Sarah Jayne Dunn
Encyclopedia
Sarah Jayne Dunn is an English
actress best known for playing Mandy Richardson
in Hollyoaks
.
. When the school changed its name and became a college for sport, Dunn returned to formally open the college.
On 15 July 2010 Dunn announced on her Twitter site that she is engaged to marry her boyfriend.
soap opera
Hollyoaks
on 12 September 1996, walking into the video shop in the forty-third episode. Mandy came into the village at the age of 14 as a "wannabe supermodel" and quickly formed a friendship with Ollie Benson. Sarah stayed on Hollyoaks for a decade leaving in 2006. Dunn has returned to Hollyoaks three times.
In February 2007 for a two episode stint for the funeral of Mandy's best friend, Becca Dean
(Ali Bastian
). Also June 2008 for six months leaving in December after the disastrous wedding of Warren Fox
(Jamie Lomas
) and Louise Summers (Roxanne McKee
).
In November 2010 Dunn returned to Hollyoaks
with a one year contract alongside Jamie Lomas
as Warren Fox
. She left in September 2011.
series The Innocence Project
, the BBC Three
series Drop Dead Gorgeous
and It's Adam and Shelley
. She has also appeared in nine episodes of BBC One
's Doctors
. She has also appeared in an episode of Big Brother's Little Brother. In January 2010 Dunn appeared with Helen Noble
on Ready Steady Cook
. In January 2011 Dunn appeared in the former reality show Famous and Fearless
on Channel 4.
In May 2011 Dunn appeared in two episodes of the three part BBC
TV series Exile
.
In October 2011 Dunn appeared in an episode of the BBC
reality series The Real Hustle
Unfinished Business.
(Becca Dean
) and Jodi Albert
(Debbie Dean
)
and theatre actor Graham Tudor she would be teaching students at a new acting school in Liverpool
.
.
In 2011 she will be playing a character called Victoria in a film called Death.
. The tour started at the Liverpool Playhouse
on 18 December 2008 and finished at the Birmingham Rep on 25 April 2009.
Dunn appeared in a tour of The Vagina Monologues
which began on the 7th September 2009 at the Churchill Theatre
, Bromley
and ended on the 8th December 2009 at the Jersey Opera House
.
In 2010 Dunn played Sally in the UK regional theatre tour of When Harry Met Sally which started on the 3rd February at the Theatre Royal Wakefield, and ended on the 26th June at the Sheffield Lyceum Theatre
.
When Harry met Sally then played at the Grand Canal Theatre
in Dublin, Ireland
for one week ending on 3 July 2010.
2006
2002
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress best known for playing Mandy Richardson
Mandy Richardson
Mandy Richardson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Sarah Jayne Dunn...
in Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
.
Biography
Dunn was born in Leigh, Lancashire and educated at Lowton High School, excelling in drama and performing arts, and a part time career as a modelModel (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
. When the school changed its name and became a college for sport, Dunn returned to formally open the college.
On 15 July 2010 Dunn announced on her Twitter site that she is engaged to marry her boyfriend.
Hollyoaks
Dunn first appeared on the Channel 4Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
on 12 September 1996, walking into the video shop in the forty-third episode. Mandy came into the village at the age of 14 as a "wannabe supermodel" and quickly formed a friendship with Ollie Benson. Sarah stayed on Hollyoaks for a decade leaving in 2006. Dunn has returned to Hollyoaks three times.
In February 2007 for a two episode stint for the funeral of Mandy's best friend, Becca Dean
Becca Dean
Rebecca "Becca" Dean is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Ali Bastian. She debuted on-screen during episodes airing in 2001 and departed on 14 February 2007.-Storylines:...
(Ali Bastian
Ali Bastian
Alexandra Louise "Ali" Bastian is an English television actress, best known for playing Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2001 to 2007, and PC Sally Armstrong in long-running ITV drama series The Bill from 2007 to 2009.-Biography:Born in Windsor, Berkshire, to Paula C. Marriott...
