Sarah Manners

Sarah Manners (born 25 August 1975) is a British actress and businessowner, known for her roles as Joanna Helm in the BBC soap opera Doctors, Bex Reynolds in the BBC medical drama Casualty and Kirsty Knight in the ITV procedural drama The Bill. Manners competed in the second series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, where she finished in sixth place, and has gone on to develop a Pilates app, Pilates On Tap.

Early and personal life Manners was born on 25 August 1975 and grew up in Harborne, Birmingham. She married computer salesman Ben O'Sullivan in 2003 in Lickey, Worcestershire. Manners revealed in an interview that the two had divorced in 2009. She said: "we spent 10 years together and are still close. He's a lovely man".

Career Manners began her career in 1997, appearing in an episode of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2000, Manners was cast in the role of Joanna Helm in the BBC medical soap opera Doctors. She was one of the original nine regulars cast for the soap. Of her role, she said: "I got the best storylines in the world in Doctors, my nan died of a brain tumour then it came out I killed her. I went mad and was addicted to anti-depressants, forged signatures and tried to kill myself". She later went on to appear as K.C. Gregory in Sky One's Mile High and Bex Reynolds in the BBC medical drama Casualty. In 2004, it was announced that Manners was to participate in the second series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. She was paired with dancer Brendan Cole and the pair finished in sixth place.

Manners appeared in ITV's The Bill as Kirsty Knight. After six months on-screen, it was announced that the show was to be cancelled.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1997 EastEnders Airport Attendant 1 episode 1998 Sugar, Sugar Sugar Sugar 1 episode 1998 Touch and Go Sue 1 episode 2000–2001 Doctors Joanna Helm Regular role 2002 Real Crime Tracie Andrews 1 episode 2001 Combat Sheep 1 episode 2001 Hollyoaks: Movin' On Sam Marsden Main role 2003 Mile High K.C. Gregory Main role 2003 The Afternoon Play Dawn 1 episode 2003–2005 Casualty Bex Reynolds Main role 2004 Holby City Bex Reynolds 1 episode 2006 Mayo Laurie Voss 1 episode 2009 To Cancer and Beyond Alexandra 1 episode 2010 The Bill Kirsty Knight Main role 2013 The Job Lot Jane 1 episode 2015 Identicals Janet Phone Voice Film; voice role 2016 Sisters Daryl Short film 2019 7 Days: The Story of Blind Dave Heeley Debbie Heeley Film