Who is Annabel Scholey and is The Salisbury Poisonings star married?
ACTRESS Annabel Scholey recently starred in lockdown hit The Salisbury Poisonings on BBC One and is a regular face on British primetime telly.
She is best known for her roles as Lauren Drake in the supernatural drama Being Human and as Amena in Sky Atlantic's Britannia.
Who is Annabel Scholey?
The 36-year-old English actress was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire on January, 8, 1984.
She trained at the Oxford School of Drama and graduated in 2005.
Starting out in theatre, Annabel starred in West End plays such as the Sam Mendes adaptation of Richard III alongside Kevin Spacey.
After landing small TV parts in the likes of Holby City, Doctors and Eastenders, Annabel got her breakthrough role as Lauren Drake in Being Human.
Annabel has since appeared in a variety of popular TV series, including Personal Affairs, Inspector George Gently, Netflix political drama Medici: Masters of Florence, Sky Atlantic's Britannia and BBC legal drama The Split.
Most recently she was cast as Sarah Bailey, portraying the wife of poisoned policeman Nick Bailey in true life crime adaptation The Salisbury Poisonings on BBC One.
Is Annabel Scholey married and does she have children?
Annabel is married to Northern Irish actor Ciaran McMenamin who has appeared in TV series such as Midsomer Murders, Jonathan Creek and Silent Witness.
The couple married in May 2017 and currently live together in Hastings.
The actress reportedly has said they are keen to start a family together but have no children together yet.
Who is Sarah Bailey who she plays in The Salisbury Poisonings?
Annabel portrays Sarah Bailey, the wife of poisoned Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey (played by Rafe Spall) in BBC true crime drama The Salisbury Poisonings.
The three part series is based on the true story of Sergei Skripal, a former Russian agent, and his daughter Yulia, who were poisoned with a deadly nerve agent in March 2018.
Police officer Nick Bailey was rushed to hospital after he raced to help Mr Skripal and his daughter following the Novichok attack.
He became critically ill and remained in hospital for almost three weeks.
DS Bailey, his wife Sarah and two children were unable to stay in their home, as he had unknowingly contaminated their house when he returned.
Talking about her role as Sarah Bailey, the actress told The I: “This story is absolutely meant to focus on ordinary people being dealt with an extraordinary hand of cards.
“They have to find extraordinary levels of bravery and resilience. Sarah Bailey was thrown into this completely insane situation and she had to find the courage to get through it. And so I think it’s a story about ordinary people and dealing with a national emergency, which obviously is exactly what we’re all doing now.”
Following the TV show’s second episode, which focused on Sarah dealing with the fallout of husband Nick’s life-threatening situation – some viewers criticised her actions.
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Nick was quick to step up to his wife's defence on Twitter, posting: “I’ve seen quite a bit of negativity towards my wife regarding episode two and the way she handled it.
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“Those scenes with Sarah could never truly reflect the extreme emotion and trauma she went through that day. Cut her some slack and be kind.”
Sarah felt the need to explain herself also, by tweeting: “I’d like to point out I changed the bed (twice), bleached everywhere, I was never told I couldn’t touch Nick."