Editing Julia Sawalha

{{short description|English actress (born 1968)}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Julia Sawalha
| image        = File:Julia Sawalha (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Sawalha in 2023
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|9|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Wandsworth]], [[London]], England
| education    = [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]
| occupation   = Actress
| years_active = 1981–present
| parents      = [[Nadim Sawalha]] (father)
| relatives    = {{ubl|[[Nabil Sawalha]] (uncle)|[[Nadia Sawalha]] (sister)}}
}}
'''Julia Sawalha''' (born 9 September 1968)<ref name="BBCAgeism">{{cite web |title=Julia Sawalha 'devastated and furious' at Chicken Run sequel 'ageism' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53360154 |website=BBC News |access-date=28 February 2021 |date=10 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Julia Sawalha |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba64b7f09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013113028/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba64b7f09 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 October 2017 |access-date=11 April 2021 |publisher=British Film Institute |language=en}}</ref> is an English actress. She is best known for playing [[Saffron Monsoon|Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon]] in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' (1992–2012). Her other television roles include as Lynda Day in ''[[Press Gang]]'' (1989–1993), as Hannah Greyshott in ''[[Second Thoughts (TV series)|Second Thoughts]]'' (1991–1994) and its sequel series, ''[[Faith in the Future (TV series)|Faith in the Future]]'' (1995–1998), [[Bennet family#Lydia Bennet|Lydia Bennet]] in the television miniseries of [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1995), Georgina and Kid's vocal effects in ''[[Sheeep]]'' (2000–2001), Carla Borrego in ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' (2001–2004) and Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]'' (2008–2011). Her film credits include ''[[Buddy's Song (film)|Buddy's Song]]'' (1991), ''[[The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)|The Wind in the Willows]]'' (1996), ''[[Chicken Run]]'' (2000) and ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]'' (2016).

==Early life and education==
Sawalha was born in [[Wandsworth]], London, on 9 September 1968, and is the daughter of Roberta Lane and actor [[Nadim Sawalha]].<ref name="BBCAgeism"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/18/nadia-sawalha-my-family-values |title=Nadia Sawalha: My family values |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 April 2014}}</ref> Her father was born in [[Madaba]], Jordan.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://the-arab.blogspot.com/2009/10/arab-talks-tonadim-sawalha.html |title=The Arab Talks To....Nadim Sawalha |access-date=12 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921051338/http://the-arab.blogspot.com/2009/10/arab-talks-tonadim-sawalha.html |archive-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> She was named after her paternal grandmother, a businesswoman who had received an award from [[Noor of Jordan|Queen Noor]] for enterprise. She is of Jordanian, English and French [[Huguenot]] ancestry.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_celeb_gallery_09.shtml Julia's profile at BBC History]</ref>

Sawalha was educated at the [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts#Theatre Arts School|Theatre Arts School]], a fee-paying [[independent school]] which is part of the [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]],<ref name=Ind>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/absolutely-fab-1583811.html |title=Absolutely fab |work=[[The Independent]] |author=Sarah Gristwood |date=26 November 1995 |access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> based at the time in [[Clapham]] in south London, which she left at the age of fifteen.<ref name=Ind/>

==Career==
Sawalha made her debut in the 1982 [[BBC]] miniseries ''[[Fame Is the Spur (TV series)|Fame Is the Spur]]'',<ref>Chicken Run DVD Cast Bio</ref> and in 1988 played a small role in ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'',<ref name="tv">{{cite web |url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/julia-sawalha/credits/3030063269/ |title= Julia Sawalha Credits |work= tvguide.com |access-date= 21 January 2024}}</ref> on the episode "Last Seen Wearing". She first gained attention for her starring role in the [[Bafta]] award-winning [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] teenage comedy-drama ''[[Press Gang]]'', which ran from 1989 to 1993.<ref name="tv"/>

In 1992, she appeared in episode "Parade" (S2 E4) of ''[[Bottom (TV series)|Bottom]]'' as Veronica Head, a beautiful young barmaid at the Lamb and Flag, whom Richie tries to woo by boasting falsely of his adventures in the [[Falkland War|Falklands]].

From 1991 to 1994, she starred in the ITV family comedy ''[[Second Thoughts (TV series)|Second Thoughts]]'' and continued with her character, Hannah ([[Lynda Bellingham]]'s daughter), in the [[British Comedy Award]]-winning ''[[Faith in the Future (TV series)|Faith in the Future]]'' (1995–1998). In 1994, she played Mercy (Merry) Pecksniff in the BBC production of ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit (1994 TV series)|Martin Chuzzlewit]]''.<ref name="tv"/>

From 1989 to 1993, she starred in the TV series ''[[Press Gang]]'', the story of some kids who start a newspaper for young people.
 
