Sacha Parkinson

Sacha Parkinson is an English actress who began working in television as a child and is known for playing Sian Powers in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. Born in Salford and educated at Walkden High School, she had one of her earliest roles in Always and Everyone and then appeared in Channel 4's 2003 production of The Illustrated Mum. She was in The Royal and The Bill before joining CBBC's Grange Hill in 2007 as the schoolgirl Anna Duncan, and she also had a part in the drama Clay. She played Natasha in Awaydays (2009) and Leanne in A Boy Called Dad. She first appeared as Sian in January 2009, and the role's popularity led the soap to extend her contract until 2011. Later she guest starred in Casualty and took a role in the BBC Three drama The Crash. She also played Miriam Catterall in Channel 4's The Mill and Katie in the BBC One drama The Driver.