Sarah-Jane Potts


Sarah-Jane Potts is an English actress, best known for her roles as Saint 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."
In 2023, Potts attended East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival and virtually introduced Kinky Boots.

Personal life

Potts attended Bradford's Scala Kids stage school with her brother Andrew. As a teenager she worked in a greasy spoon cafe in Bradford. She left school during her A-levels to star in Meat. 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. She met her former husband, Tony Denman, when filming National Lampoon's Barely Legal and they were married in June 2002. She has a son, named Buster Alan Denman, born 2004. She met her second husband, Joseph Millson, while working together on the medical drama Holby City and married him on 31 December 2013.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997My Son the FanaticMadeline Fingerhut
1998WoundingsLouise
1999StraydogsAnna
1999WonderlandMelanie
1999The EscortLiz
2000Five Seconds to SpareTwig
2001Young BladesRadegonde / Anne
2003National Lampoon's Barely LegalAshley
2004Breaking DawnAnna
2005Kinky BootsLauren
2007MissedEmmaShort film
2008Heart of a DragonAmanda
2015'Sara
2015Photo FinishEmmaShort film
2019Burning MenBelladonna
2021'Nicola's Mum
2021Vengeance Is MineEmma
2022'The womanShort film
2022'WendyShort film
2022Prancer: A Christmas TaleClaire
2023In CameraC D

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989Children's WardGuest role
1994MeatMyraTelevision film
1995'MandyEpisode: "To Crack a Nut"
1995Moving StoryJoyEpisode: "Superstition"
1996Peak PracticeMaddie TaylorEpisode: "A New Life"
1996BramwellRose TullySeries 2: Episode 6
1996Out of [the Blue (1996 TV series)|Out of the Blue]KirstySeries 2: Episode 6
1996SceneAlisonEpisode: "Alison"
1997'Virginia OtisTelevision film
1997'Harriet PotterMain role; 6 episodes
1997'Alice PierceMiniseries; all 6 episodes
1999Dalziel and PascoeSophie RichmondEpisode: "Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#Time to Go|Time to Go]"
2000–2001FelicityMollyRecurring role; 14 episodes
2002Deep CoverGeorgia HaleyTelevision series
2002Off CentreJulieEpisode: "Cockfight"
2002NYPD BlueElizabeth GarnerEpisode: "Meat Me in the Park"
2003Murder She Wrote: The Celtic RiddleBreeta ByrneTelevision film
2003'Bonnie PorterEpisode: "Unaired Pilot"
2003American DreamsKaraEpisode: "Change a Comin'"
Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
2003–2004Keen EddieAudryEpisode: "Pilot: Eddie"
Episode: "Sucker Punch"
Episode: "Citizen Cecil"
2005BodiesRuth DuncanSeries 2: Episode 9
2006Sugar RushSaint Main role; 10 episodes
2007You Can Choose Your FriendsChloeTelevision film
2008CasualtyEllie BridgesRecurring role; 10 episodes
2008EmmerdaleLeanne Grounding3 episodes
2009–2010Waterloo RoadJo LipsettSeries 5; 18 episodes
2010ReunitedFranTelevision film
2011ZenCinzia MilettiEpisode: "Ratking"
2011–2012Holby CityEddi McKeeSeries regular; 58 episodes
2014GracepointGemmaAll 10 episodes
2015New TricksAntoinette PemburyEpisode: "The Crazy Gang"
2016DoctorsRoz FarrallEpisode: "I'll Cry If I Want To"
2017'Vicky MartinSeries 1: Episode 4
20178 Days That Made RomeAgrippinaEpisode: "The Downfall of Nero"
2019StockOfficerTelevision short
2020There She GoesLisaEpisode: "Marmalade Chunks"
2021Zero ChillJenny MacBentleyAll 10 episodes
2022MarySupporting role; 3 episodes