Sarah-Jane Potts

Sarah-Jane Potts (born 30 August 1976) is an English actress, who is best known for her roles as Saint (Sarah) in Sugar Rush, as Ellie an on/off girlfriend on Casualty, as Staff Nurse Eddie McKee in Holby City, and as Jo Lipsett in Waterloo Road. Sarah-Jane Potts is also the sister of actor Andrew-Lee Potts best known for his Connor Temple in Primeval. 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah-Jane Potts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Kinky Boots (2005)

Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Jarrold
CAST:  Joel Edgerton  •  Chiwetel Ejiofor  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Nick Frost

Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Jarrold
CAST:  Joel Edgerton  •  Chiwetel Ejiofor  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Nick Frost

Woundings (1998)

A government program is trying to entice women to go to a remote island and become companions to war-scarred soldiers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberta Hanley
CAST:  Julie Cox  •  Sammi Davis  •  Emily Lloyd  •  Charlie Creed-Miles

A government program is trying to entice women to go to a remote island and become companions to war-scarred soldiers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberta Hanley
CAST:  Julie Cox  •  Sammi Davis  •  Emily Lloyd  •  Charlie Creed-Miles

The Escort (1999)

A movie about a middle aged french man who after a family crisis travels on the spur of the moment to London only to get caught up in the male prostitution business and eventually drugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Blanc
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Stuart Townsend  •  Liza Walker  •  Noah Taylor

A movie about a middle aged french man who after a family crisis travels on the spur of the moment to London only to get caught up in the male prostitution business and eventually drugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Blanc
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Stuart Townsend  •  Liza Walker  •  Noah Taylor

The Canterville Ghost (1997)

'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, and the original short story deserves the popularity. It is a witty spoof about a ghost and the 'haunted' mansion where a rich American family start to live. In this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Crispin Reece
CAST:  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Ian Richardson  •  Celia Imrie  •  Rolf Saxon

'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, and the original short story deserves the popularity. It is a witty spoof about a ghost and the 'haunted' mansion where a rich American family start to live. In this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Crispin Reece
CAST:  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Ian Richardson  •  Celia Imrie  •  Rolf Saxon

Breaking Dawn (2004)

Within the confines of an insane asylum languish many would-be seers and messiahs. Medical students meet them day in, day out. But when Eve meets Don Wake, she discovers he's not your run-of-the-mill paranoic. In fact, his visions of her life on the outside tread ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Edwin Robinson
CAST:  Kelly Overton  •  James Haven  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Hank Harris

Within the confines of an insane asylum languish many would-be seers and messiahs. Medical students meet them day in, day out. But when Eve meets Don Wake, she discovers he's not your run-of-the-mill paranoic. In fact, his visions of her life on the outside tread ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Edwin Robinson
CAST:  Kelly Overton  •  James Haven  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Hank Harris

Barely Legal (2005)

Teenager Deacon works at a video shop, and his buddies, Fred and Matt, sell the bootleg porno films he acquires. Deacon gets fired, but the pals have the bright idea of filming their own Internet porn flick in order to make money and become more popular at school. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mickey Evans
CAST:  Tony Denman  •  Vince Vieluf  •  Daniel Farber  •  Erik von Detten

Teenager Deacon works at a video shop, and his buddies, Fred and Matt, sell the bootleg porno films he acquires. Deacon gets fired, but the pals have the bright idea of filming their own Internet porn flick in order to make money and become more popular at school. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mickey Evans
CAST:  Tony Denman  •  Vince Vieluf  •  Daniel Farber  •  Erik von Detten

Wonderland (1999)

There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair salon after hours; her son ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winterbottom
CAST:  Shirley Henderson  •  Gina McKee  •  Molly Parker  •  Ian Hart

There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair salon after hours; her son ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winterbottom
CAST:  Shirley Henderson  •  Gina McKee  •  Molly Parker  •  Ian Hart

Reunited (2010)

Six former friends reunite eight years after their houseshare ended in acrimony and recrimination. But is newly-engaged Martin playing with fire by seeing old flame Hannah?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Delaney
CAST:  Zoë Tapper  •  Navin Chowdhry  •  Emma Stansfield  •  Joseph Millson

Six former friends reunite eight years after their houseshare ended in acrimony and recrimination. But is newly-engaged Martin playing with fire by seeing old flame Hannah?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Delaney
CAST:  Zoë Tapper  •  Navin Chowdhry  •  Emma Stansfield  •  Joseph Millson

#AmeriCAN (2014)

At the dinner table sits a white family: the father (a police officer), a mother and their two sons—a teenager and his younger brother. The teenager has an African-American friend, J.B., whom he wants to hang out with, but his father doesn’t want him leaving the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nate Parker
CAST:  Joseph Millson  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Jance Enslin  •  Shyhiem Parker

At the dinner table sits a white family: the father (a police officer), a mother and their two sons—a teenager and his younger brother. The teenager has an African-American friend, J.B., whom he wants to hang out with, but his father doesn’t want him leaving the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nate Parker
CAST:  Joseph Millson  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Jance Enslin  •  Shyhiem Parker

You Can Choose Your Friends (2007)

Comedy drama about a family reunion written by and starring Richard Herring. It's Ken and Margaret Snell's 45th wedding anniversary and their children and grandchildren along gather to celebrate. For Ken and Margaret's children, it's a day to revisit childhood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delyth Thomas
CAST:  Anton Rodgers  •  Julia McKenzie  •  Richard Herring  •  Sarah-Jane Potts

Comedy drama about a family reunion written by and starring Richard Herring. It's Ken and Margaret Snell's 45th wedding anniversary and their children and grandchildren along gather to celebrate. For Ken and Margaret's children, it's a day to revisit childhood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delyth Thomas
CAST:  Anton Rodgers  •  Julia McKenzie  •  Richard Herring  •  Sarah-Jane Potts

