Alison Pargeter

Alison Pargeter (born 31 May 1972) is an English actress who played the roles of stalker Sarah Cairns in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Mary Slessor in an 11-part television series of Mary Slessor, the Nag's Head barmaid called Val in the BBC Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips, and Margaret Campbell in the third series of Outlander.

Alison Pargeter
Born31 May 1972 (1972-05-31) (age 48)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
TelevisionOutlander
Rock & Chips
Mary Slessor
EastEnders

Career

Television appearances

Pargeter has made several guest appearances over the years, she has appeared in the Channel 5 Horror series Urban Gothic, the long-running ITV police drama series The Bill, Strange, Dalziel and Pascoe, and Holby City.

Between that time In 2004, she played a recurring role which was Martin Fowler's stalker Sarah Cairns in EastEnders, who appeared in 21 episodes, She was a barmaid who worked in Angie's Den club, and tried to split Martin Fowler up from his wife Sonia following a drunken night together. She exited the series following a fight where she accidentally stabbed Martin and got committed to a mental institution.

Sinces leaving EastEnders she moved back, and returned to doing guest appearances again, including The Courtroom, Love Soup, Channel 4 comedy series Green Wing, and returned for a second guest appearance in The Bill.

In 2008, Pargeter played another major the role called Mary Slessor in the Mary Slessor an 11-part television series.

Since then, she went back to doing guest appearances onces again, such as the Channel 4 comedy series Pete Versus Life, Rock & Chips, The Crimson Petal and the White, 24: Live Another Day inciding three guest roles in Doctors, Crashing, Outlander, The Dumping Ground, four guest roles in Casualty, Vanity Fair, Chernobyl, Catch-22 and most recently she appeared in Father Brown.

In 2004 she appeared in the television advertisement for John Smith's bitter "Annie, I'm not your Daddy" which starred Peter Kay. Also in 2012 she appeared in a television advertisement for Miracle Whip: Village. Most recently she played a role as a house wife for TV commercial Volvic Juicy drink.

Films

Pargeter has appeared in seven films such as Calendar Girls (2003), Mad George (2004), Angel (2007), Reuniting the Rubins (2010), The National Union of Space People (2016), The Little Stranger (2018) and Shafted (2018) which is currently still in pre-production.

Theatre

Pargeter was a member of the Stephen Joseph Theatre Company in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, where she was directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn in a trilogy of plays known collectively as Damsels in Distress, which subsequently transferred to the West End. For this, she won Best Newcomer in the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and was nominated for an Evening Standard award, Manchester Evening News Award and a Whatsonstage Award.

Later parts include Sugar Daddies, again written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn; She Stoops to Conquer at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, for which she was nominated for a second Manchester Evening News award; and the title role of Effie Gray in The Countess, playing opposite Nick Moran at the Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly in June 2005. She also spent a year touring in the musical Grease playing the role of Jan who was one of the Pink Ladies in 1999.

In 2008 she recorded the voice of 'Wendy Darling' in a musical adaptation of Peter Pan with the music lyrics by Dallison/Wherry and was also narrated by Joe Parquale as 'Smee'.

Pargeter has starred in several Christmas Pantomimes for children over the years, she appeared in Alice In Wonderland, Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella.

In July 2011 Pargeter played the role of Gertrude Riall at the Manchester International Festival in a Victoria Wood's play called That Day We Sang.

Between February and June 2013, Pargeter went on A National Tour and played the role of Eliante in the Roger McGough's play called The Misanthrope and on 10 March 2013 The Misanthrope also went live from the Everyman Playhouse and English Touring Theatre on BBC Radio 3.

Between 2013 and 2016, she appeared in two more stage plays including Sex Cells and her more recent was All My Sons.

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
2018 ShaftedSvetlana GobbleoffPre-Production
The Little StrangerMaid
2016 The National Union of Space People Danielle ChiefCompleted
2010 Reuniting the RubinsNurse
2007 AngelEdwina
2004 Mad GeorgeSandraShort Film
2003 Calendar GirlsChemist's Assistant

TV

Year TV Show Role Notes
2020 The CrownBuckingham Palace Maid 12 episodes

Episode Fagan
Episode War

Father Brown Anna Bailey1 episode : Episode 8:6 The Numbers of The Beast
2019 Catch-22Nurse Cramer1 episode : Episode 6
ChernobylBCP HQ Aide Female1 episode

Episode Please Remain Calm

2018 Vanity FairGlorvina O'Dowd2 episodes

Episode In Which a Painter's Daughter Meets a King
Episode Endings And Beginnings

