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Sarah Moyle
English actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarah Moyle (born 14 September 1969) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Valerie Pitman in the BBC soap opera Doctors, for which she won the award for Best Comedy Performance at the 2019 British Soap Awards. She also has appeared in stage productions since the 1990s, with various West End and Broadway theatre credits. Moyle has also appeared in recurring television roles in Extras and Emmerdale.
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1992–2011: Early work and breakthrough
Moyle trained at Bodywork Dance Studios, has a BA in Performance Art from Middlesex University, and studied for six months at State University of New York.[1] From 1988 to 1991, she was a member of National Youth Theatre. Moyle began her career in 1992 with roles in theatre,[2] her first being in Lust at Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by Bob Carlton. In her early career, Moyle portrayed roles in An Inspector Calls, Oliver!, Les Misérables and My Fair Lady. She also made appearances in Drowning on Dry Land and Private Fears in Public Places, written for her by Sir Alan Ayckbourn.[3]
As well as her early stage appearances, Moyle was also making numerous television appearances in British series. Her television debut was in 1997, when she appeared in an episode of the BBC sitcom The Brittas Empire.[2] She kept making various minor appearances in series including Roger Roger, Born and Bred, City Lights and Ultimate Force, after which she held a recurring role in the BBC comedy series Extras from 2006 to 2007.[4] In 2009, Moyle played the role of Linda Fawcett in Jerusalem[5] at the Royal Court Theatre[6] and the Apollo Theatre, before taking it to Broadway at the Music Box Theatre.[7]
2012–2022: Doctors
In 2012, Moyle was cast in the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors.[8] She made her first appearance as receptionist Valerie Pitman on 15 October 2012. Her role was initially recurring and she began with three brief stints as Valerie. In-between her Doctors appearances, she continued with theatre work, appearing in The Schoolmistress, A Bunch of Amateurs and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.[2] Moyle was curious why the production team only wanted her to appear fleetingly year after year, but after a positive reception from viewers to Valerie, she was eventually promoted to a regular cast member.[9]
Moyle was nominated for Best Female Dramatic Performance and Best Comedy Performance at the 2016 British Soap Awards, but lost out to Lacey Turner and Patti Clare who play Stacey Fowler and Mary Taylor, respectively.[10] In 2018, she made her writing debut after writing an episode of Doctors, titled "The Wager", which aired on 31 May 2018.[11] In 2019, Moyle won Best Comedy Performance at the British Soap Awards.[12] In 2020, Moyle wrote another episode of Doctors, titled "Targeted Individual".[13] Moyle announced her decision to leave Doctors in August 2022. Her final episode aired on 16 December 2022.[14]
2023–present: Return to theatre work
Following her exit from Doctors, Moyle appeared in an episode of the Britbox period series Sister Boniface Mysteries.[15] She then returned to theatre work when she toured the UK in the production Jumping the Shark.[16] Moyle then appeared in two Royal Shakespeare Company productions: The Empress and Falkland Sound.[17][18] Afterwards, she starred in the King's Head Theatre's 2024 production of queer comedy Northbound Boy.[19]
In 2024, Moyle reunited with her former Doctors co-stars for an episode of the BBC programme Bargain Hunt.[20][21] Later that year, Moyle returned to My Fair Lady, this time as Mrs Eynsford-Hill and Mrs Pearce at the Curve Theatre.[22] Her first role of 2025 saw her portray Queen Elizabeth II in Handbagged at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch.[23]
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Personal life
In September 2018, Moyle cycled 282 km across Rwanda[24] to raise money and awareness for Hope and Homes for Children. She is also an advocate for the Alzheimer's Society, and ran the 2000 London Marathon to raise money for the charity.[25] In 2020, Moyle raised money for the charity of which she is patron, Embracing Arts,[26] by cycling 46 miles around London.[27]
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