BIO
Sandra is currently playing Becky in The Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End.
She recently starred as Jessie Grant in ITV's Emmerdale. Previously, Sandra returned to The Donmar Warehouse playing Camila Batmanghelidjh in ‘The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee takes Oral evidence on Whitehall's relationship with Kids Company’, a new verbatim piece with book adapted by Donmar Artistic Director, Josie Rouke and Hadley Fraser from the 2015 Select Parliamentary hearing. Music by Tom Deering.
Sandra starred as Rose in ‘Stepping Out’ (play) with Amanda Holden, Tamzin Outhwaite, Natalie Casey, Angela Griffin, Nicola Stephenson and Tracy Ann Oberman in London's West End.
Prior to that, she played Queenie in the critically acclaimed ‘Showboat’ in the West End, having previously played the role at The Sheffield Crucible. She also previously starred as Matron Mama Morton in ‘Chicago’ and Miss Motormouth Maybelle in ‘Hairspray’, (West End and UK tours) and also joining Michael Ball OBE on both his ‘If Everyone was Listening’ and ‘Heroes’ UK tours as a guest.
Other theatre includes: ‘City Of Angels’ (Donmar Warehouse), ‘Ragtime’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), ‘Porgy and Bess’ (The Savoy Theatre) and originated the role of Mary in ‘Cool Hand Luke’ alongside Mark Warren (The Aldwych Theatre).
In 2016, Sandra joined Kate Bush in her ground-breaking sold-out ‘Before The Dawn’ concerts at the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo in London. Sandra also appears on her album ‘Before the Dawn Live’.
She has also worked with many other artists, including Liam Gallagher, Alexandra Burke, Tim Burgess and The Charlatans, featuring on their latest album ‘Modern Nature’ and joining them on tour. She has performed frequently at The Royal Albert Hall, The Roundhouse, The Hideaway, Ronnie Scott's and appearances on BBC Radio 2 and the BBC Radio 6 Music Live Music Festival. She has also performed her solo show to sold out audiences.
Other TV appearances include Citizen Khan, The Royal Variety Show, and features on The Paul O’Grady Show, Loose Women, Good Morning Britain, This Morning & BBC Children In Need. She also appeared in the movie ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ staring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant.
Sandra also performed lead vocal on the title track for the Oscar and Bafta award winning Stephen Price soundtrack for the film ‘Gravity’, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Sandra has also performed on the soundtrack for the highly anticipated 2018 film, ‘Mary Poppins Returns’.