Sally Phillips
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Award winning Actor, writer and comedian-presenter Sally Phillips is known for her roles in I’m Alan Partridge, Smack the Pony, Green Wing and Miranda. She is also Clare, in Radio 4’s Sony Award winning Clare in the Community, Shazzer in the Bridget Jones trilogy and Minna Hakkinen, former Finnish PM in Veep.
In 2016 she fronted the documentary A World Without Down’s Syndrome? (成人快手2), exploring the ethical implications of our national screening policy. It won the Radio Times Readers Awards and Sanford St Martin awards for the Best single documentary and was shown around the world. The success of this has led to contributions to The Nuffield Council Report, invitations to speak to midwives, gynaecologists, politicians and philosophers globally and she continues to be a vocal disability advocate.
Sally is a popular guest on QI and other British panel shows and in 2017, became one of 成人快手 Radio 4’s Museum of Curiosity’s favourite curators and delighted the nation with her appearance on Taskmaster series 5.
Sally is a proud ambassador and patron of various disability charities, particularly her local charity, Skylarks.
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