Sarah-Jane Potts

English actress

For the Shortland Street character, see Sarah Potts (character).

Sarah-Jane Potts

Born|  (1976-08-30) 30 August 1976 (age 47)

Bradford, West Yorkshire, England[1]

Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1989–present
Spouses|

Tony Denman

(m. 2002; div. 2009)​

Joseph Millson

(m. 2013)​

Children| 1
Relatives| Andrew-Lee Potts (brother)

Sarah-Jane Potts (born 30 August 1976)[2] is an English actress, best known for her roles as Saint (Sarah) in Sugar Rush, Ellie, Abs' on/off girlfriend in Casualty[3] and Jo Lipsett in Waterloo Road. Potts is the sister of actor Andrew-Lee Potts.[3] From 2011 to 2012, she appeared in Holby City as Senior Nurse Eddi McKee on AAU, playing a different character to the one she played in Casualty. Potts left Holby City in the second episode of Series 15; her departure was kept a secret by the production team and was not reported at all by the media, resulting in a shock exit for her character.

Early in her career she noted that, "In the three years I have been acting I have spent most of the time looking dirty, scruffy, ill or tarty."[4]

In 2023, Potts attended East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival and virtually introduced Kinky Boots.[5]

## Personal life[edit]

Potts attended Bradford's Scala Kids stage school with her brother Andrew.[1] As a teenager she worked in a greasy spoon cafe in Bradford.[6] She left school during her A-levels to star in Meat.[6] From 1999 to 2001, she dated Erik Palladino. They met at a film festival in Sweden during the summer of 1999 and at the end of the year she moved to Los Angeles to live with him.[7][8] She met her former husband, Tony Denman, when filming National Lampoon's Barely Legal and they were married in June 2002.[9][10] She has a son, named Buster Alan Denman, born 2004.[3] She met her second husband, Joseph Millson, while working together on the medical drama Holby City and married him on 31 December 2013.[11]

## Filmography[edit]

Film  Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1997  | My Son the Fanatic | Madeline Fingerhut  |
1998  | Woundings | Louise  |
1999  | Straydogs | Anna  |
Wonderland | Melanie  |
Mauvaise passe | Liz  |
2000  | Five Seconds to Spare | Twig  |
2001  | Young Blades | Radegonde / Anne  |
2003  | National Lampoon's Barely Legal | Ashley  |
2004  | Breaking Dawn | Anna  |
2005  | Kinky Boots | Lauren  |
2007  | Missed | Emma  | Short film
2008  | Heart of a Dragon | Amanda  |
2015  | The Chameleon | Sara  |
Photo Finish | Emma  | Short film
2019  | Burning Men | Belladonna  |
2021  | The Lockdown Hauntings | Nicola's Mum  |
Vengeance Is Mine | Emma  |
2022  | The Magician. | The woman  | Short film
The Silent Canary | Wendy  | Short film
Prancer: A Christmas Tale | Claire  |
Television  Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1989  | Children's Ward | Unknown  | Guest role
1994  | Meat | Myra  | Television film
1995  | The Bill | Mandy  | Episode: "To Crack a Nut"
Moving Story | Joy  | Episode: "Superstition"
1996  | Peak Practice | Maddie Taylor  | Episode: "A New Life"
Bramwell | Rose Tully  | Series 2: Episode 6
Out of the Blue | Kirsty  | Series 2: Episode 6
Scene | Alison  | Episode: "Alison"
1997  | The Canterville Ghost | Virginia Otis  | Television film
The Broker's Man | Harriet Potter  | Main role; 6 episodes
The Locksmith | Alice Pierce  | Miniseries; all 6 episodes
1999  | Dalziel and Pascoe | Sophie Richmond  | Episode: "Time to Go"
2000–2001  | Felicity | Molly  | Recurring role; 14 episodes
2002  | Deep Cover | Georgia Haley  | Television series
Off Centre | Julie  | Episode: "Cockfight"
NYPD Blue | Elizabeth Garner  | Episode: "Meat Me in the Park"
2003  | Murder She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Breeta Byrne  | Television film
The Legend of Tarzan | Bonnie Porter  | Episode: "Unaired Pilot"
American Dreams | Kara  | Episode: "Change a Comin'"
Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
2003–2004  | Keen Eddie | Audry  | Episode: "Pilot: Eddie"
Episode: "Sucker Punch"
Episode: "Citizen Cecil"
2005  | Bodies | Ruth Duncan  | Series 2: Episode 9
2006  | Sugar Rush | Saint (Sarah)  | Main role; 10 episodes
2007  | You Can Choose Your Friends | Chloe  | Television film
2008  | Casualty | Ellie Bridges  | Recurring role; 10 episodes
Emmerdale | Leanne Grounding  | 3 episodes
2009–2010  | Waterloo Road | Jo Lipsett | Series 5; 18 episodes
2010  | Reunited | Fran  | Television film
2011  | Zen | Cinzia Miletti  | Episode: "Ratking"
2011–2012  | Holby City | Eddi McKee | Series regular; 58 episodes
2014  | Gracepoint | Gemma  | All 10 episodes
2015  | New Tricks | Antoinette Pembury  | Episode: "The Crazy Gang"
2016  | Doctors | Roz Farrall  | Episode: "I'll Cry If I Want To"
2017  | The Good Karma Hospital | Vicky Martin  | Series 1: Episode 4
8 Days That Made Rome | Agrippina  | Episode: "The Downfall of Nero"
2019  | Stock | Officer  | Television short
2020  | There She Goes | Lisa  | Episode: "Marmalade Chunks"
2021  | Zero Chill | Jenny MacBentley  | All 10 episodes
2022  | The Teacher | Mary  | Supporting role; 3 episodes

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Pair are class act in TV 'Road' show". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
2. ^ "Weekend birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media. 30 August 2014. p. 55.
3. ^ a b c "Andy Newton Lee and Sarah-Jane Potts". OK! Magazine. 24 June 2008. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
4. ^ "I was so ugly people couldn't eat; INTERVIEW; Sarah Jane Potts". Daily Mirror. 20 May 1996. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
5. ^ "Romford Mercury hosts East London's first LGBTQ+ Film Festival". The Havering Daily. The Havering Daily. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
6. ^ a b "Surprise loo role made me squirm". Daily Mirror. 21 October 1997. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
7. ^ De Witt, Barbara (11 September 2000). "Trendy Twosomes: Celebrity couples attend the awards". Daily News. Los Angeles. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
8. ^ Weeks, Janet (20 January 2001). "Tough Stuff". TV Guide (US).
9. ^ Riggs, Thomas (2006). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Vol. 71\. Gale. p. 47.
10. ^ "Actor has hopes for 'dorm daze'". Saint Paul Pioneer Press. 28 September 2003.
11. ^ "Joseph Millson & Sarah Jane Potts Wed". holby.tv. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

## External links[edit]

* Sarah-Jane Potts at IMDb
* "Interview with "Heart of a Dragon" actress Sarah Jane Potts". Reach Magazine. 30 October 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
* "Actress takes on the Great Wall of China with the Heart of a Dragon (video interview)". Women in Film and Television Vancouver. YouTube. 7 November 2010. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2011.

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