<Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Nadim Sawalha Roberta Lane </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Nadia Sawalha (sister) Nabil Sawalha (paternal uncle) </Td> </Tr> <P> Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress known mainly for her role as Saffron Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous . She is also known for portraying Lynda Day, editor of the Junior Gazette, in Press Gang and Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice . Additionally, she played Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford, Carla Borrego in Jonathan Creek, and Jan Ward in the 2014 BBC One mystery Remember Me . </P> <P> Sawalha was born in Lambeth, London, the daughter of Roberta Lane and actor Nadim Sawalha . Her father was born in Madaba, Jordan . She was named after her paternal grandmother, a businesswoman who had received an award from Queen Noor for enterprise . She is of Jordanian, English, and French Huguenot ancestry . </P>

Who played dorcas in lark rise to candleford