Sally Ann Matthews

Sally Ann Matthews (born 19 September 1970) is an English actress. She is known for playing the roles of Jenny Bradley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and Emmerdale as Sandra Briggs

Career Matthews was born in Oldham, Lancashire. She played Jenny Bradley, the daughter of the villainous Alan Bradley (Mark Eden) in Coronation Street from 1986 to 1991, making a brief return in 1993. She returned to Coronation Street as Jenny in February 2015.

In 2005 Matthews joined the cast of Emmerdale as farmer's wife Sandra Briggs, but left less than a year later. In an interview with Inside Soap, the show's executive producer, Kathleen Beedles, admitted casting Matthews, well-known to soap fans from Coronation Street, in what would essentially become a minor role was a mistake. She also confirmed she would like Matthews to return to the show in some capacity in the future.

Personal life In a one-off documentary Coronation Street's DNA Secrets in September 2018, Matthews found out that fellow Coronation Street actress Amanda Barrie, who played Alma Baldwin (nee Halliwell) (1981–1982, 1988–2001), is her cousin.

Matthews' brother Tim was a contestant on a 2025 Birmingham episode of Channel 4's Come Dine with Me, revealing his famous sister to his dinner guests.

Filmography

Theatre Judy (Lead), Framed, the Mill at Sonning, Ian Masters Alison, Mum's The Word, UK Tour, Andrew Lynford Dee, The Business of Murder, UK Tour, Ian Masters Jean Perkins, Funny Money, UK Tour, Giles Watling Annie, Table Manners, UK Tour, Ian Dickens Joanna Lyppiat, Present Laughter, UK Tour, Ian Dickens Jane, Killing Time, UK Tour, Ian Dickens Mrs Grose, Turn of the Screw, UK Tour, Ian Dickens Suzette, Don't Dress for Dinner, UK Tour, Ian Dickens Mary Magdalene/Singer, The Passion/Doomsday, Northern Broadsides, Barrie Rutter Lady Montague, Romeo & Juliet, Northern Broadsides, Barrie Rutter Octavia, Antony & Cleopatra, Northern Broadsides, Barrie Rutter Michele Gray, Blood Sweat and Tears, Hull Truck, Zoe Seaton Vicki, My Fat Friend, Oldham, Kenneth Alan Taylor Stephanie/Stella Turner, Feed, Bill Kenwright Ltd, Kenneth Alan Taylor Sarah Harding, The Accrington Pals, Bolton Octagon, Sue Sutton Mayo Raissa, The Suicide, Bolton Octagon, Lawrence Till Daisy Hannigan, Biloxi Blues, Manchester Library Theatre, David Fleashman Patricia, Here & Now: The Steps Musical, UK tour, Rachel Kavanaugh

Radio Iris/Octavia, Antony & Cleopatra (2 years), BBC Radio 4, Kate Rowland Toni, Carr Lane Carters, BBC Radio 4 Nurse Jameson, MY DAD'S A BORING NERD, BBC Radio 4, Martin Jameson