Sabrina Lloyd

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|11|20}}

| birth_place = Fairfax, Virginia

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| spouse = {{marriage|Ross Smith|April 1997}}

| children = 2

| occupation = Retired actress, artist

| yearsactive = 1988–2013 (as actress)

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Sabrina Lloyd (born November 20, 1970){{cite web |title=Sabrina Lloyd |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/115185%7C0/Sabrina-Lloyd#overview |website=Turner Classic Movies |publisher=Turner Classic Movies, Inc |access-date=3 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=Sabrina Lloyd Biography |url=https://www.fandango.com/people/sabrina-lloyd-405228/biography |website=fandango.com |publisher=Fandango |access-date=3 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=Sabrina Lloyd |url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/sabrina-lloyd/IEIN001493 |website=bookmyshow.com |publisher=Book My Show |access-date=3 October 2024}} is a retired American film and television actress. She is known for portraying Wade Welles in the science fiction series Sliders, Natalie Hurley in the ABC sitcom Sports Night and Kelly in Father Hood (1993).

Early life

Sabrina Lloyd is the daughter of Judy Lloyd, who managed a title insurance company in Lake Mary, Florida. At age 12, she began her acting career in the role of Pepper in a Mount Dora production of Annie.

When she was in the 10th grade she participated in a student exchange program that allowed her to spend a year in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.{{cite news |title=Trip to Australia gave glimpse of big-city life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68600839/sabrina-lloyd/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=The Orlando Sentinel |date=August 22, 1993 |page=D 7|via = Newspapers.com}} She graduated from Lake Mary High School in 1989.{{cite news |last1=Vosburgh |first1=Mark |title=One road to stardom -- via Lake County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68600737/sabrina-lloyd/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=The Orlando Sentinel |date=August 22, 1993 |page=D 1|via = Newspapers.com}}

Career

Lloyd moved to New York when she was 18 to pursue a film career. Her earliest work there was in industrial training films and TV commercials, including one for Eastpak backpacks. She made a guest appearance on an episode of Law & Order called "Intolerance". She signed with a new talent agent and started getting more roles in TV and film.

Her first important role in feature films was in Chain of Desire, and this was followed by her first starring role in Father Hood with Patrick Swayze. She appeared in the 1993 music video for the song "Iris" by The Breeders. Lloyd also made appearances on television, starring in the TV movies The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter, an episode of Lifestories: Families in Crisis and Love Off Limits.

In 1995, Lloyd played Wade Welles, one of the original four characters in the sci-fi TV show Sliders.{{r|etvs|page1=981}} In 1997, the show was picked up by the Sci Fi Channel, but Lloyd's contract was not renewed.{{Cite web|last=Ashurst|first=Sam|date=2018-03-07|title=Sliders: Where Are They Now?|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a851726/sliders-where-are-they-now/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB}} She quickly landed a co-starring role as senior associate producer Natalie Hurley in the ABC sitcom Sports Night.{{r|etvs|page1=1006}}

In 2005, she starred as Terry Lake on the television show Numb3rs,{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=775|edition=2nd}} but she left after the first season. Her contract had an option to leave after the first season, and she chose to do so. Lloyd wanted to return to New York.{{cite web |url=http://www.usaweekend.com/05_issues/051211/051211whosnews.html

|title=Who's News |access-date=August 28, 2009|author=Lorrie Lynch |date=December 11, 2005 |publisher=USA Weekend}} In 2008, Lloyd was the lead actress in the independent film Universal Signs.

