Manc actress Sarah Lancashire to be honoured with CBE in Windsor Castle

Jessica Lees
By Jessica Lees

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Published 22nd Jul 2025, 15:26 GMT
Sarah Lancashire – who starred in BBC crime drama Happy Valley and, more recently, Netflix thriller Black Doves – has been identified as the perfect person to play Francesca Rowan-Plowden in a spin-off TV drama after The Traitors 2025. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)placeholder image
Sarah Lancashire – who starred in BBC crime drama Happy Valley and, more recently, Netflix thriller Black Doves – has been identified as the perfect person to play Francesca Rowan-Plowden in a spin-off TV drama after The Traitors 2025. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

The award-winning actress will be among those honoured at Windsor Castle as she is awarded with a CBE.

Lancashire, 60, from Oldham, is to attend an investiture ceremony at the royal residence on Tuesday 22 July, after she was made a CBE for services to drama in the New Year Honours.

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Sarah Lancashire to receive a CBE | Getty Images

The actress has won awards for Happy Valley and Last Tango In Halifax. This is after her breakthrough role as Raquel Watts in Coronation Street during the 1990s.

She earned her first Bafta award in 2014 for her supporting role in the BBC comedy-drama series Last Tango In Halifax.

In 2017 she earned the best actress Bafta for her portrayal of Sergeant Catherine Cawood in the thriller Happy Valley, and became an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to drama.

Sarah Lancashire said that being awarded the CBE was an “unexpected delight.”

Related topics:LancashireOldhamHappy ValleyQueen's Birthday Honours
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