Sally Rogers

Biography

Sally Rogers is an actor from the city of Manchester, who began her career on the stage in 1989. She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy. When Sally wasn’t working on the stage she built a strong line of guest roles in various British series, which culminated with her run on The Bill as a brassy London detective with a big heart.

Her television work includes the BBC’s Out of Hours in the late 1990s and Murphy’s Law with James Nesbitt. She has also appeared in Casualty and EastEnders (1992), where she played an escort named Debbie, who was hired by Ian Beale. Additionally, Rogers appeared as Paul Calf’s former girlfriend Julie in Steve Coogan’s Paul and Pauline Calf’s Video Diary and as Juliet Bray in The Lakes.

In 2000, Rogers starred as Yvonne in the cult BBC2 drama series Attachments, where she worked with David Walliams. 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 The Bill. 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 Matt Lucas and David Walliams’ new comedy show Come Fly with Me, which debuted on the BBC on Christmas Day 2010. She plays 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 December 2016, she made another appearance in EastEnders, this time as a parking attendant named Karen Beckworth who convinces Lee Carter (Danny-Boy Hatchard) not to commit suicide, in a two-episode stint.

Rogers lives in Epsom, Surrey with her husband, Jonathan Schofield.