CasualtyTheresa Jordons1 episode
2017 The Dumping GroundJanet Umbleby5 episodes

Episode Back in the Game - Part 1
Episode Back in the Game - Part 2
Episode The Fairytale Princess
Episode #Save The DG
Episode What Lies Beneath

OutlanderMargaret Campbell3 episodes :

Episode Creme de Menthe
Episode The Bakra
Episode Eye of the Storm

2016 CrashingNurse1 episode : Episode 6
2015 CasualtyFlo Hill1 episode : Episode Maybe This Year
SuspicionAnita1 episode : Episode Death Next Door
2014 Quiet DesperationGabbyPilot
DoctorsMatilda3 episodes

Episode The Moon Girl Chronicles: Part One
Episode The Moon Girl Chronicles: Part Two
Episode Love Is A Battefield

24: Live Another DayLydia1 episode: Episode 10:00 p.m.-11:00 a.m.
2013 Toast of LondonSenna Poddington1 episode : Episode Vanity Project
2012 DoctorsAnnie Hanks1 episode : Episode Ticks And Twitches
2010–2011 Rock & ChipsVal3 episodes

Pilot Special
Five Gold Rings
The Frog And The Pussycat

2011 The Crimson Petal and the WhiteAmeliaTV mini-series, 1 episode : Episode 4
2010 Pete Versus LifeValerie1 episode : Episode Ollie's Girlfriend
2009 CasualtyRosie Pullen1 episode: Episode Could We Be Heroes?
2008 DoctorsNina Jarvis1 episode : I Know What You Did Last Semester
Mary SlessorMary Slessor11 episodes
2007 The BillShelley Cooper2 episodes

Episode Line of Fire: Part 1
Episode Line of Fire: Part 2

EastEnders Vixens: The Rise and Fall of StellaHerselfOne-off documentary
2006 CasualtyDonna Carlyle1 episode: Episode In Good Faith
Green WingNurse1 episode : Episode #2.1
2005 Love SoupSiobhan1 episode : Episode There Must Be Some Way Out of Here
2004 The CourtroomDeborah Harker2 episodes

Episode Five Below Zero
Episode Zero

EastEndersSarah Cairns21 episodes
GMTVHerself1 episode
Richard & JudyHerself1 episode
Holby CitySylvia Dyson1 episode : Episode The Kindness of Strangers
Dalziel and PascoeBarmaid1 episolde : Episode A Game of Soldiers
2003 StrangeNatalie1 episode : Episode Incubus
2001 The BillKatie1 episode : Episode Billy The Kid
2000 Urban GothicLeila Haze1 episode : Episode Sum of the Parts
Unknown CrimewatchUnknown Roleunknown episodes
Anything's Possible and WhodunnitUnknown Roleunknown episodes
1996 Self-Medication-A Prescription For ChangeCast Memberunknown episodes

Radio

Year Radio Show Role Play
2013Drama on 3ElianteThe Misanthrope Live from the Everyman Playhouse and English Touring Theatre, BBC Radio 3, 10 March 2013

Theatre credits

Year Stage Role Theatre
2016 All My SonsSue BaylissRose Theatre Kingston
2013 Sex CellsSylvieRiverside Studios
The MisanthropeElianteNational Tour
2011 That Day We SangGertrude RiallManchester International Festival
2009–2010 Cinderella Fairy GodmotherSalisbury Playhouse
2008 Peter Pan The Musical Wendy Darling (Voice)Unknown Theatre
2007–2008 Jack and the BeanstalkPrincess MelodyBarbican Giles Haveral
2007 Tender DearlyPhoebeWest Yorkshire Playhouse
Magpie ParkPoppyWest Yorkshire Playhouse
2006 Alice In WonderlandAliceBirmingham Rep
She Stoops to ConquerKate HardcastleManchester Royal Exchange
2005 The CountessEffie GrayWest End
2004 Season's GreetingsPattieSJT / Touring
2003 Sugar DaddiesSashaSJT / Touring
2001–2002 FlatSpinRosie SeymourSJT / Touring / West End
GamePlanKelly ButcherSJT / Touring / West End
RolePlayPaige PetiteSJT / Touring / West End
2000 WheneverEmilyStephen Joseph Theatre
1999 GreaseJanNational Tour
1997 Dinosaur RockGina PoolePolka Theatre
Unknown Out In The ColdDaughterBAC
A Happy EndSister MaryBridewell Theatre
Berfore The PartySusiePrince Theatre
Children In UniformIlse Von Treiscke/ BCA

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