). Also June 2008 for six months leaving in December after the disastrous wedding of Warren Fox
Warren Fox
Warren Fox is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jamie Lomas. He first arrived in 2006 as an old acquaintance of Sean Kennedy and quickly became known as the show's main villain...
(Jamie Lomas
Jamie Lomas
Jamie Lomas is an English actor best known for his role as bad boy Warren Fox on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks....
) and Louise Summers (Roxanne McKee
Roxanne McKee
-Biography:After completing a BA degree in 2001 in Social Policy & Political Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, McKee rose to fame by winning Hollyoaks On The Pull, a Channel 4 initiative to discover new talent for the popular British soap Hollyoaks...
).
In November 2010 Dunn returned to Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
with a one year contract alongside Jamie Lomas
Jamie Lomas
Jamie Lomas is an English actor best known for his role as bad boy Warren Fox on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks....
as Warren Fox
Warren Fox
Warren Fox is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jamie Lomas. He first arrived in 2006 as an old acquaintance of Sean Kennedy and quickly became known as the show's main villain...
. She left in September 2011.
Other Television
In 2007 Dunn appeared in single episodes of the BBC OneBBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
series The Innocence Project
The Innocence Project (BBC TV Series)
The Innocence Project is a television drama series created by BBC Northern Ireland and originally broadcast on BBC One in 2006–07.-Synopsis:...
, the BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
series Drop Dead Gorgeous
Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series)
Drop Dead Gorgeous is a British comedy-drama for BBC Three. Set in Runcorn, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ashley Webb , whose life is turned upside-down when she is approached by a spotter from a local modelling agency...
and It's Adam and Shelley
It's Adam and Shelley
It's Adam and Shelley is a variety series written by brother and sister Adam and Shelley Longworth. The series was directed by Tim Kirkby and was broadcast on BBC Three from 1 October to 11 November 2007.-External links:* at BBC Online...
. She has also appeared in nine episodes of BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
's Doctors
Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)
Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...
. She has also appeared in an episode of Big Brother's Little Brother. In January 2010 Dunn appeared with Helen Noble
Helen Noble
Helen Noble is a Wigan-born British actress best known for her role as Abby Davies on the British soap Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2004, with a brief return in 2005....
on Ready Steady Cook
Ready Steady Cook
Ready Steady Cook was a BBC daytime TV cooking programme it first debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last edition was broadcast on the 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott became the new host...
. In January 2011 Dunn appeared in the former reality show Famous and Fearless
Famous and Fearless
Famous and Fearless is a reality television game show series in which 8 celebrities competed in extreme sporting events to win money for their respective chosen charity. It aired in January 2011 on Channel 4 and was presented by Chris Evans and Clare Balding with Jack Osbourne appearing alongside...
on Channel 4.
In May 2011 Dunn appeared in two episodes of the three part BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
TV series Exile
Exile (TV series)
Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One...
.
In October 2011 Dunn appeared in an episode of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
reality series The Real Hustle
The Real Hustle
The Real Hustle is a BBC television series made by Objective Productions and written by Alexis Conran and Paul Wilson. The show demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by presenters Conran, Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement...
Brookside DVD
In 2003 Dunn played a supporting role in the BrooksideBrookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
Unfinished Business.
Hollyoaks Dance Workout DVD
In 2004 Dunn appeared in the fitness DVD Hollyoaks Dance workout. with Ali BastianAli Bastian
Alexandra Louise "Ali" Bastian is an English television actress, best known for playing Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2001 to 2007, and PC Sally Armstrong in long-running ITV drama series The Bill from 2007 to 2009.-Biography:Born in Windsor, Berkshire, to Paula C. Marriott...
(Becca Dean
Becca Dean
Rebecca "Becca" Dean is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Ali Bastian. She debuted on-screen during episodes airing in 2001 and departed on 14 February 2007.-Storylines:...
) and Jodi Albert
Jodi Albert
Jodi Mary Albert is an English actress and singer, best known for playing Debbie Dean in the British soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4 from 2002 to 2004, returning for guest appearances in 2005 & 2006, and her inclusion as one fifth of Irish girl group Wonderland.-Biography:Albert attended the...
