‘You’ve got to bask in the sun of life’: actor Sarah Niles on her newfound acclaim

After roles in Catastrophe and I May Destroy you, Sarah Niles is relishing her Emmy nomination for Ted Lasso.

She talks about giggling on set and why British shows need to be braverIt might be the medical breakthrough the world has been waiting for.

Based on a sample size of one, it appears that an Emmy nod can cure Covid.

Sarah Niles was laid up in bed at home in London when she heard that, 5,000 miles away in Los Angeles, she’d been nominated for best supporting actress in a comedy series.

“I was feeling really sick,” she says, “but I soon got better.

A few hours later I started testing negative.”Her role as the sports psychologist Dr Sharon Fieldstone in the hit football comedy Ted Lasso has brought overdue acclaim for an actor who’s been flitting between stage and screen for two decades.

Niles is a

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