Sally Bretton — Movies, TV Shows & Roles

Actor

1980-04-23 · Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England · Female

16 series in the catalog

Sally Davis (born 23 April 1980), known professionally as Sally Bretton, is an English actress. She is best known for appearing as Lucy Adams in the long-running BBC television sitcom Not Going Out since 2007, and as Martha Lloyd in the BBC crime drama Death in Paradise between 2016 and 2017, a role she has reprised in the spin-off, Beyond Paradise, since 2023.
Other roles include Donna in The Office in 2001, Cat Durnford in Absolute Power in 2003, and Kim Alabaster in Green Wing between 2004 and 2006.
Early life and education
Bretton trained in London at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and worked, part time, as a drama teacher at Top Hat Stage and Screen School during her time at speech and drama school from which she graduated in 1999. She chose the professional name Bretton as her birth name was already registered, by another, with actors' union Equity.
Film
In Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord, in 2011, Bretton appeared with Sean Lock and Oliver Chris (whom she had previously appeared with in the Green Wing sitcom between 2004 and 2006). The short film was part of a Shelter campaign bringing attention to the problem of questionable landlords and their tactics.
Television
Bretton has appeared as Lucy Adams in the BBC television sitcom Not Going Out from 2007. She also featured in the TV programmes Absolute Power, Green Wing, and The Office.
She played Martha Lloyd in the BBC crime drama Death in Paradise between 2016 and 2017, and from 2023 has reprised the role in the spin-off, Beyond Paradise.
Theatre
On stage, she played Goneril in Shakespeare's King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe in 2008.
Bretton has made a number of appearances in the theatre. "An Ideal Husband" in 2018 was broadcast from London to cinemas across the country. It was also recorded as a film and is available to view, in the UK, through MarqueeTV (part of Prime Video).
Personal life
Bretton and her husband, Lee, a photographer, have three daughters, including twins. As of March 2025, they lived in Hertfordshire.
Nominated
2002 – Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards – Best Actress (Theatre) – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2024 – TV Times Awards – Favourite On-Screen Partnership – Beyond Paradise with Kris Marshall
Sally Bretton Interview
Glasgow Times - Dial M for Murder Interview