Occupation Actress Name Annie Wallace Website anniewallace.com | Years active 2004– | |
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Residence Manchester, England, United Kingdom Profiles | ||
LIVE Q&A With Hollyoaks' Annie Wallace (Sally St. Claire)!
Annie Wallace (born 6 May 1965) is a Scottish actress from Aberdeen known for playing Sally St. Claire in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. She is also known for playing Miss. Heller, a headmistress in an episode of Shameless in 2011, for various appearances on the Manchester Theatre Fringe. She is the first transgender person to play a regular transgender character in British soap history.
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- LIVE QA With Hollyoaks Annie Wallace Sally St Claire
- Hollyoaks pride annie wallace on how sally changed her life
- References
Wallace was previously a member of the UK National Youth Theatre in 1981. Subsequently she gave up acting for some time to work in the fields of computer science and sound engineering. After eighteen months as a research assistant for the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, from 1998 to 2000, where she advised for and inspired the character of Hayley Cropper, she auditioned successfully for the Manchester School of Theatre in 2001, graduating in 2004. She then appeared in various Manchester theatre productions, including Withnail and I and Wyrd Sisters.
In 2011, she appeared in an episode of Shameless as school headmistress Miss. Heller, where she was the catalyst for splitting up Frank Gallagher and Libby Croker, portrayed by David Threlfall and Pauline McLynn respectively.
Wallace is also a keen musician, with two albums written and recorded with collaborator John Beresford. She has also worked on several podcast comedy series, as well as sound and video design for various theatrical productions.
On 9 October 2015, it was announced that she would be joining Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, in a new regular role as a teacher called Mrs. St. Claire in October. Her Hollyoaks character was officially announced as Sally St. Claire, Hollyoaks High's new headmistress, on 20 October 2015, and she made her first appearance on 29 October 2015. She has since been pivotal to some of the programme's most shocking storylines.
On 15 November 2015, she was placed at No.17 on the Rainbow List, published by the The Independent on Sunday; a list of the most influential openly LGBTI individuals in the United Kingdom, published annually.
On 25 June 2016, Wallace was placed at No.39 on the Pride Power List, published by Out News Global as part of Pride in London; another list of in celebration of the achievements of 100 most influential lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Britain, voted for by the public.
On 16 September 2016, she won The National Diversity Awards "Celebrity of the Year" award, at Liverpool Cathedral. On the same day she was placed at No.38 on the DIVA Power List.
On 5 October 2016, she was nominated in the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2016 in the category of "Best Actress - Television" for her role in Hollyoaks; the first ever British transgender actress to be nominated for a BAFTA award.