Nineties sitcom star, 53, reveals she’s barely older as she returns to the West End after age-gap romance and welcomes two children with top comedian
Nineties sitcom star Sarah Alexander has put her age-defying beauty on display during her current role in West End comedy The Unfriend.
The actress, 53, shot to fame in a string of top shows including Coupling, Smack The Pony, Green Wing and Armstrong and Miller.
But Sarah has seemingly not aged a day and looked nothing short of sensational at the show’s press night in January as she cut a chic figure in a black jumper and sequin maxi skirt.
She also appeared in the final season of BBC’s Father Brown earlier this year, wearing a vintage dress that hugged her tiny waist as she swapped her blonde locks for brunette curls.
Sarah told me earlier The independent that she is only recognized when she ‘wears a lot of make-up’.
90s sitcom star Sarah Alexander has put her age-defying beauty on display during her current role in West End comedy The Unfriend (pictured on stage with co-star Lee Mack)
The actress rose to fame in a string of top shows including Coupling, Smack The Pony, Green Wing and Armstrong and Miller (pictured in January)
But Sarah has seemingly not aged a day and looked nothing short of sensational at the show’s press night in January (L), pictured in Coupling 2000 (R)
Sarah (R) pictured in Green Wing with Tamsin Greig (L) and Michelle Gomez (C) in 2004
Joke: “The appeal of comedy is that it doesn’t make you look your best.”
“I’m at least comfortable when I have to look my best. I suppose I’m lucky, but having to look good is a pressure I don’t really enjoy.
Off-screen, Sarah is in a long-term relationship with comedian Peter Serafinowicz, 51, and the couple have two children.
The pair have also worked together numerous times with the actress appearing in his parody shows Look Around You and O! News.
Before Peter, Sarah, then 30, had a year-long relationship with actor Gerald Harper, who was 70 years old.
The synopsis for The Unfriend, written by Sherlock’s Steven Moffatt, reads: ‘After twenty years of marriage, Peter (played by Lee Mack) and Debbie (Sarah) enjoy a cruise as a break from their annoying teenagers.’
‘Peter cannot resist exchanging thoughts about Donald Trump with an American fellow passenger. There’s something unsettling about the eagerly friendly Elsa Jean Krakowski (Frances Barber), but there’s no point in rocking the boat when you’re about to get out.”
‘An email comes home from Elsa, followed by Elsa herself. And when Debbie googles their house guest and comes across chilling evidence, their good character is tested like never before.”
She also appeared in the latest season of BBC’s Father Brown (pictured) wearing a vintage dress that hugged her tiny waist as she swapped her blonde locks for brunette curls.
Sarah (L) pictured in Coupling with Jack Davenport (C) and Gina Bellman (R)
Off-screen, Sarah is in a long-term relationship with comedian Peter Serafinowicz, 51, and the couple have two children (pictured together in 2016)
Before Peter, Sarah, then 30, had a year-long relationship with actor Gerald Harper, who was 70 years old at the time (pictured together in 1997)
“What danger have they allowed to take up residence in their guest room?
“And can they bring themselves to say anything about it? Sometimes the truth is just too rude.”
‘The Unfriend takes a hugely entertaining and satirical look at the disastrous instinct of middle-class England to always appear nice. Manners can be murder.’
The Unfriend is now playing at The Wyndham’s Theater in London.