Sally Carman-Duttine is an English actress born in Mexborough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. She is known for portraying the roles of Kelly Maguire in the

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series '' Shameless'' (2005–2013), and Abi Franklin in the ITV

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'' (2017–present).

Career

At 18 she attended the LAMDA drama school in London. Carman made her major television debut in 2000 when she starred as Bridget Salsabill in British drama ''

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'', though she had previously featured briefly in an episode of '' City Central'' in 1998. As an actress, she has also starred in '' Doctors'', '' Heartbeat'' and ''

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''. She also played the character of Betty Haigh, the wife of John George Haigh, in the television film ''A is for Acid''. In 2005 she appeared in what would be a recurring role as Kelly Maguire in '' Shameless''. She became a more prominent character in the 2008 series, and finally a main cast member from 2009 to 2013. In 2011, she played the character Marie in the film '' Tyrannosaur'', written and directed by

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. On 28 January 2013, Carman appeared in " The Shrine" the first episode of the fourth series of '' Moving On'' as Sarah, one of the main characters. She appeared in the second series of the BBC 1 drama '' Prisoners' Wives'', starting 14 March 2013, as Kim Haines, the wife of a man falsely accused of child abuse. In September 2014, she played the role of Mrs Casper, the mother of kestrel lover Billy, in ''Kes'', a stage adaptation of Barry Hines’ book, '' A Kestrel for a Knave'', at Cast in

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, South Yorkshire. Carman was the lead actor in ''Dreamers'' a musical play that ran at the Oldham Coliseum in July 2015. She played DCI Sally Butcher in " River’s Edge" Parts 1 & 2, the final episodes of '' Silent Witness'' Series 19, in 2016. In October 2017, Carman joined the cast of long-running ITV

, ''

''. She is playing Abi Franklin, the drug-addicted mother of established teenage character, Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni).

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Carman married her co-star Joe Duttine who plays Tim Metcalfe in 2022. Carman is a Christian; she was baptised at St Philip's Church in Salford in 2019 after finding her faith in 2015. Carman discovered

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while filming ''Shameless'', and subsequently trained at the Oldham Reiki Network. In March 2014 she worked as a therapist at Buddah Beauty, a holistic therapy salon in Chorlton whilst continuing acting.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carman, Sally British soap opera actresses English television actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)