Fiona Allen
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Fiona Allen (born in Bury, Lancashire on 3 January 1965) is an English comedian. She has appeared in many sketch shows, including Smack the Pony, Goodness Gracious Me and The All Star Comedy Show. She has also appeared in many television dramas including Dalziel and Pascoe and Coronation Street. She appeared in Happiness alongside Paul Whitehouse. Most recently she appeared as Sandra, in the film version of the famous comic strip Fat Slags.
Her grandfather was the British hangman, Harry Allen.
Allen is married to the son of TV chat show host Michael Parkinson, also called Michael.
In the late 1980s she worked the door on Manchester nightclub the Hacienda, and she makes a brief appearance playing herself in the film 24 Hour Party People.
