Biography
Sarah Doon Mackichan is a British actress, comedian and writer. She co-created, wrote and performed in the double-Emmy-award-winning Smack the Pony. She frequently collaborates with Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan, having played multiple characters in The Day Today, Brass Eye and Alan Partridge, and has also appeared in Toast of London and Two Doors Down. Mackichan was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards for her performance in Plebs and won critical praise for her performance alongside John Malkovich in Bitter Wheat in 2019.
Acted in 62
2020s
- 2026
National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk
Kaleria
The Scarecrows' Wedding
Goose / Cow / Bee / Snail (voice)
- 2022
Toast of Tinseltown
Jane Plough / Brooke Hooberman, Brooke Hooberman, Jane Plough · 1 episode
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
Pure
Sarah · 4 episodes
- 2018
Death on the Tyne
Emily Valentine
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Sandy Burstead
Winterlong
Barbara
- 2017
- 2016
Breaking the Bank
Caroline
Two Doors Down
Cathy Whyte · 36 episodes
- 2015
Draw on Sweet Night
Lady Elizabeth Kyston
- 2013
Two Doors Down
Cathy
Psychobitches
Catherine Howard, Delilah, Statue of Liberty · 1 episode
- 2012
Me and Mrs Jones
Selina · 1 episode
Acts of Godfrey
Jacqui
- 2011
Anuvahood
Patricia
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Taking the Flak
TV
- 2007
The Best of Smack the Pony
Movie
- 2006
The Good Housekeeping Guide
TV
Modern Toss
TV
- 2005
Sex Actually
Diana
A Very Social Secretary
Cherie Blair
A Bear's Tail
TV
Nathan Barley
Her Preposterous Voice · 1 episode
Bromwell High
TV
Twisted Tales
Sandra Barnes · 1 episode
- 2004
Gladiatress
Dwyfuc
- 2003
Comedy Connections
TV
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
TV
- 2001
Bedtime
Faith · 9 episodes
- 2000
Wild About Harry
Tara Adair
The Strangerers
Galadriel · 2 episodes
Beast
Kirsten · 12 episodes
1990s
- 1999
With or Without You
Deirdre
Smack the Pony
Various Characters · 21 episodes
- 1998
Stressed Eric
TV
- 1997
- 1995
Agony Again
Debra · 7 episodes
The Glam Metal Detectives
TV
- 1994
The Day Today
Collaterlie Sisters / Various Characters · 6 episodes
- 1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Lucille Bromley
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Daisy / Zapping Space Rat
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Journalist
- 1992
The Crying Game
Nurse
Red Nose of Courage
Barbara
1980s
- 1989
No release date
Good Omens T3: El final
Movie
Wrote 1
1990s
- 1999
Smack the Pony
Writer
Appearances10
2020s
- 2025
The Academy of Armando
Self
2010s
- 2019
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
Narrator
- 2017
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Herself
- 2014
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014
Narrator (voice)
- 2013
Frost on Sketch Shows
Self
- 2012
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant · 1 episode
2000s
- 2007
- 2003
- 2001
1970s
- 1978
