Sian Gibson (née Foulkes) is a Welsh comedy actress and television writer. She has collaborated with

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, including starring in and co-writing the comedy series ''

Peter Kay's Car Share ''Peter Kay's Car Share'' is a British sitcom set around supermarket assistant manager John Redmond (Peter Kay) and promotions rep Kayleigh Kitson ( Sian Gibson), and their participation in a company car-sharing scheme. The first series was f ...

'', for which she won the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Scripted Comedy and the National Television Award for Best Comedy. Gibson has also appeared as Gemma in the

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original film series '' Murder on the Blackpool Express'' which was followed by, ''

Death on the Tyne ''Murder on the Blackpool Express'' is a 2017 comedy drama television film created by Jason Cook. Starring Johnny Vegas, Sian Gibson, Sheila Reid, Una Stubbs (in her final role), Griff Rhys Jones, Nina Wadia, Nigel Havers, Kimberley Nixon and Ke ...

'', '' Dial M for Middlesbrough'' and the three-part series '' Murder They Hope'' (2017–2022).

Early life

Gibson was born and raised in

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, Wales. Her father was a builder and her mother a housewife. She joined the local youth theatre in

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. She studied performing arts at the

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where she met fellow students

and

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Career

Gibson's credits include ''

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'', ''Hospital People'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. From 1998 until 1999 she appeared in ''

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'' playing Tessie Thompson and returned in October/November 2007 in four further episodes. She also appeared in two episodes of ''

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'' as the daughter of one of the main characters, Mary. Gibson's character also goes by the name Mary, though several characters refer to her as "Young Mary", Paddy (

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) – who works with Max (Peter Kay) as security on the door at the Phoenix Club – takes a shine to her and can be seen chatting her up as she works alongside her mother behind the bar at the titular working men's club. In 2006, Gibson, along with Peter Kay, appeared in the music video to the

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song "

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". In 2008, Gibson appeared in Peter Kay's music video for the Geraldine McQueen song "

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" as her '' Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice'' character Wendy. Before landing a role in ''

'' in 2015, Gibson had not auditioned for any acting roles for over a year and was working in a

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. Kay had received the script from Paul Coleman and

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, who sought his opinion. Although Kay loved the script he initially had no intention of appearing in the series. He later asked Gibson if she wanted to work with him and they set to work rewriting the script to fit themselves, since John and Kayleigh as originally scripted were meant to be slightly younger. The success of the series brought Gibson to wider prominence and opened the door for other roles. She returned for the second series of ''Car Share'' in April 2017. In January 2018, she appeared in ''

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'' and an episode of ''

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''. In 2019, Gibson participated in the eighth series of '' Taskmaster''.

Personal life

Gibson is married to Ian Gibson, a gas fitter. They have a daughter, Gracie, who was born in 2013.

Filmography

TV

References

External links

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Peter Kay's Car Share
bbc.co.uk; accessed 18 January 2016.

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