Tina Michelle O'Brien (born 7 August 1983) is an English actress. She
is best known for her role as Sarah Platt in the long-running ITV soap
opera, Coronation Street, from 1999 to 2008 and 2015 onwards, and her
role as Bex Fisher in the BBC One school-based drama series, Waterloo
Road, from 2010 to 2011.Born in Rusholme, Manchester, England, O'Brien
left Trinity C.E. High School with nine GCSEs. She starred in the
drama Children's Ward in 1997, The Cops in 1998 and Clocking Off in
2000, playing the on-screen half sister of actor Jack P. Shepherd who
later became her on-screen brother David Platt in Coronation Street.
At the age of sixteen, she joined Coronation Street in October 1999,
taking over the role of Sarah Platt from actress Lynsay King (she was
three years older than her character). Sarah's pregnancy with baby
Bethany Platt won O'Brien "Best Storyline" at the British Soap Awards.
She has also won Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards and
the TV Quick Awards.Her first role after leaving Coronation Street was
in the 2007 pantomime at Manchester Opera House, where she played the
title character of Cinderella. Her first television role
post-Coronation Street was in the ITV police television drama Blue
Murder, filmed whilst four months pregnant, in which she played a
character called Amy Kirkland. O'Brien expressed interest in doing
televised dramas and theatre work, although after becoming pregnant,
she decided to put her career on hold.
is best known for her role as Sarah Platt in the long-running ITV soap
opera, Coronation Street, from 1999 to 2008 and 2015 onwards, and her
role as Bex Fisher in the BBC One school-based drama series, Waterloo
Road, from 2010 to 2011.Born in Rusholme, Manchester, England, O'Brien
left Trinity C.E. High School with nine GCSEs. She starred in the
drama Children's Ward in 1997, The Cops in 1998 and Clocking Off in
2000, playing the on-screen half sister of actor Jack P. Shepherd who
later became her on-screen brother David Platt in Coronation Street.
At the age of sixteen, she joined Coronation Street in October 1999,
taking over the role of Sarah Platt from actress Lynsay King (she was
three years older than her character). Sarah's pregnancy with baby
Bethany Platt won O'Brien "Best Storyline" at the British Soap Awards.
She has also won Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards and
the TV Quick Awards.Her first role after leaving Coronation Street was
in the 2007 pantomime at Manchester Opera House, where she played the
title character of Cinderella. Her first television role
post-Coronation Street was in the ITV police television drama Blue
Murder, filmed whilst four months pregnant, in which she played a
character called Amy Kirkland. O'Brien expressed interest in doing
televised dramas and theatre work, although after becoming pregnant,
she decided to put her career on hold.
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