From 1992 to 2012, Sawalha played strait-laced daughter [[Saffron Monsoon|Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon]] in the BBC sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'',<ref name="tv"/> alongside [[Jennifer Saunders]] and [[Joanna Lumley]]. She appeared in the 1995 BBC adaptation of [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' as Lydia Bennet, with [[Jennifer Ehle]] and [[Colin Firth]]. From 1999 to 2000, she voiced Mouse in the [[HIT Entertainment]]/Grand Slamm Children's Films/[[CITV]] TV series ''[[Kipper (TV series)|Kipper]]''. She voiced Ginger in [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]]/[[Aardman Animations]]' ''[[Chicken Run]]'' (2000).<ref name="tv"/>

From 2000 to 2001, she voiced Georgina and provided Kid's vocal effects in the [[HIT Entertainment]]/Grand Slamm Children's Films/[[CBBC]] TV series ''[[Sheeep]]''. She also played "Dawn the Wise Man" in ''The Flint Street Nativity'' on Christmas Eve. In 2000, she appeared as Janet, the Australian barmaid in the first series of the British sitcom ''[[Time Gentlemen Please]]''. She also played the much put-upon PA to "Zak" in [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]] TV adverts during 2002–2004, along with [[Richard E. Grant]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/26/advertising |title=Withnail star takes Argos upmarket |work=The Guardian |date=26 July 2002 |access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>

She joined actor [[Ioan Gruffudd]] in the [[Hornblower (TV series)|TV adaptations]],<ref name="tv"/> of [[C. S. Forester]]'s ''[[Horatio Hornblower]]'' novels, as the captain's wife Maria. The following year, she became [[Alan Davies]]'s co-star in ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' after [[Caroline Quentin]] left, appearing in a Christmas Special ("Satan's Chimney"). She returned for a series between 2003 and 2004.

In 2006, she participated in the third series of the [[genealogy]] documentary series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/07_july/18/bbcone.shtml |title=BBC ONE Autumn 2006 |publisher=BBC |date=18 July 2006}}</ref> tracing her family's roots, which are Jordanian [[Bedouin]] on her father's side and [[Huguenots|French Huguenot]] on her mother's. She also appeared in the pilot of BBC 1's ''A Taste of My Life'' presented by [[Nigel Slater]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/tasteofmylife_pilot.shtml BBC Food – A Taste of My Life Pilot episode description]{{Dead link|date=December 2016}}</ref>

After a two-year break, she was back on screen in May 2007, competing in the BBC [[dog training]] celebrity reality show ''[[The Underdog Show]].'' She then returned to acting in two successive BBC costume dramas: as Jessie Brown in 2007 series ''[[Cranford (TV series)|Cranford]]'',<ref name="tv"/> followed by ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]'' from 2008 to 2011.<ref name="tv"/> She provided the voice acting for Sister Hannah (also known as "Hammer"), a main character in the 2008 [[Xbox 360]] video game ''[[Fable II]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/3394828/Fable-II-game-review.html |title=Fable II game review |work=The Telegraph |date=3 November 2008 |access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref> In autumn 2014, Sawalha played the part of Jan Ward in [[BBC One]]'s thriller miniseries ''[[Remember Me (TV series)|Remember Me]]''.<ref name="tv"/> On 9 May 2015, she read the account of a member of the [[Women's Land Army]] at ''[[VE Day 70: A Party to Remember]]'' in [[Horse Guards Parade]], London, which was broadcast live on BBC1.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} In 2016, she appeared in an episode of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and reprised her role as Saffy Monsoon in ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]''.<ref name="tv"/>

In July 2020, she made a statement revealing [[Aardman Animations]] intended to recast her character of Ginger in the upcoming [[Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget|sequel]] to ''Chicken Run,'' stating that she is now considered to sound too old, and commented "I have officially been plucked, stuffed & roasted". The decision was met with widespread criticism with some finding the decision [[ageist]]. She even released video clips online, dubbing over her original voice lines to prove her voice still sounded the same.<ref name="BBCAgeism" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grater |first=Tom |date=10 July 2020 |title='Chicken Run' Actress Julia Sawalha Says She Is Being Re-Cast In Sequel For "Sounding Too Old" |url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/chicken-run-julia-sawalha-recast-sequel-sounding-too-old-1202982441/ |access-date=11 April 2021 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2020 |title=Chicken Run 2 Called Ageist For Recasting Original Main Characters |url=https://screenrant.com/chicken-run-2-ageist-recast-ginger-voice-actress/ |access-date=11 April 2021 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2020 |title='Chicken Run' Star Julia Sawalha is Being Replaced in the Sequel Because Her Voice Sounds "Too Old" |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/julia-sawalha-chicken-run-voice-actress-replaced/ |access-date=11 April 2021 |website=/Film |language=en-US}}</ref>

