Sarah Lancashire Husband: The Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire won several accolades and awards including two British Academy Television Awards for her work over a four decades-spanning career in the entertainment industry. Here’s what we know about her husband and personal life.
Sarah Lancashire Husband 2025
Sarah Lancashire, 58, married to her first boyfriend, Gary Hargreaves, a music lecturer, when she was just 21 years old. The couple shared two children from their relationship, first Thomas in 1987, and Matthew in 1988 before they split in 1995 and later soo divorced.
Bafta film television award-winning actress, Sarah Lancashire met her boyfriend four years earlier and he was her senior. Sarah divorced him because she became pregnant with her partner Peter, due to fear of stigma they got married in 2001.
“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” actress Sarah also appeared in the British drama television series The Coronation Street from 1991 to 2000 during her work in the series she experienced a 14-month nervous breakdown, usually known as a mental disorder but she did not confide anyone about her illness.
Lancashire is well-known for her appearance in a wide range of movies and series including Happy Valley (2014), Yesterday (2019), and Clocking Off (2000).
She won various awards for her role in the Happy Valley series from 2014 to the present.
Who Is Sarah Lancashire Married To?
According to reports, Sarah currently lives in Twickenham, with her renowned husband, TV producer and executive, Peter Salmon, with whom she tied the knot in 2001 in a private ceremony. The pair had been in a romantic relationship before married.
Peter Salmon is a Former Director of BBC Studios, and the Chief Creative Officer of the Endemol Shine Group, who now serves his position as the Executive Chairman of Banijay UK since 2020.
Sarah shares a son, Joseph, born in 2003, with her current husband Peter Salmon. She is also a stepmother to Peter’s three sons from his previous marriage to Penny Watt.
