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Sally Phillips

Sally Phillips is an English actor, writer, comedian, producer and director. She is an executive producer at Captain Dolly.

Sally is best known for her work in tv sitcoms such as I’m Alan Partridge, Jam and Jerusalem, Miranda and Veep...
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Contacts

Agent:
Lucy Fairney

Contact:
Yusef Osman

yusef@pbjmanagement.co.uk
020 7287 1112

Acting Agent:
Marina Campbell-Gray

marina@pbjmanagement.co.uk
020 7287 1112

Corporate & Events Agent

CoBJ Management
general@cobjmanagement.co.uk
020 7287 1112

Voiceover Agent

Kate Davie
kdavie@unitedagents.co.uk
0203 214 0937

Sally Phillips is a 53-year-old English actor, writer, comedian, producer and director. She is an executive producer at Captain Dolly.

Sally is best known for her work in tv sitcoms such as I’m Alan Partridge, Jam and Jerusalem, Miranda and Veep, films such as the Bridget Jones trilogy and tv comedy shows like Taskmaster and QI.

She started her comedy career in the Oxford Revue and with comedians Simon Munnery, Stewart Lee and Arthur Smith over 9 Edinburgh Fringe runs in shows like Ra-Ra-Rasputin, a comedy biography of Rasputin the monk set to the words and lyrics of Boney M, Cluub Zarathustra and playing Ophelia in Arthur Smith’s Hamlet alongside writing and performing comedy for BBC Radio. Her first comedy drama ‘Protesting Too Much’ starred John Fortune and Eleanor Bron and aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.


Smack the Pony was a ground-breaking female-led sketch show that Sally developed and co-wrote with Doon Mackichan, Fiona Allen, Sarah Alexander and Darren Boyd, produced by Caroline Leddy and Victoria Pile. It aired between 1998 and 2002 and won many awards, among them two international Emmys.

Sally television roles since then include Rescue Me, Tourist Trap and Parents, in which she played the leads; Green Wing, Galavant, Vanity Fair, Year of the Rabbit, Zapped, Henry IX (Golden Rose of Montreux); Friday Night Dinner, Breeders, Jerk and Pennyworth. Her most recent television credits include Channel 4’s Big Mood, Disney/Hulu’s Queenie and BBC’s We Might Regret This all of which drop this year.


Sally loves movies and has a long list of credits. Notable roles include Shazzer in the three Bridget Jones movies (the fourth movie is shooting now), Gina in How to Please a Woman, Liz in Off The Rails, Mrs Bennett in Pride Prejudice and Zombies, Marie in The More You Ignore Me, Tessa Jones in Love At First Sight as well as parts in Blinded by the Light, The Fence, You, Me and Him, Burn, Burn, Burn, Off the Rails and Birthday Girl. She also provided voices for the animated film Ferdinand (1998).

Sally enjoys her ongoing relationship with the QI family of programmes. She is a regular guest on QI on andits little sister podcast No Such Thing As a Fish and in 2017 she became one of BBC Radio 4's 'Museum of Curiosity's' curators. She is an occasional presenter, hosting The One Show from time to time, and My Life At Christmas for the BBC in 2023. During Lockdown she co-presented BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live with Sean Fletcher.

Writing credits include an award winning episode of the animation Bob and Margaret, The Decoy Bride, (with Neil Jarowski - film starring Kelly MacDonald and David Tennant), and The Wedding (with Nisti Sterk), a Captain Dolly movie in development with the BFI and BBC Films.


Sally and Ronni Ancona founded the production company Captain Dolly, a subsidiary of the Film Soho group of companies (Studio Soho, V-Studios, KrADR) with producer Nick Hamson in 2020 and now have a slate of films, tv comedies and podcasts in various stages of production.

Sally has three neurodivergent children. Two like their privacy, but Olly who has Down syndrome and Autism is becoming a self-advocate for people with Down syndrome. In 2016 Sally and Olly made a documentary A World Without Down's Syndrome? with director Clare Richards for (BBC2), exploring our national screening policy's ethical implications. It won the Radio Times Readers Award and Sanford St Martin award for the Best single documentary. The documentary has been shown worldwide and is still used to teach ethics at degree and A Level in the UK and abroad. Sally contributed to the Nuffield Council Report on the Down syndrome prenatal screening pathway and has spoken at universities and government offices as well as to midwives, gynaecologists and at a number of ‘philosopher’s dinners’.She is proud to be a joint patron of the Down syndrome Association with her son Olly as well as patron of The Brentford Penguins, Brentford FC’s Down syndrome Team and Josephine and Jack a charity that provides sex and relationship advice and education to adults with learning disabilities.

