Rochenda Sandall

Rochenda Sandall was born in 1988 in Grimsby,^[1][2] and grew up in Goxhill.^[3] Her grandfather was Jamaican.^[4] Aged 17, she moved to London and attended the East 15 Acting School.^[5] She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2012, later making her stage debut in Scenes from an Execution at the Royal National Theatre. For the next few years, she worked mainly in theatrical productions, including in Coriolanus alongside Tom Hiddleston. Meanwhile, she had roles as police officers in the television series Doctors and Coronation Street.^[6] Her monologue performance in Alan Bennett's The Outside Dog was selected by The Guardian as the best theatre show of 2020.^[7]

Sandall was a series regular in Criminal: UK, as Detective Constable Vanessa Warren.^[8] Sandall starred with Letitia Wright and John Boyega in Small Axe (2020),^[4] and also had roles in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch^[9] and in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.^[10] She appeared as a high-ranking member of a criminal gang in Line of Duty,^[9] and played Azure in the 13th series of Doctor Who.^[11] In 2023, Sandall had a supporting role starring in a cast that included Idris Elba and Archie Panjabi in the Apple TV+ series Hijack. In 2025, Sandall appeared in BBC Comedy Amandaland

In 2020, Sandall was reported to be in a long-term relationship with fellow actor Mark Stanley, who acted with her in Criminal: UK.^[4]

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	The Cocktail Waitress	Rachel	Short film	[12]
2017	Instant Fix	A432	Short film	[13]
2018	Care	Amanda	Television film	[14]
	Black Mirror: Bandersnatch	Pippa		[15]
2019	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Sith Fleet Officer		[16]
	Promenade	Grace	Short film	[17]
2021	Bufflehead	Patient	Short film	[18]
2025	Dragonfly	Michelle		[19]
	The Pigs Underneath	Anita	Short film	[20]
	Finding Father Christmas	Georgina	Television film	[21]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Doctors	PC Jenny Briggs	Episode: "Release"	[22]
2015–2016	Coronation Street	Police officer	Recurring role; 3 episodes	[23]
2017	Broken	Jean Reid	Recurring role; 4 episodes	[24]
	Love, Lies and Records	Anna Dickenson	Series regular; 6 episodes	[25]
2018	Girlfriends	DS Anne Thurston	Recurring role; 2 episodes	[26]
	Into the Badlands	Nadia	Recurring role; 2 episodes	[27]
2019	Silent Witness	Liz Lee	Episode: "Two Spirits, Part 2"	[28]
	Moving On	Carol	Episode: "A Walk in My Shoes"	[29]
	Line of Duty	Lisa McQueen	Recurring role; 6 episodes	[30]
	Hatton Garden	Officer Roberts	Miniseries; 1 episode	[31]
	Zomboat!	GrizzlyKaren	Episode: "Episode 2"	[32]
2019–2020	Criminal: UK	Vanessa Warren	Series regular; 7 episodes	[33]
2020	Unprecedented	Rebecca	Episode: "Everybody's Talkin'"	[34]
	Talking Heads	Marjory	Episode: "The Outside Dog"	[35]
	Small Axe	Barbara Beese	Episode: "Mangrove"	[36]
2021	Deceit	Lucy	Miniseries; 4 episodes	[37]
	Doctor Who	Azure	Recurring role; 6 episodes	[38]
2023	Great Expectations	Bryana	Episode: "Episode 4"	[39]
	Hijack	Kate Miller	Recurring role; 7 episodes	[40]
2023–2025	The Rig	Cat Braithwaite	Series regular; 12 episodes	[41]
2025–	Amandaland	Fi	Series regular; 6 episodes	[42]
2026	The Teacher †	Tessa Gibson	Miniseries; 4 episodes	[43]
	Secret Service †	Melissa Morris	Completed	[44]

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