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 BBC's ''Out of Hours'' in the late 1990s and '' Murphy's Law'' with

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. She has also appeared in '' Casualty'' and '' EastEnders'' (1992), where she played an escort named Debbie, who was hired by

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. Additionally, 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''. Also, 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'', where she worked with

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. She then went on to appear alongside Walliams in a number of sketches in the first three series of ''

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''. 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

' new comedy show '' Come Fly with Me'', which debuted on the BBC on Christmas Day 2010. She plays FlyLo

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desk manager Helen Baker. In 2013, Rogers starred as nurse Helen Dolan in the second series of Kay Mellor's ''

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''. 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

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( Danny-Boy Hatchard) not to commit suicide, in a two-episode stint. In February 2020, Sally Rogers recorded
three-part The Bill Podcast interview with co-star Chris Simmons
(D.C. Mickey Webb), where they also discussed their new collaboration on Sally's debut play The Still Room. She also plays a guest role as Jenny Gifford’s ( Fay Ripley) sister, Shiela 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 2006. Her character reappeared on screen on 19 December 2006. Rogers lives in Surrey with her son.

References

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