Battersea born and West London raised. Sandra knew at the tender age of 5 that she wanted to be an actress, but not after many school performances and whilst studying painting at the Slade School of Fine Art (University College London) did she begin work in professional shows at the Bloomsbury theatre and at the Edinburgh Festival. In 1996, while performing as 'Salome' at the Edinburgh Fringe, San ...
show all Battersea born and West London raised. Sandra knew at the tender age of 5 that she wanted to be an actress, but not after many school performances and whilst studying painting at the Slade School of Fine Art (University College London) did she begin work in professional shows at the Bloomsbury theatre and at the Edinburgh Festival. In 1996, while performing as 'Salome' at the Edinburgh Fringe, Sandra landed a lead role as Charlotte in her first feature film 'The Prodigal'. She went on to further training at the Central School of Speech and Drama and The Poor School. In 2003, was awarded the British Finalist of the 'International Stopping Power' competition, given the prize of working with the renowned Los Angeles-based acting coach Bernard Hiller. This meeting proved to be very influential as she continues to work with him and organise his Master Classes in London and regularly works with him in Los Angeles. In May 2006 Sandra played a lead in the short film 'Love on the High Side' which won the audience vote at the Cannes 24 hour Film Festival. Sandra also played the featured role of Ashlee Wilcox - a tough drug addict - in season 8 of the popular ITV1 series Bad Girls and the role of sexy Spanish con woman Christina Lopez Rey in BBC1's daytime series Doctors. Recently completed work on the feature The Gift as a Czech Casino Technician alongside Edward Burns and Ving Rhames.
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