Sally Dynevor Bio - Biography

Name Sally Dynevor
Height
Naionality English
Date of Birth 30-May-1963
Place of Birth Middleton, Lancashire, England
Famous for Acting
Sally Dynevor is an English soap opera actress. She is best known for her long-running role as Sally Webster on the ITV soap Coronation Street which she has played since 1986. Dynevor trained at Oldham Repertory Theatre and then the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. In 1985 she appeared in an episode of the television series Juliet Bravo, playing the problem teenager Wendy Cunningham.

She has made a career out of playing Sally Webster, a bad girl turned tame, on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She made her début on the serial in January 1986 and has been with the programme ever since. Dynevor was nominated for "Best TV soap Personality" at the 2011 Television and Radio Industries Club Awards (TRIC Awards). She made the Longlist for Best Actress at the 2011 British Soap Awards. She also, along with three co-stars, accepted the award for "Best Storyline" which revolved around the Dobbs-Websters love triangle. Dynevor married scriptwriter Tim Dynevor, who was nominated for a BAFTA for his work on Emmerdale in 2008, in Trafford, Greater Manchester in 1995. In 2010, Sally began using her married name of Dynevor professionally. They have three children, all of whom were born in Trafford: Phoebe Harriet (born 17 April 1995), appears in Waterloo Road as Siobhan Mailey and as Lauren in Prisoners Wives'; Samuel Charles R. (born 10 March 1997); and Harriet Fleur "Hatty"(born October 2003).

In November 2009, Dynevor was diagnosed with breast cancer, for which she has had chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Dynevor returned to the ITV soap in July 2010 after a 6 month break. Since 1999 Sally has been an ambassador for the charity ActionAid. She has travelled to India to raise awareness of the organisation and represented the charity on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?