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Sarah-Jane Potts

Sarah-Jane Potts

English actress

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

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.

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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

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

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References

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


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