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Former Hollyoaks star Sarah Jayne Dunn is looking for a route back into television four years after leaving her long-running role on the Channel 4 soap<\/p>\n

19:17, 13 Apr 2026Updated 19:17, 13 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

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Sarah Jayne Dunn(Image: INSTAGRAM\/sarahjaynedunn)<\/p>\n

Sarah Jayne Dunn has pleaded with bosses to give her another chance on television yeas after leaving her role on Hollyoaks<\/a>. The actress quit the Channel 4<\/a> soap in 2021 to became an OnlyFans<\/a> star and teach pole dancing.<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old had previously been asked to shut down her account as she posed in little clothing. However, she refused and left her role on the soap instead. She had played the part of Mandy Richardson since 1996 before her exit.<\/p>\n

But now, despite making her decision five years ago, she wants to return to acting. She shared her thoughts in a recent Instagram<\/a> post, saying: “I haven\u2019t been on screen in over 4 years, but that doesn\u2019t mean I stopped wanting it.<\/p>\n

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Sarah started an OnlyFans page(Image: @sarahjaynedunn\/instagram)<\/p>\n

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She also became a pole dance teacher(Image: Sarah Jayne Dunn\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

“But now I\u2019m a woman in my mid-40s trying to find my way back. Not because I ever stopped loving it.. but because somewhere along the way, life shifted, and my priorities changed, and time just moved on. And suddenly\u2026 the thing that once felt like me felt further away.”<\/p>\n

She went on: “But here\u2019s the truth I can\u2019t ignore anymore, I still have that pull, that desire, that voice saying, ‘you\u2019re not done yet’. And if I\u2019m honest.. it\u2019s equal parts EXCITING and TERRIFYING to admit that out loud.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause this industry moves fast, and stepping back into it as a woman in her 40s? That takes a different kind of confidence.”<\/p>\n

Sarah’s lengthy comment continued: “But maybe it also brings something more\u2026 experience, depth and stories that couldn\u2019t have been told before. So this is me.. Showing up again as an actress \u2013 and not who I was, but who I am now.”<\/p>\n

And she ended with a plea: “If you\u2019re casting, creating or reading this\u2026 I\u2019m here. And if you\u2019re ever felt the pull to return to something you love, go for it.”<\/p>\n

Last year, Sarah admitted the decision to leave Hollyoaks was “taken out of my hands”. During an exclusive interview with New, Sarah openly addressed how her shock exit from the Channel 4 soap was misconstrued<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sarah on Hollyoaks(Image: Grab)<\/p>\n

She said: “I never really left, it was sort of misconstrued. When I joined OnlyFans, it was never my intention to leave the show [ Hollyoaks ]. That decision was taken out of my hands, and widely publicised.<\/p>\n

“When you\u2019re an actor, you don\u2019t ever \u201cleave\u201d, you\u2019re in-between jobs. I\u2019ve auditioned for other stuff, and if the right job came along and it fitted into my life and schedule, then I\u2019d do it. I\u2019ve been acting since I was a teen, so there\u2019s always going to be part of me that misses it.”<\/p>\n

She said at the time that she wasn’t looking for a way back, but it now seems as though that has changed.<\/p>\n

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