Sacha Parkinson was born in Manchester, England as Sacha Louise Parkinson to an English mother and a Scottish Father. Sacha began her acting career at the age of just 11 in channel 4's adaptation of The Illustrated Mum (2003). She is an actress best known for Awaydays (2009), A Boy Called Dad (2009), Coronation Street (1960), The Crash (2013), The Mill (2013), My Mad Fat Diary (2014), The Driver (2014) and Mr Selfridge (2015).