Sally Jane Lindsay born 8 July [ 1 ] is an English actress and television presenter. She presented the travel documentary series Sally Lindsay's Posh Sleepover from to , and has narrated the Channel 5 reality series 22 Kids and Counting since She is president of the annual charity event Women of the Year [ 2 ] and creative director of the production company Saffron Cherry Productions. Lindsay was born in Stockport , England.
Lindsay attended St. Lindsay studied English at the University of Hull and had aspirations of becoming a journalist. However, she was cast in a play and enjoyed the experience, and then studied at North Cheshire Theatre School before dabbling in stand-up comedy.
When she was 24, she met and became friends with comedian Peter Kay. After winning the "Best Actress" category in the Inside Soap Awards, Lindsay announced that she would be leaving Coronation Street at the end of her contract to pursue comedy projects, after playing Shelley Unwin for five years. She returned for several episodes in September Lindsay was spotted on the set of Coronation Street in before it was revealed that she was filming a documentary for the show to celebrate its 60th anniversary.
She has narrated numerous shows for the programme. She had originally been set to portray the character Janet Scott but, due to the birth of twin sons, was not able to commit to this role.
Lindsay appears instead as Alison Bailey, the sister of Jones's character in episodes of all five series though, due to her pregnancy, with only limited appearances in the first series. From to , Lindsay appeared in the Sky 1 comedy series Mount Pleasant as Lisa, described as a "real woman in a real marriage living in a real part of Manchester". In , she made a guest appearance in an episode of Citizen Khan playing the role of care worker, Sam.
