Sarah Dunn

Dunn came onto the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks on the 12 September 1996, walking into the video shop in the forty-third episode. Mandy came into the village at the tender age of 14 as a "wannabe supermodel" and quickly formed a friendship with Ollie Benson.

In 2003 she appeared in the Brookside DVD special Unfinished Business and in 2004 in the fitness DVD Hollyoaks Dance workout.

After a decade playing the role Dunn left Hollyoaks in 2006. Since her departure she has filmed recurring roles in BBC One series The Innocence Project and Doctors and an appearance in the short film "Northern Cowboys" a UK Film Council co production. She will shortly begin filming the female lead in the independent film The Best Years co-starring Vinnie Jones and Billy Boyd and an episode of Drop Dead Gorgeous for BBC Three. In February 2007 she returned to Hollyoaks for a two episode stint. She has recently been seen as the face of PayPoint's national search for Corner shop of the year to celebrate the achievements of the UK's local convenience store retailers. Dunn is line up to play Nadine McKnight in the film 'The Best Years' alongside Dean Cain, Billy Boyd and Aoife Mulholland. The film is currently in pre-production. She has also appeared in an episode of 'Big Brother's Little Brother'.

In September 2007 it was announced that, along with her former Hollyoaks colleague Helen Noble and theatre actor Graham Tudor she would be teaching students at a new acting school in Liverpool. She also appeared in the Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight (2008) in the role of Maroni's Mistress.