Sarah-Jane Potts

{{Infobox person

| name = Sarah-Jane Potts

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|8|30}}

| birth_place = Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1989–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Tony Denman|2002|2009|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Joseph Millson
|2013}}

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| relatives = Andrew-Lee Potts (brother)

| children = 1

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Sarah-Jane Potts (born 30 August 1976){{cite news

| title = Weekend birthdays

| newspaper = The Guardian

| pages = 55

| publisher = Guardian News & Media

| date = 30 August 2014

}} is an English actress, best known for her roles as Saint (Sarah) in Sugar Rush, Ellie, Abs' on/off girlfriend in Casualty and Jo Lipsett in Waterloo Road. Potts is the sister of actor Andrew-Lee Potts. 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: "In the three years I have been acting I have spent most of the time looking dirty, scruffy, ill or tarty."{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+was+so+ugly+people+couldn%27t+eat%3B+INTERVIEW%3B+Sarah+Jane+Potts.-a061320186|title=I was so ugly people couldn't eat; INTERVIEW; Sarah Jane Potts.|date=20 May 1996|work=Daily Mirror|accessdate=17 January 2011}}

In 2023, Potts attended East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival and virtually introduced Kinky Boots.{{Cite news | title=Romford Mercury hosts East London's first LGBTQ+ Film Festival | url=https://thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2023/11/07/romford-mercury-hosts-east-londons-first-lgbtq-film-festival/ | publisher=The Havering Daily | website=The Havering Daily | date=7 November 2023 | access-date=9 February 2024 }}

Personal life

Potts attended Bradford's Scala Kids stage school with her brother Andrew.{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4723872.Pair_are_class_act_in_TV____Road____show/|title=Pair are class act in TV 'Road' show|date=5 November 2009|work=Bradford Telegraph & Argus|accessdate=17 January 2011}} As a teenager she worked in a greasy spoon cafe in Bradford. She left school during her A-levels to star in Meat.{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Surprise+loo+role+made+me+squirm.-a061065603|title=Surprise loo role made me squirm|date=21 October 1997|work=Daily Mirror|accessdate=17 January 2011}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TRENDY+TWOSOMES+CELEBRITY+COUPLES+ATTEND+THE+AWARDS.-a083399898|title=Trendy Twosomes: Celebrity couples attend the awards|last=De Witt|first=Barbara|date=11 September 2000|work=Daily News|accessdate=17 January 2011|location=Los Angeles}}{{cite news|title=Tough Stuff|last=Weeks|first=Janet|date=20 January 2001|work=TV Guide (US)}} She met her former husband, Tony Denman, when filming National Lampoon's Barely Legal and they were married in June 2002.{{cite book|last=Riggs|first=Thomas|title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television|volume=71|year=2006|publisher=Gale|page=47}}{{cite news|title=Actor has hopes for 'dorm daze'|date=28 September 2003|work=Saint Paul Pioneer Press}} She has a son, named Buster Alan Denman, born 2004.{{cite news|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/food/view/1510/Andy-Newton-Lee-and-Sarah-Jane-Potts/|title=Andy Newton Lee and Sarah-Jane Potts|date=24 June 2008|work=OK! Magazine|accessdate=17 January 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111064157/http://www.ok.co.uk/food/view/1510/Andy-Newton-Lee-and-Sarah-Jane-Potts|archivedate=11 January 2012}} She met her second husband, Joseph Millson, while working together on the medical drama Holby City and married him on 31 December 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.holby.tv/joseph-millson-sarah-jane-potts-wed/|title=Joseph Millson & Sarah Jane Potts Wed|date=2 January 2014|work=holby.tv|accessdate=16 December 2014}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Film
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1997 \| My Son the Fanatic \| Madeline Fingerhut \|
1998 \| Woundings \| Louise \|
rowspan="3"\| 1999 \| Straydogs \| Anna \|
Wonderland \| Melanie \|
The Escort \| 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 \|
rowspan="2"\| 2015 \| {{sortname\|The\|Chameleon\|nolink=y}} \| Sara \|
Photo Finish \| Emma \| Short film
2019 \| Burning Men \| Belladonna \|
rowspan="2"\| 2021 \| {{sortname\|The\|Lockdown Hauntings}} \| Nicola's Mum \|
Vengeance Is Mine \| Emma \|
rowspan="3" \| 2022 \| {{sortname\|The\|Magician.\|nolink=y}} \| The woman \| Short film
{{sortname\|The\|Silent Canary\|nolink=y}} \|Wendy \|Short film
Prancer: A Christmas Tale \| Claire \|
2023 \| In Camera \| C D \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Film

