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Anyone else struggle to tell the difference between Suranne Jones and Sarah Parish?

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Ladyoftheapple · 20/02/2026 20:06

I struggle to tell the difference between both of these British actresses as I feel they look so similar and even play similar parts! Everytime one of them comes on my screen I tend to say to my husband “is that the one that player Dr.Foster?”. My husband thinks I am mad and that they are nothing alike 😱

Anyone else struggle to tell the difference between Suranne Jones and Sarah Parish?
Anyone else struggle to tell the difference between Suranne Jones and Sarah Parish?
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purpleme12 · 20/02/2026 20:07

I can't say I do, no

That is the first time I've seen a photo where they've looked the same.

MrTwisterHasABlister · 20/02/2026 20:10

Nope.

waterbobble · 20/02/2026 20:10

They don’t look alike

TamarindCottage · 20/02/2026 20:14

Can’t see a resemblance other than them being dark haired white women in early middle age

Anyone else struggle to tell the difference between Suranne Jones and Sarah Parish?
Anyone else struggle to tell the difference between Suranne Jones and Sarah Parish?
SiobahnRoy · 20/02/2026 20:15

No

WonderfulSmith · 20/02/2026 20:15

No. But then I knew Sarah Parish’s brother.

Rhubarbandcustardd · 20/02/2026 20:16

No…Sarah parish is a lot older

SexyFrenchDepression · 20/02/2026 20:26

I thought Sarah Parish was a lot older, I can't say ive ever got them confused before.

Rhubarbandcustardd · 20/02/2026 20:29

SexyFrenchDepression · 20/02/2026 20:26

I thought Sarah Parish was a lot older, I can't say ive ever got them confused before.

She is

Catisheavyonmylap · 20/02/2026 20:29

I’m with you OP - I think it didn’t help that they seemed to be on tv all the time at one point and they sort of merged into one another (in my brain anyway! 😄).

FlatErica · 20/02/2026 20:29

No.

TheHeartyKoala · 20/02/2026 20:30

I used to get them mixed up, but then there was a period when Suranne Jones was in just about everything (and I got slightly bored if seeing her )so now I can tell them apart.

SexyFrenchDepression · 20/02/2026 20:30

Rhubarbandcustardd · 20/02/2026 20:29

She is

Just had a quick Google, SP is 57, SJ is 47. I have always thoight Sarah Parish has looked middle aged in most things shes been in. I really like her but shes always had an older look.

Suranne Jones is fabulous, I saw her in a west end play before and she was amazing!

Xmasbaby11 · 20/02/2026 20:32

no, I’d never get them mixed up. I think they’re both quite distinctive looking.

TheHeartyKoala · 20/02/2026 20:33

I think I kept getting them mixed up because I kept seeing SP in old episodes of Peak Practice. When she was younger her hair was darker and she did look more like SJ.

PippaToryFripp · 20/02/2026 20:39

No. There’s a decade age difference in them.

Randomchat · 20/02/2026 20:53

I'm not very good at faces. I can't tell them apart at all. White, straight brown hair, big smiles, straight white teeth. I could look at those photos all day and not be able to tell them apart.

Allseeingallknowing · 20/02/2026 21:15

Ladyoftheapple · 20/02/2026 20:06

I struggle to tell the difference between both of these British actresses as I feel they look so similar and even play similar parts! Everytime one of them comes on my screen I tend to say to my husband “is that the one that player Dr.Foster?”. My husband thinks I am mad and that they are nothing alike 😱

It’s the nose…

Allseeingallknowing · 20/02/2026 21:16

Randomchat · 20/02/2026 20:53

I'm not very good at faces. I can't tell them apart at all. White, straight brown hair, big smiles, straight white teeth. I could look at those photos all day and not be able to tell them apart.

One has a rather large, distinctive nose!

mondaytosunday · 20/02/2026 21:36

They look nothing alike.

BnmLK · 20/02/2026 21:37

No

Allseeingallknowing · 20/02/2026 21:37

mondaytosunday · 20/02/2026 21:36

They look nothing alike.

Agreed

MajesticWhine · 20/02/2026 21:50

I think Suranne Jones looks very similar to someone else - maybe I am thinking of Keeley Hawes.

BatchCookBabe · 20/02/2026 21:58

No!

BatchCookBabe · 20/02/2026 21:58

No!