Sara Sugarman

Sara Sugarman (born 13 October 1962) is a Welsh actress and filmmaker whose work includes Disney's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) and Very Annie Mary (2001).

[1] As a young teenager, she played in a punk outfit called The Fractures, managed by local musician Mike Peters.

[1] During this period, she played the rebellious SAG (School Action Group) leader Jessica Samuels in the children's drama TV series Grange Hill (1978–1979).

She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) from 1986 to 1989, where she won the Best Actress medal.

[4] In 2012, Sugarman wrote and directed Vinyl, a British comedy film based on the true story of Welsh musician Mike Peters of The Alarm who in 2004 released the single "45 RPM" under the name of a fictitious band "The Poppy Fields".