Sandy McDade Biography

Fast Facts

• Won Best Actress at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her performance as the murderer Fay in the play "Iron․"
• Decided she wanted to be an actress when she was 14 and joined the Scottish Youth Theatre, where at 15, she appeared in a production of "The Children's Crusades" at Royal Lyceum Theatre
• Quote: "My mum definitely had the potential to be an actress herself․ Maybe that's where I get it from․ She used to take me to see shows a lot and therefore gave me an awful lot of opportunities․"
• One of her most notable roles on the stage was as a murderer being visited in prison by her daughter for the first time in 15 years in Rona Munro's "Iron․"
• Known for her long-running part in "Lark Rise to Candleford," a role she expressed enthusiasm about even if she also complained about wearing the corsets her character appears in
• Took lessons at Glenogle swimming pool when she was a child
• Though she moved to London for her acting career, she admitted that she often misses Edinburgh, where she grew up