children birth_place othername birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
1 nairobi , kenya jenny funnel 20 may 1963 1988-present jenny funnell
 jenny funnell actress
jenny funnell

jenny funnell -lrb- born 20 may 1963 -rrb- is a british actress best known for her role as sandy in the british sitcom `` as time goes by '' -lrb- 1992 -- 2005 -rrb- .
funnell was born in kenya , then still a british colony , and has a twin sister .
she moved to britain when she was four years old , and initially started voice acting in radio drama while still a student at drama school , winning the carleton hobbs bbc radio drama award in 1984 .
her earliest television work was also in drama , including the british soap opera `` brookside '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , the police series `` bergerac '' -lrb- bbc 1988 -rrb- , and the episode `` peril at end house '' in series 2 of `` agatha christie 's poirot '' -lrb- itv 1990 -rrb- .
funnell started taking on comedy parts with an appearance in the comedy/drama `` boon '' -lrb- itv 1989 -rrb- , and a role in the television movie `` norbert smith : a life '' .
other comedy roles for tv have included a guest appearance in the channel 4 newsroom sitcom `` drop the dead donkey '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- and the romantic comedy `` love soup '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- .
she later did guest appearances in the itv hospital drama `` the royal '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , played two separate parts in the bbc 's medical drama `` doctors '' -lrb- 2002 and 2004 -rrb- , and appeared in the itv police series `` the bill '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- .
her stage roles have included ` sense and sensibility ' at the watermill theatre , bagnor , west berkshire in april 2014 and ` what the butler saw ' at the haymarket theatre in basingstoke during september 2015 .
she and her husband and daughter live in england .