In January 2024, Sawalha participated in the [[The Masked Singer (British series 5)|fifth series]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (British TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'' as the character "Bubble Tea". She was eliminated and unmasked in the fourth episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/masked-singer-bubble-tea-julia-sawalha-ab-fab-b2482214.html|title=Masked Singer unveils Bubble Tea’s identity as Ab Fab star to shock of guest judge Jennifer Saunders|website=Independent|last=Muir|first=Ellie|date=21 January 2024|access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/20/masked-singer-shocker-bubble-tea-judges-tv-legend-co-star-20146766/|title=Even The Masked Singer’s Julia Sawalha expected backlash after Bubble Tea reveal|website=Metro|last=Miller|first=Adam|date=20 January 2024|access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On 1 January 2004, [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid newspapers]] reported that she had married [[Alan Davies]], with whom she co-starred in the television series ''[[Jonathan Creek]]''. Both she and Davies, who avoided discussing their private lives in public, denied this, and took legal action against the reports.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/3371721.stm |title=TV stars act over marriage report |work=BBC News |date=6 January 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/fashion/trends/article62122.ece |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150529003157/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/fashion/trends/article62122.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2015 |title=Relative Values: Nadia and Julia Sawalha |work=The Sunday Times |location=London |date=1 April 2007 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Buddy's Song (film)|Buddy's Song]]''
| Kelly
| rowspan=3|Supporting Role 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[In the Bleak Midwinter (film)|In the Bleak Midwinter]]''
| Nina Raymond (Ophelia)
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)|The Wind in the Willows]]''
| The Jailer's Daughter
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Chicken Run]]''
| Ginger
| Voice
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Venus and Mars (2001 film)|Venus and Mars]]''
| Marie
| rowspan=2|Supporting Role 
|- 2002
| ''[[The Final Curtain (film)|The Final Curtain]]''
| Karen Willet
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]''
| Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon
| Main Role
|-

