About sarah
 

Sarah is best known for her recurring role as quirky mommy and me leader Val Szalinsky in the CBC/Netflix Original hit comedy series Workin’ Moms. You can stream all seven season on Netflix worldwide and CBC Gem app in Canada.

Sarah has also played a guest star role in of American Gods (episode 3 of season 3) available on Amazon Prime. Sarah plays the role of Miss Dumont in the second season of award winning HBOMax/CBCGem tween action adventure series Detention Adventure. Sarah plays Swiss Diplomat Lena in the third season of the critically acclaimed Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale.

Sarah started acting a young age and played many of the male roles in school productions, mostly because her voice was considerably lower than any of the boys in her class. Santa Claus was a particular highlight, and her parents encouraged her to bring the costume home for the holidays and visit the neighbours in character. Thus began her journey into character acting, improvisation and belly laughs.

A graduate of Canterbury Arts High School in Ottawa and George Brown Theatre School in Toronto, Sarah began her professional career with five seasons performing at the Stratford Festival of Canada where her roles included: Cordelia in King Lear opposite Christopher Plummer, The Bawd in Pericles and Lady MacDuff in Macbeth. Sarah was a member of the 2001 Stratford Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training and the recipient with the John Hirsh Award for Most Promising Young Actor.

The Public Servant is a dark comedy about bureaucracy that Sarah co-wrote with three women through a process of research, interview, improvisation and collaboration. The show was developed by Common Boots Theatre (formally Theatre Columbus) and co-produced by Nightwood Theatre for a sold-out Toronto run at the Canadian Stage Company’s Berkeley Street Theatre in March 2016.