Actress Sarah Gordy Awarded an MBE
Actress Sarah Gordy has been awarded an MBE in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Actress Sarah Gordy has been awarded an MBE in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Sarah, an actress with Down’s Syndrome and Mencap’s first celebrity ambassador with a learning disability was awarded the honour for ‘Services to the Arts and People with Disabilities’. Sarah said, ‘I am so surprised and thrilled to receive such an honour. I am hoping it will be an inspiration to young people with disabilities and their parents. I have been a professional actor for 17 years and I am pleased to say things are beginning to change. My industry has started to understand that diversity is an opportunity not a problem. ‘ Sarah who recently spoke at the World Down Syndrome Day events at the UN plays the lead character, Kelly in Jellyfish, a new play by Ben Weatherill at the Bush Theatre, London from 27 June. … Read more
