Sally Bretton as Martha on Beyond Paradise
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Beyond Paradise’s Sally Bretton on why she changed her real name, her former job as a teacher, and life with 3 kids

She chose a new surname in Next of all places!

Sally Bretton returns as Martha Lloyd in series 2 of Beyond Paradise, where she plays the girlfriend of DI Humphrey Goodman.

But stay tuned after the episode on Friday night (March 22, 2024), and you’ll see her playing long-suffering wife Lucy in Not Going Out! If that’s not proof of how bankable she is as a TV actress, we don’t know what is!

In real life, Sally is also happily married with children. Here’s everything you need to know about the actress, why she changed her name, and her former life as a teacher…

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Sally Bretton as Martha Lloyd in Beyond Paradise
Actress Sally Bretton returns as Martha Lloyd in series 2 of Beyond Paradise (Credit: Red Planet Pictures/Ed Miller)

Who plays Martha Lloyd in Beyond Paradise?

Actress Sally Bretton portrays Martha Lloyd in Beyond Paradise. She first played the character in 2016, when she was cast in Death in Paradise as a love interest for DI Humphrey Goodman.

The couple left together in 2017 at the end of series 6. However, as a result of how popular they were on the show, Humphrey and Martha got their very own spin-off show called Beyond Paradise.

It first landed on BBC One in 2023 with series 1. Like its sister show Death in Paradise, Beyond Paradise also got its own Christmas special.

In April 2023, BBC One confirmed the show had been recommissioned for a series 2.

What is Sally Bretton famous for?

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Sally Bretton squeezes Lee Mack's cheeks on the set of Not Going Out

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Sally Bretton on the set of Open Wide with Alexander Armstrong

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Sally Bretton at the 76th EE British Academy Film Awards


Helen Fear
TV Editor