| Sarah-Jane Potts | |
| Birth Date: | 1976 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1989–present |
| Spouse: | |
| Relatives: | Andrew-Lee Potts (brother) |
| Children: | 1 |
Sarah-Jane Potts (born 30 August 1976)[1] 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."[2]
In 2023, Potts attended East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival and virtually introduced Kinky Boots.[3]
Potts attended Bradford's Scala Kids stage school with her brother Andrew.[4] As a teenager she worked in a greasy spoon cafe in Bradford. She left school during her A-levels to star in Meat.[5] 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.[6] [7] She met her former 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.[10] She met her second husband, Joseph Millson, while working together on the medical drama Holby City and married him on 31 December 2013.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | My Son the Fanatic | Madeline Fingerhut | ||
| 1998 | Woundings | Louise | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2015 | Sara | |||
| Photo Finish | Emma | Short film | ||
| 2019 | Burning Men | Belladonna | ||
| 2021 | Nicola's Mum | |||
| Vengeance Is Mine | Emma | |||
| 2022 | The woman | Short film | ||
| Wendy | Short film | |||
| Claire | ||||
| 2023 | In Camera | C D |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Children's Ward | Guest role | ||
| 1994 | Meat | Myra | Television film | |
| 1995 | 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 | Virginia Otis | Television film | ||
| Harriet Potter | Main role; 6 episodes | |||
| 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 | |
| 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
| |
| 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 | 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 | Mary | Supporting role; 3 episodes |