Tracy Brabin

Tracy Brabin (born May 9, 1961 in Batley, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actress and television writer.

Education

She was educated at Heckmondike Grammar School, and studied Drama at Loughborough University and got her MA in Screenwriting from London College of Communication in 2001.

Career

Brabin is best remembered for her roles as clumsy waitress Sandra opposite David Jason in A Bit of a Do (ITV), Tricia Armstrong in Coronation Street from 1994 to 1997 and Ginny in three series of Richard Harris's Outside Edge. She has also appeared in EastEnders as Roxy Drake, The Ghost Hunter as Mrs Oliver (BBC television), and Love + Hate directed by Dominic Savage. In 2006, she appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders entitled "Dead Letters". In 2008, she began to appear in a series of commercials for supermarket chain Sainsbury's playing the role of Sarah, a mother-of-two and Sainsbury's employee who does her weekly shopping at the store. More recently she played Lyndsey Bernstein in Law and Order UK and Pam in Chris Lang's thriller "Undeniable".