Fiercely intelligent, and ambitious, Sam has gained two degrees in psychology and criminology and before she joined Sun Hill, trained as a criminal profiler.
Rank: Detective Sergeant
Significant other: She is a single mum with a teenage daughter Abi. She’s had relationships with Stuart Turner and Phil Hunter.
Former comedian Lisa had her own weekly entertainment show The Lisa Maxwell Show in the 1990s and almost landed the part of Daphne in Frasier. Lisa has a daughter called Beau with partner Paul Jessop.
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