Sara Lloyd-Gregory (born 19 August 1986), also billed as Sara Gregory, is a

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. She is known for her leading role in the S4C drama series ''

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'', and appearing in the

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series '' Thorne: Sleepyhead''.

Early life

Sara Gregory was born in

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in 1986 to Yvonne (née Lloyd) and Adrian Gregory, a member of the Welsh rugby team, The Gregory Brothers. She attended Maes yr Yrfa School in

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and had studied ballet from the age of three. However, she was intent on becoming a dancer until the age of 16 until 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 and she went on the enrol at the

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, a conservatoire in

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, for which she never graduated, and instead opted 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

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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

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—in ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' at the

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. In 2011, she starred in the lead role of the new S4C Welsh television series ''

''. She returned for the second season of ''

'' which was broadcast in late 2012. In 2013, Sara won the

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for Best Actress, following her role as ''Alys''. In 2018 and 2019, she played Amy in two series of the BBC Wales mockumentary ''

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''.

Personal life

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

Filmography

References

External links

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