Acting · Westminster, London, England · Born August 7, 1962
Sarah Doon Mackichan is a British actress, comedian and writer. She co-created, wrote and performed in the double-Emmy-award-winning Smack the Pony. She frequently collaborates with Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan, having played multiple characters in The Day Today, Brass Eye and Alan Partridge, and has also appeared in Toast of London and Two Doors Down. Mackichan was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards for her performance in Plebs and won critical praise for her performance alongside John Malkovich in Bitter Wheat in 2019.
MovieNational Theatre at Home: Summerfolk
2026
as Kaleria
MovieThe Scarecrows' Wedding
2026
as Goose / Cow / Bee / Snail (voice)
MovieThe Academy of Armando
2025
as Self
MovieThe Sea Beast
2022
as Queen (voice)
TVToast of Tinseltown
2022
as Jane Plough / Brooke Hooberman
TVDreaming Whilst Black
2021
as Pippa
MoviePython at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019
as Narrator
TVGood Omens
2019
as Michael
TVFlack
2019
as Victoria
TVPure
2019
as Sarah
MovieDeath on the Tyne
2018
as Emily Valentine
MovieHappy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
as Sandy Burstead
MovieWinterlong
2018
as Barbara
MovieAlan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
2017
as Herself
MovieNational Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
2017
as Feste
MovieBreaking the Bank
2016
as Caroline
TVTwo Doors Down
2016
as Cathy
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDraw on Sweet Night
2015
as Lady Elizabeth Kyston
MovieMost Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Scotland In A Day
2014
MovieTwo Doors Down
2013
as Cathy
TVToast of London
2013
as Jane Plough
TVPsychobitches
2013
as Catherine Howard
TVPlebs
2013
as Flavia
MovieFrost on Sketch Shows
2013
as Self
TVMe and Mrs Jones
2012
as Selina
MovieActs of Godfrey
2012
as Jacqui
TVThe Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012
as Self - Contestant
MovieAnuvahood
2011
as Patricia
TVTaking the Flak
2009
TVThe Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Louise Marlowe
TVWould I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
MovieThe Best of Smack the Pony
2007
Comedy Map of Britain
2007
TVThe Good Housekeeping Guide
2006
TVModern Toss
2006
MovieSex Actually
2005
as Diana
MovieA Very Social Secretary
2005
as Cherie Blair
TVA Bear's Tail
2005
X-Rated: The Ads They Couldn't Show
2005
as Narrator
TVNathan Barley
2005
as Her Preposterous Voice
TVBromwell High
2005
TVTwisted Tales
2005
as Sandra Barnes
MovieGladiatress
2004
as Dwyfuc
TVNew Tricks
2004
as Gillian Withall
TVQI
2003
as Self
TVComedy Connections
2003
TVComic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Don't Eat the Neighbours
2001
TVBedtime
2001
as Faith
MovieWild About Harry
2000
as Tara Adair
TVThe Strangerers
2000
as Galadriel
TVBeast
2000
as Kirsten
MovieWith or Without You
1999
as Deirdre
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
as Self
TVSmack the Pony
1999
as Various Characters
TVBob and Margaret
1998
The Staying-In Show
1998
as Self
TVStressed Eric
1998
TVOur Mutual Friend
1998
as Sophronia Lammle
MovieThe Borrowers
1997
as Victoria Lender
TVI'm Alan Partridge
1997
as Jenny
TVBrass Eye
1997
as Accelorata Jengold
TVAgony Again
1995
as Debra
TVThe Glam Metal Detectives
1995
TVKnowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
1994
as Shona McGough
TVThe Day Today
1994
as Collaterlie Sisters
MovieGregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993
as Lucille Bromley
MovieSpace Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
as Daisy / Zapping Space Rat
MovieDetectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993
as Journalist
MovieThe Crying Game
1992
as Nurse
MovieRed Nose of Courage
1992
as Barbara
TVBirds of a Feather
1989
as Nurse
Five Alive
1987
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
Brighton Storeys
