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Patricia Caroline Potter (born 3 March 1975) is an English actress, known for her role as
Diane Lloyd in the
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medical drama series ''
Holby City''. From 2016 to 2017, she appeared in the BBC soap opera ''
Doctors'' as
Jane Fairweather
'' Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictio ...
.
Personal life
Potter grew up on a farm in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
with her father, David, her mother, Viv, and her sister, Kate. She refers to her parents as "the most hard-working, generous and genuine people I know." Discussing her decision to become an actress, she has stated that "It was the only thing I was ever any good at school and I was lucky enough to have a very encouraging teacher."
A graduate of the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Potter married her partner Jim Down, an intensive care consultant and anaesthetist,
on 19 May 2007.
In 2006, Potter ran the Flora
London Marathon
The London Marathon is an annual marathon held in London, United Kingdom, and is the 2nd largest annual road race in the UK, after the Great North Run in Newcastle. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically he ...
for the
Anthony Nolan Trust
Anthony Nolan is a UK charity that works in the areas of leukaemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It manages and recruits donors to the Anthony Nolan Register, which is part of an aligned registry that also includes the ''Welsh Bon ...
in 4:53:54, raising over £3,000 for the charity.
She said of the experience: "That was my first and my last marathon, I admire anyone who does these runs on a regular basis. It's been very difficult to train with the work schedule at ''Holby'' and so again, I do appreciate the hard work that goes in to the marathon."
She sang "Can't Help Loving That Man of Mine" and "
The Way You Look Tonight
"The Way You Look To-night" is a song from the film ''Swing Time'' that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields remarked, ...
" at co-star
Tina Hobley
Tina Ellen Hobley (born 20 May 1971) is an English actress and radio presenter, best known for her long-running role as Chrissie Williams in the BBC One medical drama series ''Holby City''. Hobley left Holby City in November 2013 after 12 years.
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's wedding in December 2006.
In early October 2009, Potter gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
Career
On stage, Potter has appeared in theatrical versions of ''
The Duchess of Malfi
''The Duchess of Malfi'' (originally published as ''The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy'') is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster in 1612–1613. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, ...
'', ''
Much Ado About Nothing
''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...
'', and ''Happy End''. Her first television role came in 1997, when she played a florist in the third series of
ITV drama ''
Soldier Soldier
''Soldier Soldier'' is a British television drama series. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name - " Soldier, soldier won't you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum?" - an instrumental version of which was used as its ...
''. Potter has also appeared in ''
The Bill
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The programme focused o ...
'', ''
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'' and the ''
Scarlet Pimpernel
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'', as well as the film ''
Shakespeare in Love
''Shakespeare in Love'' is a 1998 romantic period comedy-drama film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, and produced by Harvey Weinstein. It stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin ...
''. She played herself in
Ricky Gervais's comedy ''
Extras'' as an ex-girlfriend of Gervais' character
Andy Millman
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Andy Millman
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. She said of the role: "It was quite frightening leaving the security of the Holby environment which I know so well and going onto a new set but it was a fantastic experience which I thoroughly enjoyed."
Potter's most notable role to date was that of
Diane Lloyd in
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