Jamie Lee Curtis praises Happy Valley’s Sarah Lancashire after bingeing series

Jamie Lee Curtis has taken to Twitter to thank Sarah Lancashire for her ‘gorgeous’ performance in BBC ‘s Happy Valley . The British drama series, which concluded in February, saw Sarah, 58, portraying divorced police sergeant, Catherine Cawood. Curtis, 64, had binged the crime show and took to Twitter to praise the lead actor and the series creator, Sally Wainwright. Sharing a text-only post with her 783,500 Twitter followers, the Oscar-winner wrote: ‘Just finished @happyvalleybbc THANK YOU @SarahLancsUK @sallywainwrigh8 for a gorgeous portrait of an amazing woman.’ The tweet, posted on July 13, has reached over 500,000 users on the platform and has seen fans flocking to the comments to praise the three-season show. Jamie Lee Curtis has praised Sarah Lancashire’s performance in Happy Valley (Image: Getty) One Twitter user wrote: ‘One of the greatest, grittiest shows I’ve seen, Sarah Lancashire is a powerhouse.’ A second replied: ‘Absolutely fabulous series. Great acting all round, and first rate writing.’ Another said: ‘I was late to the party and only just watched it too. Brilliant stuff. Will definitely watch it all over again and that’s gotta be the sign of a good drama The scenery was just glorious -was searching Airbnb in Hebden Bridge after that!’ Many fans of the 64-year-old have also commented that they hope Jamie and Sarah will ‘team up’ in the near future. One wrote: ‘I need a Jamie Lee Curtis/Sarah Lancashire team-up thriller in my life.’ Another wrote: ‘My favourite TV show being championed by (sic) my favourite film star!!! It’s amazing how happy this (sic) has made me.’ Sarah played Catherine Cawood in the crime drama (Image: BBC/Lookout Point/Matt Squire) A third said: ‘Her back catalogue is just as amazing as yours my love. And she became big after Coronation St .’ The American actor has also made headlines recently after posting a photograph to Instagram of herself and Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay, 37, starred alongside Jamie as her on-screen daughter in 2003’s Freaky Friday. To congratulate the actor on the birth of her first child, Luai, Jamie shared a photo of the duo with her five million Instagram followers. She wrote: ‘MAGIC MONDAY! My movie daughter just made me a movie grandmother. Blessings to Lindsay and Bader for the birth of Luai! @lindsaylohan.’ Fans also took to the now-closed comments section to congratulate Lindsay and call the pair the best ‘ Disney actresses’. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan starred in Freaky Friday together (Image: Getty) One wrote: ‘Aww…Congratulations ‘movie grandma’. How lucky is Lindsey to have you in her life. I’ve always adored Linds.’ (sic) A second commented: ‘My favorite duo of Disney actresses!!! And also I love Freaky Friday and I hope we can get to see the sequel very soon!!!’ (sic) Another replied: ‘Congratulations Lindsay now you and Jamie hurry up and make a new Freaky Friday.’ It was announced earlier this week that the 37-year-old and her husband Bader Shammas, also 37, had given birth to their first son. It’s reported that the child was born in Dubai , where the couple currently reside.