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Best known for her amazing performance in CBS' supernatural drama América oculta(1995) as the benevolent spiritual guide to her young brother, she was also a regular on the WB series Jack & Jill (1999) as "Elisa Cronkite", the former girlfriend of David "Jill" Jillefsky (Ivan Sergei) as well as the main character in the TV series Leap of Faith (2002), "Faith Wardwell", and as "Audrey" in the TV movie Metropolis (2000). She was also part of the cast of Héroe a la fuerza (1996), Haciendo tiempo para volver a casa (1998) (as "Leanne Bossert") and Camino a la guerra (2002) as Luci Baines Johnson, as well as making notable appearances in Tocados por un ángel (1994) playing "Zoe" in Tocados por un ángel: Manhunt (2001), 20 October 2001, and Cracker (1997) playing "Nina" in Cracker: True Romance: Part 1 (1997), 18 September 1997.
Sarah has now played in movies with such stars as Mel Gibson in the romantic comedy ¿En qué piensan las mujeres? (2000) (as "Annie", Gibson's secretary), Diane Keaton in the romantic drama Aprendiendo a vivir (1999) (as "Heather Tate", Keaton's lesbian eldest daughter), Jamie Foxx in Secuestro por accidente (1999) (as "Mary", a developmentally disabled young woman with an unfaithful boyfriend) and David Hyde Pierce in the romantic comedy Abajo el amor (2003) (as "Vicky Hiller", Pierce's crush). She also had two major roles in the comedy Bug (2002) and the drama, Levitation(1997), where she starred as a pregnant teenager who searches for her biological mother, with the help of a guardian angel. - IMDb Mini Biography By: MaxiNe Dessureault (lm_withan@yahoo.ca)
Trivia
Sarah and her Leap of Faith (2002) co-star Lisa Edelstein met on the set of the Mel Gibson comedy ¿En qué piensan las mujeres? (2000). It was just coincidence that they became cast mates again.Partnered with Broadway actress Cherry Jones.(2005 - 2009) They split amicably in 2009.
Sister of casting director Liz Paulson.
Appeared with Steven Weber in The D.A. (2004) and Studio 60 (2006). She also appeared with Amanda Peet three different times: in Jack & Jill (1999), La fuerza de vivir (2006), and now Studio 60 (2006).
In Aprendiendo a vivir (1999) Sarah did an impersonation of Flipper. She used this same skill for a dolphin character in Studio 60 (2006).
Has two tattoos.
playing "Lana Winters" in "American Horror Story" Madness Ends. [January 2013]
Los Angeles, California [October 2001]
"Varya" in "The Cherry Orchard" in 2006 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles with Annette Bening, Alfred Molina, 'Francis Fischer', Rebecca Mozo and Jennifer Dundas. [February 2006]
Played the role "Laura" in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" on Broadway. [March 2005]
Playing "Meg" in "Crimes of the Heart", directed by Kathleen Turner, with Roundabout Theater Company. [February 2008]
Paternal half-sister of Rachel Paulson.
Her paternal great-grandfather was the son of Danish parents (the origin of her surname). Her other ancestry includes British/English, German, and French.
Is good friends with Jessica Lange.
Is best friends with Amanda Peet.
Is great friends with Elizabeth Reaser.
Personal Quotes
I like to work and I like to work with great actors and great directors and great material - and there isn't a ton of it. It's not overflowing. My cup doesn't runneth over in opportunity that way. To me, this was the opportunity to act something that was so opposite of who I am as a person.. Someone quite famous whose name I won't mention told me, 'I can't believe you did that part. I couldn't have done that. She was too horrible. I could never have done it'. But it would never occur to me to not take a part because something would be hard or complicated or tough for an audience to watch.[on being directed by Steve McQueen] The main thing that we would talk about was a carriage, a posture, and [Mary Epp's] own sort of loftiness, her ideas about herself. He gave me an image which was very helpful - to be a figurine or doll on top of a cake..It was a very good note to give me, because then every time I walked out, the thing that was most important to me was that I had a kind of statuesque stillness. I was unfussy and immovable. Those little statues that you pick up and stick somewhere. They just stand. They never lean.
[on developing the role of Mary Epps] I was never afraid of the question of whether she could be liked, because I feel - as an actress - it's none of my business whether you like me or not. It's my job to play this character as authentically and truthfully and with as much commitment as possible - no matter how horrible she is perceived and how deplorable her actions are - and they are. I had to find a way into that. She behaves deplorably and does terrible,terrible, unspeakable things but in her mind they are defensible..It s my belief that Mrs Epps is not a particularly deep or complicated woman.. I am not saying this as an excuse for her behavior or defending her behavior. I'm just saying from an acting standpoint, it's not interesting for me nor is it possible that a person just walks around doing such things horrible things without motivation.
[on '12 Years a Slave'] What surprises me, I guess, is how powerful it is. Because I read the script, I knew about all the moments that were there - the scene where he is hanging, and all that whipping, all of these things that I could read on the page. But what I think is so great and powerful about the movie is that when you put a real image to it, connect it to a person that you have connected with as the audience, it becomes personal. It takes it to a whole other level of comprehension. That's why I think it is so effective.
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