Sally Carman
{{short description|English actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2020}}
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| birth_place = Mexborough, South Yorkshire
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{Marriage|Joe Duttine|2022}}{{Cite web |last=Rowlands |first=Eve |last2=Delaney |first2=Zoe |date=2022-07-15 |title=Corrie co-stars Sally Carman and Joe Duttine finally wed in real life |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/coronation-street-co-stars-sally-24505372 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}
| known_for = Shameless (2005–2013)
Coronation Street (2017–present)
| years_active = 1997–present
| alias = Sally Carman-Duttine{{cite web |last1=Carman-Duttine |first1=Sally |title=Sally Carman - Duttine |url=https://www.instagram.com/sally_carman__/?hl=en |publisher=Instagram |access-date=28 July 2022}}
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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 Channel 4 comedy-drama series Shameless (2005–2013), and Abi Franklin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2017–present).
Career
At 18 she attended the LAMDA drama school in London.{{cite web|title=South Yorkshire TV Star...|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/what-s-on/theatre/south-yorkshire-tv-star-sally-plays-a-brassy-survivor-in-kes-1-6795777|work=The Star|date=21 August 2014|access-date=19 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402220355/http://www.thestar.co.uk/what-s-on/theatre/south-yorkshire-tv-star-sally-plays-a-brassy-survivor-in-kes-1-6795777|archive-date=2 April 2015}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/shameless/articles/kelly-maguire|title=Shameless Kelly Maguire Character Profiles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822155558/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/shameless/articles/kelly-maguire|archive-date=22 August 2010|access-date=6 August 2020|url-status=dead|date=18 September 2009|work=Channel 4}}
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,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p015kh6w/profiles/kim|title=Kim Haines|publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402064939/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p015kh6w/profiles/kim|archive-date=2 April 2013|access-date=6 August 2020|url-status=dead}} 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 Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Carman was the lead actor in Dreamers a musical play that ran at the Oldham Coliseum in July 2015.{{cite web|title=Sally Carman:Everyone has a Dreamers|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/21/sally-carman-dreamers-oldham-coliseum-interview|website=theguardian.com|publisher=The Guardian|access-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912120456/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/21/sally-carman-dreamers-oldham-coliseum-interview|archive-date=12 September 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 soap opera, Coronation Street. 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.{{Cite web |last=Sansome |first=Jessica |date=2024-05-03 |title=Corrie's Abi star speaks out on real-life husband's 'break up' with co-star |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/coronation-streets-abi-star-speaks-29106569 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}
Carman is a Christian; she was baptised at St Philip's Church in Salford in 2019 after finding her faith in 2015.{{cite news |title=ITV Coronation Street: Real life of Abi Franklin star Sally Carman - co-star fiancé, adult baptism and breakthrough role|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/itv-coronation-street-real-life-24092738 |access-date=23 January 2025 |publisher=Manchester Evening News |date=29 May 2022}}
Carman discovered Reiki 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.{{cite web|title=Sally Carman Has New Career|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/shameless-star-sally-carman-hands-on-6770592|website=Manchester Evening News|publisher=Manchester Evening News|access-date=19 March 2015}}
References
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External links
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Category:British soap opera actresses