Happy Valley viewers hail Sarah Lancashire ‘the best actress of all time’ after dramatic cafe scene

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Happy Valley viewers have called for Sarah Lancashire and Siobhan Finneran to win ‘all the awards’ at this year’s Baftas for their performance in Sunday night’s episode of the BBC drama.

Sarah, 58, and Siobhan, 56, starred in dramatic scenes that saw Sarah’s character Catherine Cawood confront her sister Clare, played by Siobhan, for taking her grandson Ryan (Rhys Connah) to visit his evil father Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton) in prison behind her back.

Following their tense argument, viewers were left in tears after Catherine exited the cafe and saw a vision of her late daughter Becky on the ground, causing her to scream and sob silently.

Fans of the show took to social media to praise the pair for their performance, including one calling Sarah ‘one of the best [actresses] of all time.’

Another added: ‘Good God: #SarahLancashire is absolutely phenomenal in this: it’s like a super power.’

Meanwhile, another Twitter user said: ‘Every performance of Sarah Lancashire’s is a masterclass. She just something you can’t teach and whatever that is she has it in spades.’

Happy Valley have said Sarah Lancashire is ‘one of the best actresses of all time’ (Picture: BBC)

Echoing the sentiment, a fellow viewer wrote: ‘Sarah Lancashire is just a masterclass in acting for camera. Faultless.’

‘Haven’t got the vocabulary for how utterly brilliant this is. Everything, every nuance, done to perfection,’ another wrote.

An additional fan said: ‘I feel sorry for people working with Sarah Lancashire. She acts everybody else off the screen – beyond wonderful.’

Viewers were in tears after Sarah’s tense cafe scene with Siobhan Finneran (Picture: BBC)

Others cried for Sarah to win a number of Bafta awards next season, with one viewer writing: ‘Just give Sarah Lancashire and Siobhan Finneran all the awards.’

Another said: ‘If these two don’t get every award going, there ain’t no justice.’

Sarah won a Bafta for her portrayal of Catherine Cawood in 2017 (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)

With a final fan writing: ‘And there’s at least another 3 BAFTAS for Lady Lancashire.’

Sarah won the Bafta for Best Actress for her portrayal of Catherine in 2017, also being nominated in 2015.

In 2017, she also won the National Television Award for Best Drama Performance for the role.

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She won the Best Actress award at the TV Quick Awards in both 2014 and 2016.

Happy Valley airs Sundays at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer

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