Sarah Manners (born 25 August 1975) is an English 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.
Her father was a classic car dealer, whilst her mother was a headmistress of a school in Handsworth.
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
Gregory in Sky One's Mile High and Bex Reynolds in the BBC medical drama Casualty.
[2] Of her time on the show, she said, "I loved all the action and the stunts on The Bill, and the subject matter – it’s a lot more serious than some of the TV I’ve done.