Television

Queenie
Gina
Lionsgate Productions for Channel 42024
Austin
Ingrid
Northern Pictures2024
Big Mood
Psychiatrist
Ch4/Dancing Ledge Productions2024
My Life at Easter
Self
BBC One2023
QI
Guest Panellist
BBC Two2023
We Might Regret This
Jane
BBC Two2023
Breeders S3
Gabby
SKY / Avalon2022
My Life at Christmas
Self
BBC One2022 — 2023
QI
Guest
BBC Two 2020
Six Nations Sin Bin
Guest
BBC One2020
Sunday Morning Live
Co-presenter
BBC2020
BBC 4 Life Drawing Live!
Guest
Avanti Media2020
Britain Greatest Comedy Character
Host
UKTV Gold 2020
Friday Night Dinner
Gibby
Big Talk Productions / C42020
Britain's Greatest Comedy Character
Presenter
UKTV Gold2020
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Celebrity Guest
Comedy Central2020
Year of the Rabbit
Actor
2019
QI
Guest Panellist
BBC 2 / Talkback2019
Britain’s best comedian
Herself
UKTV Gold2019
Romesh talking to comedians
Herself
Green Door2019
Tourist Trap Rugby Special
Performer
BBC One Wales2019
We are most amazing and amused
Herself
ITV Studios2019
Great British Bake Off An Extra Slice
Herself
Channel 42019
Year of the Rabbit
Princess Juliana
Objective Fiction, Channel 42019
Miranda 10 Year ‘Such Fun’ Anniversary
Tilly
Monkey Kingdom - BBC2019
Trollied
Actor
2018
Vanity Fair
Actor
2018
Tourist Trap
Elaine
2018
Zapped
Slasher Morgan
Dave2018
Room 101
Panellist
BBC One2018
The Last Leg
Guest
Channel 42018
Insert Name Here
Guest
BBC Two2018
Trollied
Lou
Sky / Roughcut TV 2018
The One Show
Guest Co-host
BBC 12018
We are Most Amused and Amazed
Performer
ITV2018
Vanity Fair
Lady Steyne
ITV / Amazon / Mammoth Screen2018
The Keith and Paddy Picture Show
Guest
Talkback for ITV2018
My Favourite Sketch
Host
Mor or Les & Potato Productions for UKTV Gold2018
Comic Relief
Presenter
BBC12017
The One Show
Guest Co-host
BBC12017
Henry IX
Queen Katerina
UK Gold2017
Taskmaster
Herself
Dave, Avalon 2017
Hospital People
Helena Steele
BBC One2017
Travel Man
Guest
Channel 4 / North One2017
Comic Relief Talk Back Show
Presenter
BBC One2017
The Royal Variety Show
Tilly from Miranda
ITV 2017
Zapped
Slasher Morgan
Dave / Baby Cow Productions2017
Tim Vine Travels In Time
Maid Marian
BBC, Baby Cow 2017
Smack the Pony: Comic Relief Special
Writer/ Various
BBC12017
Tim Vine Travels in Time: Christmas Special
Catherine of Aragon
BBC One2017
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How, Whom?
Contributor
BBC Two / Baby Cow Productions2017
Midsomer Murders
Actor
2016
Frank Skinner on Demand
Guest
BBC iPlayer2016
Zapped (Series 1-2)
Slasher Morgan
Baby Cow Productions, Dave2016 — 2017
Drunk History: Christmas Special
Mary
Tiger Aspect, Comedy Central2016
A World Without Down's Syndrome?
Presenter
Dragonfly Film & TV, BBC 22016
Midsomer Murders: The Village that Rose from the Dead
Lucy Keswick
ITV - Season 19, Episode 12016
Siblings
Aunt Lesley
BBC3 / Bwark2015
Death in Paradise
Cheryl Moore
BBC12015
The Dad's Army Story
Ann Croft
BBC 22015
Drunk Histories
Mary
Comedy Central2014
Parents
Jenny Pope (lead)
Sky2013
Chickens
Miss Trimble
Sky/Big Talk2013
Parents
Jenny Pope
Sky 12012
Veep
Minna Hakkinen
Sky / HBO 2012 — 2017
Them From That Thing
Various
Channel 4/Zeppotron2012
Moving On
Donna Molloy
BBC1 (LA Productions)2011
New Tricks
Samantha Gerson
BBC1 (Wall to Wall Television)2011
An Accidental Farmer
Kat
BBC12010
Abroad
Jemima
Abroad Films Ltd2009
Miranda (Series 1 - 4)
Tilly
BBC22009 — 2014
Skins
Angela
Company Productions Ltd2008
Harley Street
Izzy
Carnival Film & Television2008
Jam & Jerusalem
Tash Vine
BBC2006 — 2009
Hyperdrive
Clare Winchester
BBC2006
Seven Second Delay
Meredith
Granada2006
Green Wing (series 2)
Holly
Talkback Productions2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Meg Bayliss
Kudos for BBC2006
French & Saunders Xmas Special
Performer
BBC2005
Ready When You Are Mr McGill
Kelly
McGill Films for ITV2003
Rescue Me
Katie
BBC2002
Hippies
Jill
Talkback for BBC1999
Smack the Pony
Co-Star
Talkback1999 — 2003
Bob and Margaret
Writer
Channel 41998
In The Red
Gemma
Talkback for BBC1998
Holding the Baby
Laura
Granada for ITV1997
I'm Alan Partridge
Sophie
Talkback for BBC1997
Fist of Fun
Various
BBC1995 — 1996
Absolutely Animals
Artist
BBC1995
Six Pairs of Pants
Writer
Channel 41995