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1997

| My Son the Fanatic

| Madeline Fingerhut

1998

| Woundings

| Louise

rowspan="3"| 1999

| Straydogs

| Anna

Wonderland

| Melanie

The Escort

| 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

rowspan="2"| 2015

| {{sortname|The|Chameleon|nolink=y}}

| Sara

Photo Finish

| Emma

| Short film

2019

| Burning Men

| Belladonna

rowspan="2"| 2021

| {{sortname|The|Lockdown Hauntings}}

| Nicola's Mum

Vengeance Is Mine

| Emma

rowspan="3" | 2022

| {{sortname|The|Magician.|nolink=y}}

| The woman

| Short film

{{sortname|The|Silent Canary|nolink=y}}

|Wendy

|Short film

Prancer: A Christmas Tale

| Claire

2023

| In Camera

| C D

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Television
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1989 \| Children's Ward \| {{n/a\|Unknown}} \| Guest role
1994 \| Meat \| Myra \| Television film
rowspan="2"\| 1995 \| {{sortname\|The\|Bill}} \| Mandy \| Episode: "To Crack a Nut"
Moving Story \| Joy \| Episode: "Superstition"
rowspan="4"\| 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"
rowspan="3"\| 1997 \| {{sortname\|The\|Canterville Ghost}} \| Virginia Otis \| Television film
{{sortname\|The\|Broker's Man}} \| Harriet Potter \| Main role; 6 episodes
{{sortname\|The\|Locksmith\|dab=TV series}} \| Alice Pierce \| Miniseries; all 6 episodes
1999 \| Dalziel and Pascoe \| Sophie Richmond \| Episode: "Time to Go"
2000–2001 \| Felicity \| Molly \| Recurring role; 14 episodes
rowspan="3"\| 2002 \| Deep Cover \| Georgia Haley \| Television series
Off Centre \| Julie \| Episode: "Cockfight"
NYPD Blue \| Elizabeth Garner \| Episode: "Meat Me in the Park"
rowspan="3"\| 2003 \| Murder She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle \| Breeta Byrne \| Television film
{{sortname\|The\|Legend of Tarzan\|dab=TV series}} \| 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
rowspan="2"\| 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"
rowspan="2"\| 2017 \| {{sortname\|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 \| {{sortname\|The\|Teacher\|dab=2022 TV series}} \| Mary \| Supporting role; 3 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Television

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1989

| Children's Ward

| {{n/a|Unknown}}

| Guest role

1994

| Meat

| Myra

| Television film

rowspan="2"| 1995

| {{sortname|The|Bill}}

| Mandy

| Episode: "To Crack a Nut"

Moving Story

| Joy

| Episode: "Superstition"

rowspan="4"| 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"

rowspan="3"| 1997

| {{sortname|The|Canterville Ghost}}

| Virginia Otis

| Television film

{{sortname|The|Broker's Man}}

| Harriet Potter

| Main role; 6 episodes

{{sortname|The|Locksmith|dab=TV series}}

| Alice Pierce

| Miniseries; all 6 episodes

1999

| Dalziel and Pascoe

| Sophie Richmond

| Episode: "Time to Go"

2000–2001

| Felicity

| Molly

| Recurring role; 14 episodes

rowspan="3"| 2002

| Deep Cover

| Georgia Haley

| Television series

Off Centre

| Julie

| Episode: "Cockfight"

NYPD Blue

| Elizabeth Garner

| Episode: "Meat Me in the Park"

rowspan="3"| 2003

| Murder She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

| Breeta Byrne

| Television film

{{sortname|The|Legend of Tarzan|dab=TV series}}

| 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

rowspan="2"| 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"

rowspan="2"| 2017

| {{sortname|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

| {{sortname|The|Teacher|dab=2022 TV series}}

| Mary

| Supporting role; 3 episodes

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0005322}}
{{cite news|url=http://reachmag.ca/2010/10/30/interview-with-heart-of-a-dragon-actress-sarah-jane-potts/|title=Interview with "Heart of a Dragon" actress Sarah Jane Potts|date=30 October 2010|work=Reach Magazine|accessdate=17 January 2011}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOkLOj5CJD0&feature=player_embedded |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/pOkLOj5CJD0 |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|title=Actress takes on the Great Wall of China with the Heart of a Dragon (video interview)|date=7 November 2010|work=Women in Film and Television Vancouver|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=17 January 2011}}{{cbignore}}

Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:English television actresses

Category:English film actresses

Category:Actresses from Bradford

Category:20th-century English actresses

Category:21st-century English actresses