LESLEY SHARP is back on the small screen as the Manchester actress features in Channel 4's police drama Before We Die.

She has become a regular on primetime TV with one of the Northern star's first appearances coming on Prime Suspect.

Who is Lesley Sharp?

Actress Lesley, 61, was born in Manchester and will be a familiar face to fans of both stage and screen.

She honed her talent at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has previously admitted she turned to the career because she felt "invisible" and "didn't quite fit in" as a child.

Lesley has also revealed her main inspiration came from watching comedian Dick Emery on TV.

What has Lesley Sharp starred in?

The bubbly blonde is well known to viewers for her five-year stint as Janet Scott in ITV drama Scott and Bailey.

More recently, she has been playing Detective Inspector Hannah Laing in the six-part police series Before We Die.

She has proven her flexibility across British TV, having previously starred on Three Girls on BBC One, while also appearing Netflix show Fate: The Winx Saga.

Success on the big screen came in the form of a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the cheeky 1997 flick, The Full Monty before winning Best Female Actor at the Royal Television Society awards for featuring in Afterlife.

Who is Lesley Sharp's husband Nicholas Gleaves?

Lesley's other half is also familiar with the dramatics, with Nicholas Gleaves appearing alongside his wife in Scott & Bailey.

He has also starred in a number of other hit TV shows including Foyle's War, Waterloo Road and Coronation Street.

The pair got married in February 1994 and share two sons, Zachary and Gabriel.

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