Rachael Elizabeth
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Rachael Elizabeth is an English actress best known for her role in Coronation Street
as WPC Abi Sharpe. She hails from Lydiate
on Merseyside
.
She also appeared in the Gaynor Faye
drama The Chase (TV series)
as well as The Bill
, Jimmy McGoverns award winning series The Street
and also The BBC sitcom Eyes Down
where she played Dawn, a gangsters moll. She most recently appeared as glamour model Sarah-Leanne in BBC drama series, Waterloo Road
.
Elizabeth attended St Gregory’s primary school, where she began playing the flute and Irish whistle, and at Maricourt high school where in her first year, she starred as Tallulah in Bugsy Malone
. She then attended Liverpool Community College Arts Centre, later continuing her training at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts where she graduated with a first class honours degree in 2006.
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
as WPC Abi Sharpe. She hails from Lydiate
Lydiate
-Future:In 2009 planning permission was sought to be a marina on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal by Bells Lane.-Notable residents:*Ian Callaghan, former professional footballer, owned an insurance agency near the Weld Blundell....
on Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
.
She also appeared in the Gaynor Faye
Gaynor Faye
Gaynor Faye is an English actress. She is famous for playing the role of Judy Mallett in the British soap opera Coronation Street from 1995 until 1999...
drama The Chase (TV series)
The Chase (TV series)
The Chase is a BBC drama series that first aired on 16 July 2006. The Chase centered around a family run veterinary practice.It was co-written by Gaynor Faye , the daughter of the show's creator, Kay Mellor...
as well as The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, Jimmy McGoverns award winning series The Street
The Street
The Street may refer to:*The Street , a drama shown on BBC One in 2006, 2007 and 2009*"The Street" , by H. P. Lovecraft*The Street , a 1946 novel by Ann Petry...
and also The BBC sitcom Eyes Down
Eyes Down
Eyes Down is a comedy starring Paul O'Grady as Ray Temple, the manager of a bingo hall in Liverpool, England called The Rio, although the series was filmed in Rayners Lane in London. Although it had moderate ratings, the programme only lasted for two series until it was cancelled by the BBC in 2004...
where she played Dawn, a gangsters moll. She most recently appeared as glamour model Sarah-Leanne in BBC drama series, Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
.
Elizabeth attended St Gregory’s primary school, where she began playing the flute and Irish whistle, and at Maricourt high school where in her first year, she starred as Tallulah in Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 musical film, very loosely based on events in New York City in the Prohibition era, specifically the exploits of gangsters like Al Capone and Bugs Moran, as dramatized in cinema...
. She then attended Liverpool Community College Arts Centre, later continuing her training at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts where she graduated with a first class honours degree in 2006.