|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Keep It in the Family (1980 TV series)|Keep It in the Family]]''
| Walk-On
| Uncredited<br />Episode: "A Game of No Chance"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1982
| ''[[Fame Is the Spur (TV series)|Fame Is the Spur]]''
| Amy
| Episode: "1.2"
|-
| ''[[Marmalade Atkins|Educating Marmalade]]''
| Good Girl
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''The Pirates of Penzance''
| Daughter
| Uncredited<br />Television film
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
| Rachel
| Episode: "[[List of Inspector Morse episodes#Last Seen Wearing|Last Seen Wearing]]"
|-
| 1989–1993
| ''[[Press Gang]]''
| Lynda Day/Young Katherine Hill
| 43 episodes<br /> [[RTS Television Award]] – ''Best Actor''
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Spatz]]''
| Chloe Fairbanks
| Episode: "The Sound of Muzak"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1991
| ''[[El C.I.D.]]''
| Trudy
| Episode: "[[El C.I.D.#Thursday's Child|Thursday's Child]]"
|-
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| Nikki Watson
| Episode: "[[Casualty (series 6)#Living in Hope|Living in Hope]]"
|-
| 1991–1994
| ''[[Second Thoughts (TV series)|Second Thoughts]]''
| Hannah Greyshott 
| 47 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Bottom (TV series)|Bottom]]''
| Veronica Head
| Episode: "Parade"
|-
| 1992–2012
| ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''
| Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon
| 39 episodes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Parallel 9]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Episode 2.5"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1994
| ''[[Lovejoy]]''
| Joanna Whymark
| Episode: "[[List of Lovejoy episodes#Double Edged Sword|Double-Edged Sword]]"
|-
| ''Keeper''
| Alison
| ''tv short''
|-
| ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit (1994 TV series)|Martin Chuzzlewit]]''
| Mercy Pecksniff
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice]]''
| Lydia Bennet
| 6 episodes<br />TV mini-series
|-
| 1995–1998
| ''[[Faith in the Future (TV series)|Faith in the Future]]''
| Hannah Greyshott 
| 22 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| ''[[French and Saunders]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Baywatch"
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
| Teresa
| Episode: "The Kidnapper"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1997
| ''McLibel!''
| Helen Steel
| "Episode 1.1"<br />TV mini-series
|-
| ''Ain't Misbehavin'''
| Dolly Nightingale
| 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[An Audience with...|An Audience with the Spice Girls]]''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| ''Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not!''
| Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon
| ''video''
|-
| ''[[Light Lunch]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "The Future's Bright, the Future's Funny"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1999
| ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''
| Emma
| ''Charity spoof TV movie by [[Comic Relief]]''
|-
| ''[[The Flint Street Nativity]]''
| Wise Man
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Light Lunch|Late Lunch]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "#2.14"
|-
| 1999–2000
| ''[[Kipper (TV series)|Kipper]]''
| Mouse (voice)
| 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="8"| 2000
| ''[[Mirrorball (TV pilot)|Mirrorball]]''
| Freda Keill
| ''TV short''
|-
| ''The Hatching of 'Chicken Run'''
| rowspan="6" | Herself
| TV special
|-
| ''Poultry in Motion: The Making of Chicken Run''
| TV special
|-
| ''[[HBO First Look]]''
| Episode: "The Hatching of Chicken Run"
|-
| ''[[Stars in Their Eyes]]''
| Episode: "Cerys Matthews"
|-
| ''[[Bob Martin (TV series)|Bob Martin]]''
| Episode: "Through the Keyhole"
|-
| ''[[MasterChef (UK TV series)|Masterchef]]''
| Episode: "#10.14"
|-
| ''[[The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (film)|The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything]]''
| Catherine Parr
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000–2001
| ''[[Time Gentlemen Please]]''
| Janet Wilson
| 21 episodes
|-
|''[[Sheeep]]''
| Georgina (voice), Kid (various noises), Jaunita Luftfita (voice), Penny (voice), Princess Grazelightly (voice), Additional voices
| 26 episodes
|-
| 2001–2004
| ''[[Jonathan Creek]]''
| Carla Borrego
| 7 episodes
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Hornblower (TV series)|Hornblower]]''
| Maria Mason/Hornblower
| TV movie
|-
| 2003–2004
| ''[[Comedy Connections]]''
| Narrator (voice)
| 14 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004
| ''White Box''
| Saffron
| TV movie
|-
| ''The Story of Absolutely Fabulous''
| rowspan="5" | Herself
| rowspan="2" | TV special
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''A Taste of My Life''
|-
| ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''
| Episode: "Julia Sawalha"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007
| ''[[The Underdog Show]]''
| Unknown episodes
|-
| ''[[The Graham Norton Show]]''
| Episode: "#1.7"
|-
| ''[[Cranford (TV series)|Cranford]]''
| Jessie Brown
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2008–2011
| ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]''
| Dorcas Lane
| 40 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[The Alan Titchmarsh Show]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "9 March 2009"
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]''
| Mrs. Cresswell
| Episode: "[[List of Agatha Christie's Marple episodes#Greenshaw's Folly|Greenshaw's Folly]]"
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Remember Me (TV series)|Remember Me]]''
| Jan Ward
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
| Penny Henderson
| Episode: "[[List of Midsomer Murders episodes#Saints and Sinners|Saints and Sinners]]"
|-
| 2020
| ''[[It's Pony]]''
| Jill Sneekly (voice)
| Unknown episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2024
| ''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]''
| Helen Rushton
| Episode: "[[List of Vera episodes#Tender|Tender]]"
|-
| ''[[The Masked Singer UK]]''
| Participant
| Unmasked as Bubble Tea.

|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Fable II]]''
| Hannah/Hammer
| Xbox 360 game
|-
| 2020
| ''[[World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]]''
| Additional voices
| Computer game
|}

==Theatre==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1985–1986
| ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' 
| Lucy 
| [[Newcastle Playhouse]]
|-
| 1987–1988
| ''[[Peter Pan]]'' 
| Wendy 
| [[Newcastle Opera House]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''The Illusion''
| Isabelle
| [[Royal Exchange Theatre]]
|-
| ''Dearest Daddy...Darling Daughter''
| Daughter  
| [[Young Vic Theatre]]
|-
| 1998–1999
| ''The Memory of Water'' 
| Catherine 
| [[Churchill Theatre]]
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1993
|[[Royal Television Society Programme Awards|Royal Television Society Television Awards]]
|Best Actor - Female
|''Press Gang''
| {{won}}
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Julia Sawalha - Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768018/awards/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|[[Monte-Carlo Television Festival]] Golden Nymph
|Outstanding Actress - Drama Series
|''Lark Rise to Candleford''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 2011
| [[16th National Television Awards]]
| Drama Performance
| ''Lark Rise to Candleford''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a277960/national-television-awards-2011-nominees.html|title=National Television Awards 2011 - Nominees|last=Wightman|first=Catriona|date=21 September 2010 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| [[17th National Television Awards]]
| Drama Performance: Female
| ''Lark Rise to Candleford''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|last=Wrightman|first=Catriona|title=National Television Awards 2012: The nominees|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a342357/national-television-awards-2012-the-nominees.html|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=9 February 2012|date=27 September 2011}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0768018|Julia Sawalha}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_celeb_gallery_09.shtml Julia Sawalha] on ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''

{{RTS Programme Award for Best Performance by a Female Actor}}

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