Sally Phillips plays the cheeky fun loving Sophie from I'm Alan Partridge in an excellent way- so much so that sometimes it is not entirely clear as to whether Phillips is laughing when she shouldn't be, but really it's just superb acting. After several minor roles, you could argue that I'm Alan Partridge was her first major role. She went on to play much larger roles in Smack the Pony, Bridget Jones and Green Wing.
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However, the role we love her for is playing the young Sophie. This seemingly is a summer job for Sophie as she doesn't seem to the take the role too seriously. Instead, she revels in the depths of Alan's stupidity, and seems bemused at the depths of his oddities. She is a great foil for Steve Coogan's gags as Partridge, making them even funnier.
Mr P. Nesshead
One of my favourite bits was when she has to add to the list the ever growing amount of crank callers who have contacted Alan- Mr P.Nesshead, Mr T. Osser (doesn't even work) amongst a range of others. I loved it how she pretends not to realise the joke, when obviously she absolutely does!
Phillips and James Lance (Ben) have a great on screen chemistry and this contributes to the farce of Alan Partridge as he becomes alot more jealous of the pair as the series progresses. I personally wish Sally Phillips could have been used more in I'm Alan Partridge 2, but she was far too well known by the time it was filmed.
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