Sarah Parks appeared on Coronation Street in four roles:
- The midwife who delivered twins Billy and Becky Mallett in December 1998
- DS Pullen, investigating Gary Adams for the false imprisonment of Sarah Platt between July and August 2001
- Council planning officer, Andrea Chaplin in January 2004
- Linda, appearing between May and July 2007, whose husband Derek had an affair with Liz McDonald.
Her other credits include roles in The Bill, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Heartbeat, Emmerdale, Sparkhouse, Island at War, Blue Murder, Outlaws, Fat Friends, My Parents Are Aliens, Shameless, The Street, Exile, Scott & Bailey and Meet the Richardsons, along with the films Fanny and Elvis, Panic Button and Best Laid Plans.
On stage, she appeared in productions of The Winter's Tale, Having a Ball, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, The Boys from Syracuse, Mother Courage and her Children, Hard Times, Pygmalion, The Comedy of Errors, Time of My Life and Murder, Margaret and Me.