Personal life

Outside of her acting career, she is an artist and has explored various media such as writing, painting and pottery. She has two cats named Lucy and Theodore and was a vegetarian for six years during the 1990s.{{cite web|url=http://www.earth62.net/transcripts/lloyd07may97.htm |title=Sabrina Lloyd – 07 May 97 |website=Earth 62 | via = earth62.net |date= May 7, 1997 |accessdate=2014-05-18 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055918/http://www.earth62.net/transcripts/lloyd07may97.htm |archive-date=October 23, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.earth62.net/transcripts/lloyd19oct00.htm |title=Sabrina Lloyd Chat – 19 Oct 00 |website=Earth 62 | via = earth62.net |date= October 19, 2000 |accessdate=2014-05-18 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030055737/http://www.earth62.net/transcripts/lloyd19oct00.htm |archive-date=October 30, 2013 }} In 2010, Lloyd studied creative writing at Columbia University.{{cite news |last1=Ordona |first1=Michael |title=Say 'Hello' again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68600264/sabrina-lloyd/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 17, 2010 |page=D 3|via = Newspapers.com}}

In April 1997, Lloyd married Ross Smith. They lived in Uganda for two years (2009–2010), and adopted a little girl while living there. They moved to Italy and lived in Rome for four years, where they had a son, and subsequently relocated to Vancouver Island. Lloyd is retired from acting.{{cite web|url=https://www.designmom.com/living-with-kids-sabrina-lloyd/|date=6 May 2020|title=Living With Kids: Sabrina Lloyd|website=Design Mom}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1992 \|Chain of Desire \|Melissa \|
1992 \|That Night \|Jeanette \|
1993 \|Father Hood \|Kelly Charles \|
2001 \|On Edge \|Becky Brooks \|
2001 \|Wanderlust \|Amanda \|
2003 \|Dopamine \|Sarah McCaulley \|
2004 \|Something for Henry \|Anna \|Short
2004 \|{{sortname\|The\|Breakup Artist\|nolink=1}} \|Kara \|
2005 \|{{sortname\|The\|Girl from Monday}} \|Cecile \|
2005 \|Charlie's Party \|Sarah \|
2006 \|{{sortname\|The\|Last Request\|nolink=1}} \|Cathy \|
2007 \|Racing Daylight \|Vicky Palmer / Helly \|
2008 \|Universal Signs \|Mary \|
2010 \|Hello Lonesome \|Debbie \|
2013 \|{{sortname\|The\|Pretty One}} \|Edith \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

|Chain of Desire

|Melissa

1992

|That Night

|Jeanette

1993

|Father Hood

|Kelly Charles

2001

|On Edge

|Becky Brooks

2001

|Wanderlust

|Amanda

2003

|Dopamine

|Sarah McCaulley

2004

|Something for Henry

|Anna

|Short

2004

|{{sortname|The|Breakup Artist|nolink=1}}

|Kara

2005

|{{sortname|The|Girl from Monday}}

|Cecile

2005

|Charlie's Party

|Sarah

2006

|{{sortname|The|Last Request|nolink=1}}

|Cathy

2007

|Racing Daylight

|Vicky Palmer / Helly

2008

|Universal Signs

|Mary

2010

|Hello Lonesome

|Debbie

2013

|{{sortname|The|Pretty One}}

|Edith

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1988 \|Superboy \|Betsy \|"Bringing Down the House"
1989 \|{{sortname\|The\|New Leave It to Beaver}} \|Molly \|"Shortcuts"
1992 \|Law & Order \|Kate 'Katie' Silver \|"Intolerance"
1993 \|CBS Schoolbreak Special \|Sarah Thompson \|"Love Off Limits"
1994 \|Lifestories: Families in Crisis \|Heidi Leiter \|"More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter"
1995–99 \|Sliders \|Wade Welles \|Main role
1998–2000 \|Sports Night \|Natalie Hurley \|Main role
2000 \|Madigan Men \|Wendy Lipton \|Main role
2002 \|Couples \|Annie \|TV film
2003 \|Ed \|Frankie Hector \|Recurring role
2004 \|My Sexiest Mistake \|Amy \|TV film
2004 \|DeMarco Affairs \|Jessica DeMarco \|TV film
2005 \|Numb3rs \|Terry Lake \|Main role (1st season only)
2008 \|Wainy Days \|Molly \|"Molly"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1988

|Superboy

|Betsy

|"Bringing Down the House"

1989

|{{sortname|The|New Leave It to Beaver}}

|Molly