Sarah-Jane Potts
| Sarah-Jane Potts | |
|---|---|
| Born |
30 August 1976 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) |
Tony Denman (2002-2009) Joseph Millson (2013-Present) |
| 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, as Ellie, Abs' on/off girlfriend on Casualty[3] and as Jo Lipsett in Waterloo Road. Potts is the sister of actor Andrew-Lee Potts.[3] From 2011, 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]
Personal life
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.[5] She left school during her A-levels to star in Meat.[5] From 1999-2001 she dated Erik Palladino. They met at a film festival in Sweden during the summer of '99 and at the end of the year she moved to LA to live with him.[6][7] She met her ex-husband, Tony Denman, when filming National Lampoon's Barely Legal and they were married in June 2002.[8][9] 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. The two married on 31 December 2013.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | My Son the Fanatic | Madeline Fingerhut | |
| 1998 | Woundings | Louise | |
| 1999 | Straydogs | Anna | |
| 1999 | Wonderland | Melanie | |
| 1999 | 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Children's Ward | TV series | |
| 1994 | Meat | Myra | TV movie |
| 1995 | Bill, TheThe Bill | Mandy | Episode: "To Crack a Nut" |
| 1995 | Moving Story | Joy | Episode: "Superstition" |
| 1996 | Peak Practice | Maddie Taylor | Episode: "A New Life" |
| 1996 | Bramwell | Rose Tully | Episode: "2.6" |
| 1996 | Out of the Blue | Kirsty | Episode: "2.6" |
| 1996 | Scene | Alison | Episode: "Alison" |
| 1997 | Canterville Ghost, TheThe Canterville Ghost | Virginia Otis | TV movie |
| 1997 | Broker's Man, TheThe Broker's Man | Harriet Potter | 6 episodes |
| 1997 | Locksmith, TheThe Locksmith | Alice Pierce | TV miniseries |
| 1999 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Sophie Richmond | Episode: "Time to Go" |
| 2000–01 | Felicity | Molly | 14 episodes |
| 2002 | Deep Cover | Georgia Haley | TV series |
| 2002 | Off Centre | Julie | Episode: "Cockfight" |
| 2002 | NYPD Blue | Elizabeth Garner | Episode: "Meat Me in the Park" |
| 2003 | Murder She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Breeta Byrne | TV movie |
| 2003 | Legend of Tarzan, TheThe Legend of Tarzan | Bonnie Porter | Episode: "Unaired Pilot" |
| 2003 | American Dreams | Episode: "Change a Comin'" Episode: "The Long Goodbye" | |
| 2003–04 | Keen Eddie | Audry | Episode: "Pilot: Eddie" Episode: "Sucker Punch" Episode: "Citizen Cecil" |
| 2005 | Bodies | Ruth Duncan | Episode: "2.10" |
| 2006 | Sugar Rush | Saint | 10 episodes |
| 2007 | You Can Choose Your Friends | Chloe | TV movie |
| 2008 | Casualty | Ellie Bridges | 10 episodes |
| 2008 | Emmerdale | Leanne Grounding | 3 episodes |
| 2009–10 | Waterloo Road | Jo Lipsett | 18 episodes |
| 2010 | Reunited | Fran | TV movie |
| 2011 | Zen | Cinzia Miletti | Episode: "Ratking" |
| 2011–12 | Holby City | Eddi McKee | Series regular, 58 episodes |
| 2014 | Gracepoint | Gemma | 10 episodes |
| 2015 | New Tricks | Toni | 1 episode |
References
- 1 2 "Pair are class act in TV 'Road' show". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ↑ "Weekend birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media. 30 August 2014. p. 55.
- 1 2 3 "Andy Newton Lee and Sarah-Jane Potts". OK! Magazine. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ↑ "I was so ugly people couldn't eat; INTERVIEW; Sarah Jane Potts.". Daily Mirror. 20 May 1996. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- 1 2 "Surprise loo role made me squirm". Daily Mirror. 21 October 1997. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ↑ De Witt, Barbara (11 September 2000). "Trendy Twosomes: Celebrity couples attend the awards". Daily News. Los Angeles. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ↑ Weeks, Janet (20 January 2001). "Tough Stuff". TV Guide (US).
- ↑ Riggs, Thomas (2006). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. 71. Gale. p. 47.
- ↑ "Actor has hopes for 'dorm daze'". Saint Paul Pioneer Press. 28 September 2003.
- ↑ "Joseph Millson & Sarah Jane Potts Wed". holby.tv. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
External links
- Sarah-Jane Potts at the Internet Movie Database
- "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. Retrieved 17 January 2011.