(Debbie Dean
Debbie Dean
Debra "Debbie" Dean is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jodi Albert. She first appeared in 2002, before Albert quit the role in 2004, She made her final appearance during 2005, before making a brief return in 2006.-Casting:In October 2004 Albert...
)
Acting School
In September 2007, it was announced that, along with her former Hollyoaks colleague Helen NobleHelen Noble
Helen Noble is a Wigan-born British actress best known for her role as Abby Davies on the British soap Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2004, with a brief return in 2005....
and theatre actor Graham Tudor she would be teaching students at a new acting school in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
.
Film
In 2007 Dunn had lead roles in the Short Films Northern Cowboys. and Betting In Bars. Dunn had a brief role in the 2008 film, The Dark KnightThe Dark Knight (film)
The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins...
.
In 2011 she will be playing a character called Victoria in a film called Death.
Theatre
Dunn played Gloria in a UK regional tour of the comedy play Boeing, BoeingBoeing Boeing (play)
Boeing-Boeing is a classic farce written by French playwright Marc Camoletti. The English language adaptation, translated by Beverley Cross, was first staged in London at the Apollo Theatre in 1962 and transferred to the Duchess Theatre in 1965, running for a total of seven years...
. The tour started at the Liverpool Playhouse
Liverpool Playhouse
The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It originated in 1866 as a music hall, and in 1911 developed into a repertory theatre. As such it nurtured the early careers of many actors and actresses, some of which went on to achieve...
on 18 December 2008 and finished at the Birmingham Rep on 25 April 2009.
Dunn appeared in a tour of The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off Broadway Westside Theatre after a limited run at AFRICA in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production which was produced by David Stone, Nina Essman, Dan Markley, The Araca Group, Willa Shalit, Mike Skipper...
which began on the 7th September 2009 at the Churchill Theatre
Churchill Theatre
The Churchill Theatre in Bromley, south east London was built by the London Borough of Bromley to designs by its borough architect's department.It is carefully integrated into the central library complex overlooking Church House Gardens and Library Gardens...
, Bromley
Bromley
Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...
and ended on the 8th December 2009 at the Jersey Opera House
Jersey Opera House
The Jersey Opera House is a working theatre and opera house in La Vingtaine de la Ville, Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. The theatre building is administered by the States of Jersey but is managed by Jersey Opera House Limited...
.
In 2010 Dunn played Sally in the UK regional theatre tour of When Harry Met Sally which started on the 3rd February at the Theatre Royal Wakefield, and ended on the 26th June at the Sheffield Lyceum Theatre
Lyceum Theatre (Sheffield)
-History:Built in 1897 following a traditional proscenium arch design, the Lyceum is the only surviving theatre outside of London designed by the famous theatre architect W.G.R. Sprague and the last example of an Edwardian auditorium in Sheffield...
.
When Harry met Sally then played at the Grand Canal Theatre
Grand Canal Theatre
The Grand Canal Theatre is a 2,111 capacity world class theatre in Dublin, Ireland which opened on 18 March 2010. Designed by Daniel Libeskind of New York and RHWL Architects of London, it is located in the Grand Canal Dock area and the concept of the theatre was created by Mike Adamson of Live...
in Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
for one week ending on 3 July 2010.
Awards and nominations
2007- Nominated at British Soap AwardsBritish Soap AwardsThe British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
in category of 'Best Exit' for her role in HollyoaksHollyoaksHollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
2006
- Nominated at British Soap AwardsBritish Soap AwardsThe British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
in category of 'Sexiest Female' for her role in HollyoaksHollyoaksHollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
2002
- Winner at British Soap AwardsBritish Soap AwardsThe British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
in category of 'Most Spectactular Scene Of The Year' for Adam and Mandy's car crash, shared with David Brown (Adam MorganAdam Morgan (Hollyoaks)Adam Morgan is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by David Brown.-Background:Adam is the son of Andy and Sue Morgan and brother of Beth, Luke and Zara...
)