Sharon Rooney stars alongside Sheridan Smith and Kelvin Fletcher in Channel 5's latest drama series The Teacher. The actress plays Nina, an English teacher at a Bradford school - who is also the mum of one of the students.
Her character is at odds with fellow educator Jenna (Sheridan Smith) and is secretly enjoying her downfall. Jenna's life spirals out of control as accusations of a sex scandal at the school emerge.
But many will be wondering why Sharon Rooney, 33, looks so familiar and where they've seen her before. Read more: Sharon, from Glasgow, Scotland, left school at the age of 16 to pursue acting.
She enrolled on to a performing arts course and went on to study drama at university in Hull. She performed stand-up comedy before landing her break-out role as Rae Earl in the E4 series My Mad Fat Diary in 2013.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk