Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire in a cafe after the acclaimed scene on the BBC show

Life seems to be imitating art for Sarah Lancashire.

The actress, 58, received praise for her show-stealing scene as Sergeant Catherine Cawood in Sunday’s episode of the popular BBC crime drama Happy Valley, in which she confronted her sister Clare, played by Siobhan Finneran, in a Sheffield cafe.

Now, Lancashire has been spotted in a cafe, in an equally cozy puffer coat.

For this outing, she was accompanied by her husband, television producer Peter Salmon, 66, near their home in Twickenham, southwest London.

The former Coronation Street, Lancashire star, who was born in Oldham, married Salmon in 2001.

The actress has three sons: Tom, 34, and Matthew, 32, from her ten-year marriage to musician Gary Hargreaves, and a teenage son, Joseph, with Salmon.

Master class: The actress, 58, received praise for her show-stealing scene in Sunday’s episode in which she confronted her sister Clare (Siobhan Finneran) in a Sheffield cafe.

The acclaimed star, who also recently won applause across the pond for playing Julia Child in HBO’s hit series Julia, is currently hitting UK screens in the third and final series of Happy Valley.

The latest episode on Sunday wowed viewers as Sarah gave “a master class” in acting during the cafe scene with her on-screen sister.

The scene set in a Sheffield cafe saw Sergeant Cawood confronting Clare after she found out she was taking her grandson Ryan to visit his father in prison.

London: For this outing, she was accompanied by her husband near their home in Twickenham, southwest London.

Husband: The former Coronation Street, Lancashire star, who was born in Oldham, married Salmon in 2001, they have a teenage son together.

Many compared the emotional performances to the previous roles of the two actresses, with one viral tweet noting: “If these aren’t two of the best actors in the world, tell me how they can be Raquel from Coronation Street and Janice from Benidorm.” .’

‘That was PHENOMENAL. 15 minutes of pure talent. Not a raised voice. Sarah and Siobhan gave absolutely everything during that and Sally gave them the most incredible material to work with.’

The third episode of Happy Valley drew an incredible 8.1 million viewers at its peak on Sunday night with an average viewership of 4.8 million.

Incredible Year: The star, who also recently won applause across the pond for playing Julia Child in HBO’s hit series Julia, is currently hitting UK screens in the series finale of Happy Valley.

It took first place in the ratings overnight, beating out fellow BBC drama Call The Midwife.

The multiple BAFTA-winning show returned for its third and final series on New Year’s Day, after a seven-year hiatus.

In the first episode of the series, Sarah’s character discovered the remains of a gangland murder victim in a drained reservoir, setting off a chain of events that led him to his old enemy and the father of his grandson Ryan.

Unbelievable: Sunday’s latest episode wowed viewers as Sarah gave ‘a master class’ in acting during the cafe scene with her on-screen sister

Happy Valley was a huge hit with audiences after it first aired in 2014, winning a BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series, with a second follow-up series in 2016.

Its creator and writer, Sally Wainwright, revealed that she and its main star, Sarah, agreed that the show should end in three series.

“We made a final decision that this was going to be the final season,” he told the radio schedules In the past week.

“Just because he was successful, we weren’t going to let him fade away until he was a pale shadow of himself.”

Happy Valley continues on Sunday night at 9pm on BBC One.

Praised: Many compared the emotional performances to the two actresses’ previous roles, with one viral tweet noting: ‘how is this Raquel from Coronation Street?’