Sara Gregory


Sara Lloyd-Gregory, also billed as Sara Gregory, is a Welsh actress. She is known for her leading role in the S4C drama series Alys and appearing in the Sky1 series Thorne: Sleepyhead.

Early life

Sara Gregory was born in Ammanford in 1986 to Yvonne and Adrian Gregory. She attended Maes yr Yrfa School in Cross Hands and had studied ballet from the age of three. She was intent on becoming a dancer until the age of 16, when she developed an interest in acting. Following her high school graduation, she went on to study at Gorseinon College in Swansea for a brief time, although her ambition to perform would prevail. She enrolled at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, a conservatoire in Cardiff, from which she never graduated. She opted instead to pursue a career on screen, a decision which proved successful due to her affiliation with the Mark Jermin Stage School and his agency.

Career

Her debut came in 2003 in Stopping Distance, a film about gang rape in which she appeared as a teenage girl called Melanie. In 2004, she made her second stage appearance, this time as teenager Julie Osman—the daughter of a Turkish Muslim man who was the victim of a racially motivated murder in South Wales—in A Way of Life.
In 2006, she completed a hat-trick of appearances in controversial films by portraying the role of a girl called Serena in Little White Lies. The film was a comedy which featured racism and was, like A Way of Life, filmed in South Wales. Later that year, she starred in the Torchwood episode "Day One" as a young woman called Carys Fletcher who is possessed by an alien that feeds off orgasmic energy. In 2007, she became one of the regular cast of the BBC Wales drama Belonging, as Nadine Weaver.
In 2008, she played the female lead in Romeo and Juliet at the New Theatre, Cardiff.
In 2011, she starred in the lead role of the new S4C Welsh television series Alys. She returned for the second season of Alys which was broadcast in late 2012. In 2013, Sara won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress, following her role as Alys.
In 2018 and 2019, she played Amy in two series of the BBC Wales mockumentary Tourist Trap.

Personal life

Gregory's partner is actor Carwyn Jones; they have a son, Idris.

Film and television appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Stopping DistanceMelanieTV movie
2006TorchwoodCarys FletcherSeries 1
2007Y PrisLlio EdwardsSeries 1
2008BelongingNadineSeries 9
2008Tess of the d'UrbervillesNancy DarchMiniseries
2009DoctorsCarmel CoatesSeries 11
2009BlodauCatS4C drama series
2009Sleep with MeYoung LeliaTV movie
2010Being HumanAmy McBrideSeries 2
2010Thorne: SleepyheadAlison WillettsSeries 1
2011Bloody NorahAmyTV movie
2011–2012AlysAlysSeries 1 & 2
2013DoctorsOlwyn PrytherchSeries 15
2013–2016HinterlandCatrin JohnSeries 1 & 3
2014The Devil’s ViceSuzanneTV movie
2014Cara FiManonSeries 1
2016–2017Byw CelwyddLowri Ogwen JonesSeries 1 & 2
2017DoctorsRachael LambertSeries 18
2018CasualtyCarly McLeodSeries 32
2018–2019Tourist TrapAmySeries 1 & 2
2021The Pembrokeshire MurdersLeanne DaunceyMiniseries
2021BregusLucySeries 1
2021ManhuntAlice TurnerSeries 2
2021On the EdgeHayleySeries 3
2022CasualtyHannah EvansSeries 36
2023Yr AmgueddfaAnnetteSeries 2
2023AnfamolNiaSeries 1
2024CreisisJanetteSeries 1
2024–2025Pobol y CwmEleri4 episodes