Sally Knyvette (born Sally James; 9th February 1951 in Horsham, West Sussex) is an English actress, director and drama teacher who portrayed Kate Sugden in Emmerdale from August 1988 to August 1991.
The daughter of a doctor, Knyvette took acting lessons while running a French restaurant in the Kings Road, London, then was in rep for seven years, acting mostly on stage, including playing Shakespeare roles.
Known for her role as Jenna Stannis in the first two seasons of the British science fiction series Blake's 7. She later complained of her Blake's 7 role that Jenna had "started off as this really exciting, intergalactic space pirate, but then she became a sort of housewife on the Liberator".
Knyvette has also appeared in The Sweeney, Z-Cars, Who Pays the Ferryman?, Squadron, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, A Touch of Frost, Casualty, Holby City, EastEnders and Coronation Street.
She also voiced the part of Doctorman Allen in the Doctor Who audio adventure Spare Parts and that of Carmilla in the video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and its sequel, developed by Mercury Steam.
After leaving Blake's 7 Knyvette studied for an English and drama degree at the University of London. She lives in Fulham, West London.
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