Sian Gibson

Siân Gibson (née Foulkes, born 15 July 1976) [1] is a Welsh stand-up comic, actor, impressionist and writer. She has collaborated with Peter Kay, including starring in and co-writing the comedy series Peter Kay's Car Share,[2] for which she won the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Scripted Comedy and the National Television Award for Best Comedy.

Siân Gibson
Gibson on the set of Murder on the Blackpool Express in 2017
Born	Siân Foulkes 15 July 1976 Mold, Flintshire, Wales
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor, stand-up comic, impressionist, writer
Years active	1997–present
Height	5 ft 0.5 in (1.54 m)
Spouse(s)	Ian Gibson
Children	1

Gibson has also appeared as Gemma in the Gold original film series Murder on the Blackpool Express followed by, Death on the Tyne and Dial M for Middlesbrough (2017–2019).

Early life

Gibson was born and raised in Mold, Wales.[3] Her father was a builder and her mother a housewife. She joined the local youth theatre in Theatr Clwyd.[4] She studied performing arts at Salford University where she met fellow students Peter Kay and Steve Edge.[5] Gibson also performed stand-up comedy early in her career. Her subjects of choice include impressions. Her comic influences include Rik Mayall, Cannon and Ball and Ronnie Barker.

Career

Gibson's credits include Peak Practice, Hospital People, Emmerdale and The League of Gentlemen. From 1998 until 1999 she appeared in Hollyoaks playing Tessie Thompson and returned in October/November 2007 in four further episodes. She also appeared in an episode of Phoenix Nights ("Singles Night") as the daughter of one of the main characters, Mary. Gibson's character also goes by the name Mary, though several characters during the episode refer to her as "Young Mary", Paddy (Paddy McGuinness) – who works with Max (Peter Kay) as security on the door at the Phoenix Club – takes a shine to her and can be seen chatting her up as she works alongside her mother behind the bar during the episode.

In 2006, Gibson, along with Peter Kay, appeared in the music video to the Texas song "Sleep".

In 2008, Gibson appeared in Peter Kay's music video for the Geraldine McQueen song "Once Upon a Christmas Song" as her Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice character Wendy.

Before landing a role in Peter Kay's Car Share in 2015, Gibson had not auditioned for any acting roles for over a year and was working in a call centre in Chester. Kay had received the script from Paul Coleman and Tim Reid, who sought his opinion. Although Kay loved the script he initially had no intention of appearing in the series. He later asked Gibson if she wanted to work with him and they set to work rewriting the script to fit themselves, since John and Kayleigh as originally scripted were meant to be slightly younger. The success of the series brought Gibson to wider prominence and opened the door for other roles. She returned for the second series of Car Share in April 2017.[4][6]

In January 2018, she appeared in Inside No. 9 and an episode of Death in Paradise.

In 2019, Gibson participated in the eighth series of Taskmaster.[7]

Personal life

Gibson is married to Ian Gibson, a gasfitter. They have a daughter, Gracie, who was born in 2013.[3][4]

Filmography

TV

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1997	Peak Practice	Sandra	one episode
1997	Where the Heart Is	Cheese Counter Girl	one episode
1997	The Grand	Florence	one episode
1998–1999, 2007	Hollyoaks	Tessie Thompson	four episodes
1998	Comedy Lab	Alison	"The Services"
1999	That Peter Kay Thing	Yvonne	one episode entitled "Eyes Down"
1999–2000, 2017	The League of Gentlemen	Trish	Two episodes entitled "Lust for Royston Vasey" & "The One-Armed Man Is King" (Credited as Sian Foulkes), plus one other episode “Return to Royston Vasey” (Credited as Sian Gibson)
2001	Phoenix Nights	(Young) Mary	three episodes
2002	Emmerdale	Suzie Brown	two episodes
2005	Marian, Again	Fiona	TV Movie (Credited as Sian Foulkes)
2008	Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice	Wendy from the group 2 Up 2 Down
2015–2018, 2020	Peter Kay's Car Share	Kayleigh Kitson	Main role; co-writer and co-creator (with Peter Kay)
2016	Do Not Disturb[8]	Sheila
2017	Hospital People	Hillary	Series 1 Episode 2 "The Security Threat"
2017	Murder on the Blackpool Express [9]	Gemma	Supporting role
2018	Inside No. 9	Leanne	one episode - "Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room"
2018	Death in Paradise	Gilly Wright
2018	Would I Lie to You?	Herself	Lee's team with James Acaster
2018–2019	The Reluctant Landlord	Natasha	Supporting role
2018	Death on the Tyne	Gemma	Supporting role
2019	Taskmaster	Contestant	Series 8
2019	Dial M for Middlesbrough	Gemma	Television
2020-	The Grand Party Hotel	Narrator

References

1. Citataion at IMDb
2. "Meet the actress giving Peter Kay a run for his money", mirror.co.uk; accessed 11 October 2015.
3. Alice Jones (13 January 2016). "Sian Gibson interview: How a phone call from Peter Kay changed the actress's life". The Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
4. "Sian Gibson: From call centre worker to Peter Kay's Car Share". The Independent. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
5. "North Wales actress Sian Gibson admits 'no one knew who I was before Car Share'". DailyPost.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
6. whatsontvstars (15 January 2016), Sian Gibson: 'I'm ready for a second series of Car Share when Peter is!', retrieved 4 June 2016
7. Seddon, Dan (18 February 2019). "Inbetweeners and Love Island stars join Taskmaster series 8". Digital Spy.
8. Bolger, Keeley (18 January 2016). "Sian Gibson goes from a Car Share with Peter Kay to Do Not Disturb with Catherine Tate".
9. Guide, British Comedy. "Murder On The Blackpool Express - Gold Comedy Drama". British Comedy Guide.

External links

• Siân Gibson at IMDb
• Peter Kay's Car Share, bbc.co.uk; accessed 18 January 2016.
• Interview, independent.co.uk; accessed 18 January 2016.