Background
Sarah was born in Salford. She likes swimming, going to the gym and dancing. She's a Manchester United supporter and reckons her dream dinner party guest would be Julie Walters.
TV Apperances
General
Sarah has appeared in a wide number of productions from Fat Friends, My Beautiful Son and Doctors on TV, to touring with the Ape Theatre Company.
Hollyoaks
One of Sarah's biggest small screen role was in the popular UK soap "Hollyoaks" in which she played the character "Ellie Mills". Sarah joined Hollyoaks in 2002 and had regular appearances throughout her characters time in the soap which ended in March 2005.
Her character Ellie Hunter is part of the "Hunter" family which consists of Lisa (Gemma Atkinson), Dan, Les, Sally and Lee. Ellie married Toby Mills who was Dan’s best friend in late 2003 but the marriage was destroyed with the realisation that Toby was a serial killer.
Ellie covered for her husband s she feared what would happen to both of them if she reported the terrible events. In the end Dan and Lisa found out and rushed to help Ellie as Toby decided to end his life and take Ellie with him. Dan stopped him from killing Ellie but Toby died in the struggle. In a mixture of shock and denial Ellie stood up in court and accused Dan of killing Toby and being the serial killer. Dan was jailed but released on bail after extensive work by his family who knew he was innocent. This wrong accusation of Dan has created a rift between Ellie and her family (especially Sally).
Ellie gradually moved on from this but was constantly reminded of her past. She experiences glaring and muttering wherever she goes in Chester Village and whilst this is dying down she now has another problem to contend with. Steph Dean (played by Carly Stenson) who was the only survivor of Toby Mill's attacks is extracting revenge on Ellie. Steph has been left with Epilepsy after being dealt a blow to the back of the head by the infamous Toby. She befriended Ellie only to use this friendship to play a series of pranks increasing in maliciousness each time (she has called Ellie and reported Les had been involved in an accident and she was needed at the hospital, stolen Ellie's purse and accompanied Ellie to the place where she hid it in a brown paper bag and covered it in red paint, forged a letter from Ellie to the Hollyoaks community college requesting removal from the I.T course Ellie had enrolled on). This does seem to have died down recently however Steph still holds the grudge and will no doubt seek to continue it at a later date.
Ellie was quiet for several months in early 2005 only to resurface around March. During this time she requested money back from Sally which she had lent to help bail out the pit stop. Sally was disguster at this request as were Lee and Lisa. The family had other worries at the time and they couldn't afford to spare any. Ellie insisted it was to help her move on in life and Sally agreed to write a check, but in doing so she would be washing her hands of her daughter. This cause Ellie to wonder about her future and made up her mind that it wasn't in Chester. On Friday 25th March 2005 Sarah's final scenes saw Ellie packed and ready to leave. As she departed she placed a note for the other Hunters downstairs and ripped the check. On this positive note, and a horn from a waiting taxi, she took a final glance at her family home and walked out of the door.
