Editing Sarah Alexander (section)

==Early life==
Alexander was born on 3 January 1971<ref>{{cite news|title=Jan. 3 Celebrity Birthdays|work=Orange County Register|date=3 January 2012|accessdate=3 January 2023|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2012/01/03/jan-3-celebrity-birthdays-2/}}</ref> in [[Hammersmith]], London.<ref name="npg"/> Her father, Frank Smith, was a television producer and director on factual shows such as ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]''; he died when she was still at school.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sarah-alexander-blonde-ambition-325859.html|title=Sarah Alexander: Blonde ambition|date=9 November 2005|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/06_june/16/coupling_alexander.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Coupling Sarah Alexander|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> She attended [[Godolphin and Latymer School]] in Hammersmith.<ref name="Ind1">{{cite web |author=Jones, Alice |title=Sarah Alexander: Blonde ambition |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sarah-alexander-blonde-ambition-514575.html |date=9 November 2005 |access-date=10 September 2008}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> At the age of 19, she left home after her [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-levels]] and travelled to the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] to get a start in acting.<ref name="Ind1"/> Her parents wanted her to continue to university, but she turned down a place at the [[University of Manchester]] to take her first professional acting job.<ref name="Ind3">[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20040307/ai_n12751087 How We Met: Sarah Alexander & Ben Miller] ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]'', 7 March 2004</ref>