Film

My Happy Ending
Mikey
Pie Films2023
Love at First Sight
Tessa Jones
Netflix2023
How To Please A Woman
Gina
Feisty Dame Productions / So Much Films2022
Off the Rails
Liz
Bill Kenwright films2021
The Risen: Posession
Actor
2019
Blinded by the Light
Mrs Anderson
New Line Cinema 2019
The Fight
Actor
2018
The More You Ignore Me
Marie Henty
Dir. Keith English2018
Christmas Survival
Miriam
Studio SOHO Films / Gizmo Films2018
The Fight
Beth Hunter
Unstoppable Entertainment / Jessica Hynes2018
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Miriam
Dir. James Dearden2018
You, Me and Him
Amy
Dir. Daisy Aitkens2017
Bridget Jones's Baby
Sharon
Sharon Maguire2016
Egg
Ivy
Short Film2015
Burn, Burn, Burn
Ingrid
Chanya Button2015
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Mrs Bennett
Burr Steers2015
Set the Thames on Fire
Collette
Ben Charles Edwards2014
The Decoy Bride
Writer
Ecosse Films2011
The Decoy Bride
Emma
Sheree Folkson2010
Boy Town
Holly
Kevin Carlin2006
Gladiatress
Worthaboutapig
Brian Grant2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Sharon
Beeban Kidron2004
Churchill The Hollywood Years
Waitress
Peter Richardson2004
Mean Machine
Tracey
Barry Skolnick2001
Birthday Girl
Karen
Jez Butterworth2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
Sharon
Sharon Maguire2001
Born Romantic
Suzy
David Kane2000

Theatre and Live Performance

Bleak Expectations
Narrator
Criterion Theatre2023
Royal Variety Performance 2017
(Writer/Lead Performer)
2017
Talking to Strangers
Writer / Various
Soho Theatre 2016
Talking to Strangers
Writer/ Various
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 20162016
Pinter's People
Various
Theatre Royal Haymarket2007
The Importance of Being Earnest
Gwendolen Fairfax
Oxford Playhouse2005

Awards

Best Supporting Character
Minna Hakkinen - Veep
Screen Rant Poll2020
Comedy guest Actress of the Decade Nominee
Minna Hakkinen - Veep
Gold Derby Awards2019
Best Actress in Comedy Series Nominee
Minna Hakkinen - Veep
Online Film & Television Association 2019
Best Actress
Helen - Blood Shed
GenreBlast Film Festival2018
Comedy Guest Actress Nominee
Minna Hakkinen - Veep
Gold Derby Awards2017
National Diversity Awards
Nominated
Celebrity of the year award2016
Best Female Comdy Newcomer
Smack the Pony
British Cmedy Awards1999

Radio

Great Lives
Guest
BBC Radio 42020
Sue Perkins Nature Table
Guest
BBC Radio 42020
Christmas Meditation
Host
BBC Radio 42019
Words and Music
Guest
BBC Radio 32018
Museum of Curiosity
Series Curator
BBC Radio 42018
Tim Key's Late Night Poetry
Christine
BBC Radio 42018
My Dream Dinner Party
Writer and presenter
BBC Radio 42018
Poetry Please
Herself
BBC Radio 42017
Quote...Unquote
Guest
BBC Radio 42017
Museum of Curiosity
Guest
BBC Radio 42017
BBC Radio 3 In Tune Christmas Special
Contributor
BBC Radio 32017
Loose Ends
Guest
BBC Radio 42016
A Good Read
Herself
BBC Radio 42016
My Essential Classics
Guest
BBC Radio 32016
How to Write a Poem: Keats and Clare
Barmaid
BBC Radio 42016
How to Write a Poem: Dickinson and Byron
Barmaid
BBC Radio 42016
Clare in the Community
Clare
Winner of The Bronze Comedy Award at the 2005 Sony Radio Awards2004 — 2019
People Like Us
Various
BBC Radio 41999
Protesting Too Much
Anne Dank
BBC Radio 41997

