked as a drama teacher at Top Hat Stage and Screen School.[2] She chose the professional name Bretton as a Sally Davis was already registered with actors' union Equity.[3]

Personal life

Bretton and her husband, Lee,[4] a photographer, have three daughters.[3] She grew up in a small town in Hertfordshire and as of 2015 resided near Hitchin, Hertfordshire.[3]

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
2000PeachesAmy
2001Goodbye Charlie BrightSusan
2001 Tim Nice-But-Dim's Guide to Being a Bloody Nice Bloke Television film
2001 Wayne and Waynetta's Guide to Wedded Bliss Television 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
2020 Swan Donna Short film

Television
YearShowEpisode(s)Role
1987Napoleon & JosephineEpisodes 1.1 & 1.2Hortense de Beauharnais as Child
1990Screen One"Can You Hear Me Thinking"Jenny
2000Brand Spanking New ShowVarious roles
2000Sunburn"Unexpected Love and Golf"Lisa
2001The Office4 episodesDonna
2001Night & Day6 episodesLisa
2001Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible"Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust"Carmina
2001Doctors"Passive Resistance"Chrissie Devonish
2001Armstrong and MillerEpisode 4.1Emma
2001Beast"Cow"Carly
2003Absolute PowerCat Durnford
2003Blue MurderPilot episodeGrassmere
2004Wild West"The Film Crew"Victoria
2004–06Green Wing16 episodes (2005-2007)Kim Alabaster
2005BlessedMary Hathaway
2006VincentEpisode 2.3Tina
2006The BillEpisodes 382 & 383Dee Collier
2006 Snuff Box "Love Triangle" Pretty Lady Walking Dog
2007How Not to Live Your LifePilot episodeAbby
2007Hotel BabylonSeries 2, episode 6Elizabeth Scott
2007Casualty"Stitch"Stevie Thornell
2007–presentNot Going Out80 episodesLucy Adams
2009My Family"2039: A Christmas Oddity"Cheryl
2010Lewis"Your Sudden Death Question"Eve Rigby
2011Casualty"A Quiet Life"Suki Williams
2016Agatha RaisinSeries 1, episode 2Amanda Ballard
2016–2017Death in ParadiseEpisodes 5.8, 6.1, 6.3-6.4, 6.6Martha Lloyd
2018Thanks for the MemoriesSarah
2023Beyond ParadiseMartha Lloyd

Theatre
YearVenueShowRole
2002Oxford Stage Company/ UK tourHay FeverSorel
2002Library Theatre, ManchesterWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Honey
2003Theatre Royal, Bath/TourPresent LaughterDaphne
2004Library Theatre, ManchesterAll My SonsAnn Deever
2004Royal Exchange, ManchesterA ConversationGail Williams
2006–07Shakespeare's Globe, LondonIn ExtremisHeloise
2008Shakespeare's Globe, LondonKing LearGoneril
2018Vaudeville Theatre, London / Theatre Royal, BathAn Ideal HusbandLady Chiltern
2020Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, GuildfordDial M for MurderMargot Wendice

Radio
YearStationShowRole
2003BBC Radio 4Afternoon Play: Seven Floors[5]
2012–13BBC Radio 4Births, Deaths and Marriages[6]Mary
2014BBC Radio 4Start/StopAlice (series 2)

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

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