Sally Ann Matthews


Sally Ann Matthews is an English actress. She is known for playing the roles of Jenny Bradley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and ''Emmerdale as'' Sandra Briggs
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Career

Matthews was born in Oldham, Lancashire. She played Jenny Bradley, the daughter of the villainous Alan Bradley in Coronation Street from 1986 to 1991, making a brief return in 1993. She returned to Coronation Street as Jenny in February 2015.
In 2005 Matthews joined the cast of Emmerdale as farmer's wife Sandra Briggs, but left less than a year later. In an interview with Inside Soap, the show's executive producer, Kathleen Beedles, admitted casting Matthews, well-known to soap fans from Coronation Street, in what would essentially become a minor role was a mistake. She also confirmed she would like Matthews to return to the show in some capacity in the future.

Personal life

In a one-off documentary Coronation Street's DNA Secrets in September 2018, Matthews found out that fellow Coronation Street actress Amanda Barrie, who played Alma Baldwin (nee Halliwell), is her cousin.
Matthews' brother Tim was a contestant on a 2025 Birmingham episode of Channel 4's Come Dine with Me, revealing his famous sister to his dinner guests.

Theatre

Radio