Young Blades (2001)

Young Blades is a historical fantasy television series that aired on PAX (now Ion Television) .... (1978); The Three Musketeers (1993); The Musketeer (2001); The Three Musketeers (2011); 3 Musketeers (2011); The Three Musketeers (2013).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Andreacchio
CAST:  Hugh Dancy  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Scott Hickman  •  Anthony Strachan

Young Blades is a historical fantasy television series that aired on PAX (now Ion Television) .... (1978); The Three Musketeers (1993); The Musketeer (2001); The Three Musketeers (2011); 3 Musketeers (2011); The Three Musketeers (2013).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Andreacchio
CAST:  Hugh Dancy  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Scott Hickman  •  Anthony Strachan

Five Seconds to Spare (2000)

A young musician travels to London in pursuit of his dreams, but winds up the sole witness to a bizarre murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Connolly
CAST:  Max Beesley  •  Ray Winstone  •  Anastasia Hille  •  Andy Serkis

A young musician travels to London in pursuit of his dreams, but winds up the sole witness to a bizarre murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Connolly
CAST:  Max Beesley  •  Ray Winstone  •  Anastasia Hille  •  Andy Serkis

Meat (1994)

Brilliant, brutal and shocking drama starring Jonny Lee Miller and John Simm, following an ex-convict who falls for a prostitute, but makes a dangerous enemy of her pimp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Jonny Lee Miller  •  John Simm  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Peter Wight

Brilliant, brutal and shocking drama starring Jonny Lee Miller and John Simm, following an ex-convict who falls for a prostitute, but makes a dangerous enemy of her pimp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Jonny Lee Miller  •  John Simm  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Peter Wight

The Locksmith (1997)

When his estranged wife is brutally attacked by a burglar, a law-abiding locksmith unconvinced that the junkie charged for the crime is the real attacker starts his own investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark  •  Alan Dossor  •  Chris Bernard
CAST:  Warren Clarke  •  Chris Gascoyne  •  Sheila Kelley  •  Sarah-Jane Potts

When his estranged wife is brutally attacked by a burglar, a law-abiding locksmith unconvinced that the junkie charged for the crime is the real attacker starts his own investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark  •  Alan Dossor  •  Chris Bernard
CAST:  Warren Clarke  •  Chris Gascoyne  •  Sheila Kelley  •  Sarah-Jane Potts

My Son the Fanatic (1997)

Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Udayan Prasad
CAST:  Om Puri  •  Rachel Griffiths  •  Akbar Kurtha  •  Stellan Skarsgård

Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Udayan Prasad
CAST:  Om Puri  •  Rachel Griffiths  •  Akbar Kurtha  •  Stellan Skarsgård

Straydogs (1999)

Vildhundarna is a drama far away from the Swedish reality. It's about four young people on the outermost, with norms dispersed, the only survivors in a nameless city, in a nameless country. Vildhundarna could take place in the former Yugoslavia, or why not Warszawa ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Alfredson
CAST:  Mark Bagnall  •  Kevin Knapman  •  Michael Legge  •  Bo Lyckman

Vildhundarna is a drama far away from the Swedish reality. It's about four young people on the outermost, with norms dispersed, the only survivors in a nameless city, in a nameless country. Vildhundarna could take place in the former Yugoslavia, or why not Warszawa ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Alfredson
CAST:  Mark Bagnall  •  Kevin Knapman  •  Michael Legge  •  Bo Lyckman

Missed (2007)

Will is shocked when he's told that his colleague Emma has died while on holiday. He's even more surprised when he sees her walking past the window of the café in which he's sitting the next day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Ducker
CAST:  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Jalaal Hartley  •  Dan Mersh  •  Lynette Creane

Will is shocked when he's told that his colleague Emma has died while on holiday. He's even more surprised when he sees her walking past the window of the café in which he's sitting the next day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Ducker
CAST:  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Jalaal Hartley  •  Dan Mersh  •  Lynette Creane

The Chameleon (2015)

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DIRECTION:  Jim Greayer
CAST:  Amy Manson  •  Joseph Millson  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Richard Brake

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DIRECTION:  Jim Greayer
CAST:  Amy Manson  •  Joseph Millson  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Richard Brake

Stock (2019)

‘Stock’ is a genre-bending short film set in the Manchester Warehouse district. The story follows a Frenchman, newly living in the UK, who becomes caught up in an unwanted conflict with the authorities. An absurd, Post-Brexit fairy tale that plays with language, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naqqash Khalid
CAST:  Idir Chender  •  Hania Amar  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Rebecca Yeo

‘Stock’ is a genre-bending short film set in the Manchester Warehouse district. The story follows a Frenchman, newly living in the UK, who becomes caught up in an unwanted conflict with the authorities. An absurd, Post-Brexit fairy tale that plays with language, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naqqash Khalid
CAST:  Idir Chender  •  Hania Amar  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Rebecca Yeo

The Lockdown Hauntings (2021)

With the streets now empty, it isn’t just nature that is taking advantage of this unprecedented global disaster. Spirits are freer than ever before and the spirit of a notorious serial killer, AKA ‘The Locksmith’, is back from the dead and he has even more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard J. Ford
CAST:  Tony Todd  •  Angela Dixon  •  Heather Peace  •  Felix Ford

With the streets now empty, it isn’t just nature that is taking advantage of this unprecedented global disaster. Spirits are freer than ever before and the spirit of a notorious serial killer, AKA ‘The Locksmith’, is back from the dead and he has even more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard J. Ford
CAST:  Tony Todd  •  Angela Dixon  •  Heather Peace  •  Felix Ford
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