Sam Darbyshire

Sam Darbyshire
Born	26 March 1989
Occupation	Actor

Sam Darbyshire (born 26 March 1989)^[1] is a television actor best known for his role as Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. He has, however, also appeared in several advertisements and had a small role in Coronation Street. He belongs to a local youth theatre group in Wigan, Willpower Youth Theatre, near to where he lives in Standish, Greater Manchester. Sam is represented by Inter-City Casting who also represent fellow stars Carley Stenson and Ashley Slanina-Davies.^[2] In his final year of secondary school, Sam was involved in a production of the musical Grease.^[3]

Sam says: "I love the idea of entertaining and being on TV. It's what I've always wanted to do. I can't wait to see how Fletch develops - his capers with Josh are hilarious!"

Sam attended Winstanley College, Billinge also the college of The Verve lead singer Richard Ashcroft,^[4][5] Georgia Taylor ^[6] and fellow Hollyoaks star Carley Stenson^[7][8] He has recently completed his A-levels achieving AABB and is an ex student at Staffordshire University after failing to complete his 3 years, he is now a student at Salford University. On 5 September 2013, Sam welcomed the birth of his first child; a daughter called Annabelle.

References

1. "Sam Darbyshire". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
2. "Young Actors". Inter-City Casting. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
3. Barton, Laura (2005-03-16). "What's it really like being 15 today?". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
4. "Richard Ashcroft". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
5. "Biography". RichardAshcroft.com. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
6. "Biography". GeorgiaTaylor.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
7. "Make the grade to be a star". Lancashire Evening Post. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
8. Winstanley College's Wikipedia page.