Her many onscreen appearances have included A Touch of Frost, Dalziel and Pascoe, Toast of London, and Family, as well as the long-running Night and Day.
creates any star, it should be RSC alumna Sally Dexter, whose blowsy, huge-voiced Nancy is the career-making performance this actress has long deserved.
Other roles include Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot the Musical opposite Leon Cooke for 12 months, leaving the show to standing ovations,[4] Lady Macbeth in Macbeth opposite Rufus Sewell, Anna in the original production of Patrick Marber's Closer and Regan in King Lear.
[6] She co-wrote and created the three-part BBC comedy drama series Sugartown, starring Tom Ellis, Sue Johnston and Miranda Raison in 2011.
She was cast as Gertrude opposite Michael Sheen in Ian Rickson's Young Vic production of Hamlet, previewing in October 2011.
[7] In 2017, Dexter appeared in the BBC TV series Father Brown episode 5.3 "The Eve of St John" as Selina Crow.