News

Sally Phillips stars in new comedy series, 'Austin'

3rd June 2024

When much-loved children’s author Julian Hartswood (Ben Miller) inadvertently causes a social media storm, his career and that of his illustrator wife Ingrid (Sally Phillips) appears to be over

Bleak Expectations at London’s Criterion Theatre this Summer

18th April 2023

A wonderful line-up of PBJ acts are taking on the role of The Narrator, in the riotous new comedy classic – Bleak Expectations

Gareth Gwynn's Tourist Trap

6th November 2018

Gareth Gwynn's 'Tourist Trap', the semi-improvised sketch-show set in a fictionalized version of the Welsh tourist board and starring pretty much everyone you like, has had the box-set treatment from BBC Wales

Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme

22nd February 2018

Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme is back again

British Comedy Guide Awards 2017

29th January 2018

The British Comedy Guide (comedy

The new series of Museum of Curiosity with Sally Phillips as curator begins!

8th January 2018

The news series of BBC Radio 4's muched loved programme 'Musem of Curiosity' is back tonight, with Sally Philips joining the panel for the series as the curator

Top Christmas TV on the BBC featuring shows starring many PBJ Clients

29th November 2017

The BBC have announced their schedule for Christmas Television this year - and we are so thrilled to see so many PBJ Clients starring in (and writing) some of the shows

Henry IX starring Sally Phillips wins the Rose d'Or award for Best Sitcom!

22nd September 2017

Hnery IX, which screened on Gold earlier this year has just picked up the award for Best Sitcom from Rose D'or

Bob Mortimer and Sally Phillips to compete in new series of 'Taskmaster'

13th September 2017

Taskmaster returns for a brand new series featuring Bob Mortimer and Sally Phillips

Sally Phillips reprises her role in VEEP on Sky Atlantic/ HBO

4th May 2017

Make sure you catch Sally Phillps reprise her role of Minna in VEEP on Sky Atlantic, Tuesday nights at 10:10pm

Sally Phillips stars new feature Burn Burn Burn

27th October 2016

#BurnBurnBurn is released in selected cinemas Friday 28th October, Sally Phillips stars

Sally Phillips in new fantasy-comedy 'Zapped!'

6th October 2016

Sally Phillips stars in new fantasy-comedy Zapped

Sally Phillips' Documentary 'A World Without Downs?'

5th October 2016

Tune in 5th October at 9pm @BBCTwo to watch @sallyephillips' documentary #AWorldWithoutDowns? 

To Do List's 50 UNMISSABLE SHOWS AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE 2016

27th July 2016

A number of our brilliant acts have been featured in TO DO LIST's 50 UNMISSABLE SHOWS AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE 2016 Mawaan Rizwan's The Freak Fringe | Aug 7 - 11 | 11:15pm | Free | The Free Sisters Sally Phillips and Lily Becan: Talking to Strangers | Aug 15 - 21 | 8:00pm | From £12

Sally Phillips at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival

26th April 2016

HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest philosophy and music festival, has just released its full line up

As Yet Untitled - Series 3 Part 2

6th January 2016

Alan Davies As Yet Untitled recommences on Dave on Tuesday 2nd February with the wonderful Bob Mortimer around the table

Veep Returns

7th October 2013

Armando Iannucci's award winning US political satire will return to British screens on October 16th at 10:30 on Sky Atlantic

Sally Phillips and Tom Conti Co-star in Parents

4th July 2012

Parents (6 x 30 minute episodes) is a sharp, quick-witted family sitcom which will star star Sally Phillips (Green Wing, Smack The Pony, Miranda) and Darren Strange (Phone Shop, The Armando Iannucci Shows) as a married couple with two teenaged kids, forced to move in with their parents played by Coronation Street’s Susie Blake and Friends’s Tom Conti

Sally Phillips and Tom Conti in new Sky sitcom

25th January 2012

Sky1 has commissioned a new family sitcom starring Sally Phillips and Tom Conti

Don't miss our PBJ/JBJ Clients this Xmas!

15th December 2010

Tune in over Xmas and watch /hear our PBJ/JBJ clients in all their festive glory