Sarah Allen
{{short description|Canadian actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Other people|Sarah Allen}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sarah Allen
| image = Sarah Allen.jpg
| caption =
| occupation = Actress
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = Nelson, British Columbia{{cite web|url=http://postcity.com/Eat-Shop-Do/Do/April-2014/Sarah-Allen-on-her-new-show-Remedy-and-how-Bayviews-Canadian-Film-Centre-helped-her-rise-to-the-top/|title=Sarah Allen on her new show Remedy, and how Bayview's Canadian Film Centre helped her rise to the top|work=postcity.com|date=April 2014 |accessdate=May 11, 2015}}
| years_active = 2003–present
}}
Sarah Allen is a Canadian actress. She studied acting at the National Theatre School of Canada and graduated in 2002.
''Being Human''
Allen is perhaps best known for playing vampire Rebecca Flynt on SyFy's Being Human. For the role, she watched some of the original BBC version of the series and also researched vampire mythology.{{cite web|title=Sam Witwer & Sarah Allen at Pittsburgh Comicon| date=April 16, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzVqKGTysTc|publisher=Youtube User TBug314|accessdate=January 11, 2012}}
About her character Rebecca, Allen has said: "She definitely starts the series with a cross to bear.. you know, really angry and kind of 'guard up', but I think she makes a real effort to try to be good. She does make an effort to be good, and she wants to be, and she fails constantly, but I think that even [her] attempts in changing Bernie, the little boy, to a vampire...[were] done with good intentions...she really wanted to care for someone."{{cite web|title=Sarah Allen From Being Human Talks About Rebecca|url=http://beinghumancanada.com/2011/03/28/sarah-allen-from-being-human-talks-about-rebecca/|publisher=Being Human Canada|accessdate=January 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425165313/http://beinghumancanada.com/2011/03/28/sarah-allen-from-being-human-talks-about-rebecca/|archivedate=April 25, 2011|df=mdy-all}}
About Rebecca's relationship with Aidan, she has said: "She keeps on fumbling through her existence as a vampire. She keeps trying to get involved with Aidan's life and just keeps messing up."{{cite web|title=Interview with Sarah Allen|date=March 8, 2011 |url=http://www.mediamikes.com/2011/03/interview-with-sarah-allen/|publisher=Media Mikes|accessdate=January 11, 2012}}
She also mentioned once that having to drink fake blood on Being Human was like "drinking a tube of toothpaste".
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2004
|Sheriff's Niece | |
| 2004
|Built Like Light |Esther |Short film |
| 2009
|Stripped Naked |Cassie |Video |
| 2010
|How to Rid Your Lover of a Negative Emotion Caused by You! |Sadie |Short film |
| 2010
|St. Roz |Cathy | |
| 2011
|Oh Baby | |Short film |
| 2012
|Vicki | |
| 2013
|data-sort-value="Husband, The" | The Husband |Alyssa Andreas | |
| 2013
|data-sort-value="Golden Ticket, The" | The Golden Ticket |Melody |Short film |
| 2015
| Katya Drobot | |
| 2017
|Purl |Kat |Short film |
| 2018
|Arlo Alone | |Short film |
| 2019
|Home in Time |Kate |Short film |
| 2019
|Holly | |
| 2021
|data-sort-value="Retreat, The" | The Retreat | Valerie |{{cite news|last1=Donahue |first1=Anne T. |title=Same-sex slasher The Retreat is a horror film several cuts above |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-same-sex-slasher-the-retreat-is-a-horror-film-several-cuts-above/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=May 17, 2021 |access-date=4 February 2022}} |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2003
|Jenna |TV film |
| 2003
|Wall of Secrets |Carrie |TV film |
| 2003
|{{sortname|The|Reagans}} |Girl #2 |TV film |
| 2004
|Colleen Kelly |Lead role |
| 2005
|Ludmilla |Recurring role |
| 2006
|Willa Thomson |TV film |
| 2006–2007
|Dr. Jenny Langford |Lead role; 13 episodes |
| 2007
|{{sortname|The|Dead Zone|The Dead Zone (TV series)}} |Maggie Hollister |Episode: "Switch" |
| 2007
|Jane Kozik |TV film |
| 2008
|Voices |Maggie |TV film |
| 2008
|MVP |Wanda Gilford |Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2009
|Enid Jones |Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| 2009
|Emily Krueger |Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2011
|Rose |Recurring role (9 episodes) |
| 2011–2014
|Rebecca Flynt |Recurring role; 9 episodes |
| 2011
|Silent Witness |Stacey Lord |TV film |
| 2012
|Verdict |Kim Tollerton |TV film |
| 2012
|Do No Harm |Gillian Stewart |TV film |
| 2012
|Anne |3 episodes |
| 2013
|{{sortname|The|Golden Ticket|nolink=1}} |Melody |TV film |
| 2014
|{{sortname|The|Best Laid Plans|The Best Laid Plans (TV series)}} |Rachel Bronwin |Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2014–2015
|19-2 |Catherine Lariviere |Recurring role; 10 episodes; credit only: 2 episodes |
| 2014–2015
|Sandy Conner |Lead role; 20 episodes |
| 2017
|data-sort-value="Expanse, The" | The Expanse |Hilly | 4 episodes |
| 2018
|Ms. Andrews |Episode: "Pecking Order" |
| 2019
|Natasha Petrov |Episode: "A History of Violins" |
| 2021
|Bury the Past |Alice |TV film |
| 2024
|Doc |Nora Hamda |5 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1623675|name=Sarah Allen}}
- [http://www.tvsa.co.za/actorprofile.asp?actorid=6954 Sarah Allen at The South African TV Authority]
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Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:National Theatre School of Canada alumni
Category:21st-century Canadian actresses
Category:People from Nelson, British Columbia
Category:Actresses from British Columbia
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