{{Short description|British actress (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox person |name=Sara Alexander |image= |caption= |birth_name=Sara Jane Alexander |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1976|08|09|df=yes}} |birth_place= |occupation=Actress, presenter, voice actress |known_for=Shortest-serving CBeebies presenter |spouse=Cory English }} '''Sara Jane "Eva" Alexander''' (born 9 August 1976<ref name="Bristol">{{cite web|date=October 2003|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cms/pro/newsletter/news_oct_2003.pdf|title=Bristol University Alumni Newsletter|access-date=14 February 2007|quote=DRAMA AT THE WICKHAM THEATRE. 11 October Two Sisters and a Piano. Havana, Cuba, 1991. Two sisters under house arrest take refuge in their art, but they must decide on a dangerous chance of freedom. European premiere of the award-winning play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning Nilo Cruz and '''co-starring Eva Alexander, a Bristol Drama graduate (1997, as Sara Jane Alexander)'''.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184607/http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cms/pro/newsletter/news_oct_2003.pdf|archive-date=30 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>) is a British actress, writer and was a television presenter. Eva is pronounced "Ava".
== Career == Until March 2007, she was a continuity presenter on the BBC preschool television channel CBeebies, joining as a replacement for Nicole Davis who left in February 2006. She became and still is the shortest-serving presenter at just thirteen months.
In 1993, Alexander appeared (under her real name) in Franco Zeffirelli's film ''Storia di una capinera'' (aka ''Sparrow'').<ref>[http://imdb.com/title/tt0108226/ IMDB listing for ''Storia di una capinera'']</ref>
Alexander has had a variety of small parts in television dramas such as ''Waking the Dead'', ''The Brief'' and ''Casualty'', in addition to a range of theatre and radio work. She also starred in the Children's BBC programme ''The Mysti Show'' as Ella, a stubborn teenager who is helped by Mystical Rainbowfrost (aka Mysti), a fairy who can change into a human. She appeared in the 2009 ITV drama ''Whatever It Takes'' and in 2010 she appeared once again on CBBC, this time as the character Gill in ''Hounded''. She appeared in the 2010 film ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' as a waitress. Most recently, she was in an episode of the BBC series: Cuffs.
== Personal life == She attended the University of Bristol, graduating in 1997, and also attended The Drama Studio London where she gained a postgraduate diploma in acting.<ref name="Bristol" /> She is married to American actor Cory English.<ref>[http://www.theatre.com/story/id/3002386 theatre.com interview with Cory English] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310192123/http://www.theatre.com/story/id/3002386 |date=10 March 2007 }}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.saraalexander.net/ Official website] * {{IMDb name|1604904}}
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