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.
The Academy of Armando
Self
2025
The Sea Beast
Queen (voice)
2022
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
Narrator
2019
Death on the Tyne
Emily Valentine
2018
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Sandy Burstead
2018
Winterlong
Barbara
2018
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Herself
2017
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
Feste
2017
Breaking the Bank
Caroline
2016
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015
Narrator (voice)
2015
Draw on Sweet Night
Lady Elizabeth Kyston
2015
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014
Narrator (voice)
2014
Scotland In A Day
2014
Two Doors Down
Cathy
2013
Frost on Sketch Shows
Self
2013
Acts of Godfrey
Jacqui
2012
Anuvahood
Patricia
2011
The Best Of Smack The Pony
2007
Modern Toss
(13 episodes)
2006
Sex Actually
Diana
2005
A Very Social Secretary
Cherie Blair
2005
A Bear's Tail
(1 episode)
2005
X-Rated: The Ads They Couldn't Show
Narrator
2005
Bromwell High
(13 episodes)
2005
Gladiatress
Dwyfuc
2004
QI
Self · (2 episodes)
2003
Comedy Connections
(46 episodes)
2003
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
(40 episodes)
2003
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self · (1 episode)
2001
Don't Eat the Neighbours
(26 episodes)
2001
Wild About Harry
Tara Adair
2000
With or Without You
Deirdre
1999
The Borrowers
Victoria Lender
1997
I'm Alan Partridge
Jenny · (1 episode)
1997
Agony Again
Debra · (7 episodes)
1995
The Day Today
Collaterlie Sisters · (6 episodes)
1994
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Lucille Bromley
1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Daisy / Zapping Space Rat
1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Journalist
1993
The Crying Game
Nurse
1992
Red Nose of Courage
Barbara
1992
Brighton Storeys
Toast of Tinseltown
Jane Plough / Brooke Hooberman · (1 episode)
2022
Toast of Tinseltown
Brooke Hooberman · (3 episodes)
2022
Toast of Tinseltown
Jane Plough · (2 episodes)
2022
Good Omens
Michael · (8 episodes)
2019
Flack
Victoria · (1 episode)
2019
Pure
Sarah · (4 episodes)
2019
Two Doors Down
Cathy · (6 episodes)
2016
Toast of London
Jane Plough · (18 episodes)
2013
Plebs
Flavia · (23 episodes)
2013
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant · (1 episode)
2012
Taking the Flak
(7 episodes)
2009
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Louise Marlowe · (1 episode)
2007
Would I Lie to You?
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Comedy Map of Britain
(1 episode)
2007
The Good Housekeeping Guide
(1 episode)
2006
Nathan Barley
Her Preposterous Voice · (1 episode)
2005
New Tricks
Gillian Withall · (1 episode)
2004
Bedtime
Faith · (9 episodes)
2001
The Strangerers
Galadriel · (2 episodes)
2000
Beast
Kirsten · (12 episodes)
2000
It's Only TV But I Like It
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Smack the Pony
Various Characters · (21 episodes)
1999
Bob and Margaret
(52 episodes)
1998
Stressed Eric
(13 episodes)
1998
Our Mutual Friend
(4 episodes)
1998
Brass Eye
Accelorata Jengold · (1 episode)
1997
Brass Eye
Dekadeeka Dekkadade / Rubeglia Palliativa · (1 episode)
1997
Brass Eye
Woman on 'Fadanoid' · (1 episode)
1997
Brass Eye
Newsreader · (1 episode)
1997
The Glam Metal Detectives
(7 episodes)
1995
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
Shona McGough · (1 episode)
1994
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
Wanda Harvey · (1 episode)
1994
Birds of a Feather
Nurse · (1 episode)
1989
Five Alive
(14 episodes)
1987
The Comic Strip Presents...
Diana · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Journalist · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Barbara · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Nurse · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Daisy/Zapping Space Rat · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Lucille Bromley · (1 episode)
1982
An Audience with...
Self · (1 episode)
1978