Sally Carman

English actress (born 1975)

Joe Duttine

(m. 2022)

^[2]

Sally Carman-Duttine is an English actress. She is known for portraying the roles of Kelly Maguire in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Shameless (2005–2013), and Abi Franklin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2017–present).

Early and personal life

At 18 she attended the LAMDA drama school in London.^[3]

Carman discovered Reiki while filming Shameless, and subsequently trained at the Oldham Reiki Network. In March 2014 she started as a therapist at Buddah Beauty, a holistic therapy salon in Chorlton.^[4]

Career

Carman made her major television debut in 2000 when she starred as Bridget Salsabill in British drama Bomber, 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 Holby City. 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.^[5]

In 2011, she played the character Marie in the film Tyrannosaur, written and directed by Paddy Considine.

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,^[6] starting 14 March 2013, as Kim Haines,^[6] 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 Doncaster, South Yorkshire.^[3]

Carman was the lead actor in Dreamers a musical play that ran at the Oldham Coliseum in July 2015.^[7]

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2012	17th National Television Awards	Drama Performance: Female	Shameless	Nominated	^[8]
2018	TV Choice Awards	Best Soap Newcomer	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[9]
2020	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[10]
2021	RTS North West Awards	Best Performance in a Continuing Drama	Coronation Street	Won
2021	TV Choice Awards	Best Soap Actress	Coronation Street	Won	^[11]
2021	26th National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance	Coronation Street	Shortlisted	^[12]
2021	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Coronation Street	Won	^[13]
2021	Digital Spy Reader Awards	Best Actor (Female)	Coronation Street	Won	^[14]
2022	The British Soap Awards	Best Leading Performer	Coronation Street	Shortlisted	^[15]
2022	The British Soap Awards	Best Dramatic Performance	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[15]
2022	27th National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[16]
2022	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Coronation Street	Shortlisted	^[17]
2022	TV Choice Awards	Best Soap Actress	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[18]
2022	RTS North West Awards	Best Performance in a Continuing Drama	Coronation Street	Won
2022	I Talk Telly Awards	Best Soap Performance	Coronation Street	Nominated

References

^ Carman-Duttine, Sally. "Sally Carman - Duttine". Instagram. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ Rowlands, Eve; Delaney, Zoe (15 July 2022). "Corrie co-stars Sally Carman and Joe Duttine finally wed in real life". WalesOnline. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "South Yorkshire TV Star..." The Star. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
^ "Sally Carman Has New Career". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
^ "Shameless Kelly Maguire Character Profiles". Channel 4. 18 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Kim Haines". BBC. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Sally Carman:Everyone has a Dreamers". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
^ Wrightman, Catriona (27 September 2011). "National Television Awards 2012: The nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "TV Choice Awards 2018". ITV. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ "Inside Soap Awards reveals full longlist for 2020's ceremony". Digital Spy. 14 September 2020.
^ "TV Choice Awards 2021 winners: Line of Duty scoops three big prizes as stars Martin Compston and Vicky McClure take home acting prizes for first time". Metro. 6 September 2021.
^ "NTAs 2021 winners revealed, as Line of Duty and Coronation Street win major awards". Digital Spy. 9 September 2021.
^ "Meet your Inside Soap Awards winners for 2021!". Inside Soap. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ Draper, Joe (21 December 2021). "The Digital Spy Reader Awards 2021 full results". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b Kilkelly, Daniel; Warner, Sam (11 June 2022). "British Soap Awards 2022 winners list - updated live". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ Morris, Lauren (24 May 2022). "NTA 2022 longlist revealed as David Tennant and Sex Education nominated". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Harp, Justin (10 October 2022). "Inside Soap Awards announce final shortlist for 2022 ceremony". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ Rodger, James (9 August 2022). "TV Choice Awards nominations list announced in full". Birmingham Mail. (Reach plc). Retrieved 22 September 2022.