Sally Rogers (born 1964) is an English actress, best known for her role as Detective Constable/Sgt. Jo Masters in ITV's ''

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''. Rogers trained as a children's nanny, before taking up acting at the age of 20. She studied at

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in London before working at the

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Acting career

From 1989 to 1990, Rogers starred in several plays at London's

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. Her television work includes the

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's ''Out of Hours'' in the late 1990s, and ''

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'' with

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. She has also appeared in ''

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'' and ''

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'' (1992). In the latter, she played an escort named Debbie who was hired by Ian Beale. Rogers appeared as Paul Calf's former girlfriend Julie in

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's ''Paul and Pauline Calf's Video Diary'' and as Juliet Bray in '' The Lakes''. In 1996, she appeared in ''

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'' in an episode entitled "The Things We Do for Love", playing a character called Vicky Philips. In 2000, Rogers starred as Yvonne in the cult BBC2 drama series '' Attachments'', working with

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. She then went on to appear alongside Walliams in a number of sketches in the first three series of '' Little Britain''. Between January 2005 and August 2010, Rogers played DC / Sergeant Jo Masters in ''

''. By the time the series ended, she was the longest-serving female on the series. She had previously appeared in ''The Bill'' in 1994. In one of her first roles after ''The Bill'', Rogers appeared in

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and David Walliams' follow-up to ''Little Britain'', '' Come Fly with Me'', which debuted on the BBC on Christmas Day 2010. She played FlyLo check-in desk manager Helen Baker. In 2013, Rogers starred as nurse Helen Dolan in the second series of Kay Mellor's '' The Syndicate''. In 2015, Rogers starred in the

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children's programme ''

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'', portraying Tee and Johnny's mum Lucy. In December 2016, she made another appearance in ''EastEnders'', this time as a parking attendant named Karen Beckworth who convinces Lee Carter (

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) not to commit suicide, in a two-episode stint. In February 2020, Rogers recorded a three-part podcast interview with co-star Chris Simmons, D.C. Mickey Webb, in which they also discussed their collaboration on her debut play ''The Still Room''. She also plays a guest role as Jenny Gifford's ( Fay Ripley) sister, Sheila in ''

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''.

Personal life

Rogers gave birth to her first child in January 2006, and resumed filming ''The Bill'' again in August that year. Her character reappeared on screen on 19 December 2006. 2019 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Rogers lives in

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with her son.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Sally 1964 births English stage actresses English television actresses Actresses from Cheshire Actresses from Stockport Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art Living people Nannies People educated at Marple Hall School English domestic workers People from Marple, Greater Manchester