Sarah Carter
{{Short description|Canadian actress}}
{{Distinguish|Sarah Carter (historian)|Sara Carter|Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo|Sarah Connor (Terminator)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sarah Carter
| image = Sarah Carter at the LCC 2013 Falling Skies Panel 11.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Carter at the Falling Skies Panel
MCM London Comic Con 2013
| birth_name = Sarah Sanguin Carter
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|10|30}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2000–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Kevin Barth|2014}}
| children = 1
}}
Sarah Sanguin Carter (born October 30, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her recurring role as Alicia Baker in the superhero series Smallville (2004–2005), Madeleine Poe in Shark (2006–2008), and main role as Maggie in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies (2011–2015).
Personal life
Carter was born in Toronto and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was a student in the prestigious Royal Winnipeg Ballet{{cite web | website=AskMen.com | title=Sarah Carter Interview - AskMen | url=http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/interview_500/582_sarah-carter-interview.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211064223/http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/interview_500/582_sarah-carter-interview.html | archive-date=2012-12-11 }} and an accomplished member of the debate team.{{cite web | title = Artist Conversations with Noa Azoulay-Sclater. Episode 1: Sarah Carter | date = June 11, 2012| url = http://www.featherlove.com/blog/artist-conversations-with-noa-azoulay-sclater-episode-1-sarah-carter}} She competed in various countries including Austria, England, and Argentina.
After graduating high school, Carter moved to Switzerland where she studied fine arts at Neuchâtel Junior College for one year. She subsequently attended Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} Later, Carter took time off from acting, spending time in India and Cuba, where she worked in an orphanage.
On June 19, 2011, Carter was one of thirty-five climbers who scaled Mount Shasta to raise money for the Breast Cancer Fund, for which she is a spokesperson.{{cite web | website=LAist.com | title=LAist Interview: Sarah Carter: LAist | url=http://laist.com/2008/06/20/laist_interview_sarah_carter.php | date=June 20, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705134457/http://laist.com/2008/06/20/laist_interview_sarah_carter.php | archive-date=July 5, 2013 }} She has also hiked the West Coast Trail.{{cite news|last1=Tate|first1=Josh|title=LAist Interview: Sarah Carter|url=https://laist.com/news/entertainment/laist-interview-sarah-carter|work=LAist|agency=Gothamist|date=19 June 2008|access-date=6 September 2022}}
Carter wrote and produced her feature directing debut film, In Her Name, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. {{cite web | url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/in-her-name-2022 | title=In Her Name | 2022 Tribeca Festival }} The film won an Audience Award,{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |title=Tribeca Festival: 'Good Girl Jane,' 'The Cave of Adullam' Among Top Competition Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2022-tribeca-festival-award-winners-competition-1235167121/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 16, 2022 |access-date=16 June 2022}} and will be distributed in June 2024 by Tribeca Films, Giant Pictures, and Drafthouse.{{cite web |last1=Kuznikov |first1=Selena |title=Tribeca Films Acquires Eight Films From Festivals, Including 'Nude Tuesday,' 'Suze,' 'Good Girl Jane' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tribeca-films-suze-president-in-waiting-1235968008/ |website=Variety |date=April 11, 2024 |access-date=11 April 2024}}
Carter is married to Kevin Barth, whom she wed in 2014. They have a daughter born in 2017.[https://www.instagram.com/p/BYhPAszDd-q/ sarah_carter_oxox]. Instagram. September 2, 2017.
In 2024, Carter announced that she became an American citizen.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DB5MtCVJKiT/ | title=Instagram }}
Career
=Acting=
Carter's early television career included appearances in Wolf Lake, Dark Angel, and Undeclared, and she was also cast in Final Destination 2. She also appeared in three episodes of Smallville, in which she played Alicia Baker, who has a romantic relationship with Clark Kent. In 2006, Carter starred in the film DOA: Dead or Alive, playing the character Helena Douglas, a fighter who enters a martial arts contest.
Her later television career has included playing the character Madeline Poe, a rookie prosecutor in Shark between 2006 and 2008, appearing in all 38 episodes of the series. In 2009, she also appeared in CSI: NY, as the character Haylen Becall, a forensic school graduate.{{cite journal
| author=Matt Mitovich
| title=CSI: NY Adds Sarah Carter to Its Ranks
| url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/csiny-sarah-carter-1008171/
| journal=TV Guide
| date=July 17, 2009
| access-date=2015-07-26}}{{cite episode
| title = Epilogue
| episode-link = Epilogue (CSI: NY episode)
| series = CSI: New York
| series-link = CSI: NY
| airdate = September 23, 2009
| season = 6
| number = 1
}}
Carter became a regular character, Maggie, on the TNT series Falling Skies, which debuted in June 2011. An apocalyptic alien invasion story, season 2 began on June 17, 2012 and concluded on August 19, 2012. Season 3 premiered June 9, 2013. On the heels of Falling Skies airing its series finale in 2015, Carter booked a recurring arc on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 as a potential love interest to Steve McGarrett.{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2015/09/01/hawaii-five-0-season-6-cast-sarah-carter-mcgarrett-girlfriend|title= Hawaii Five-0 Casts Sarah Carter as Steve's GF — What About Catherine?|date= September 1, 2015|publisher=TVLINE.com|author= Matt Mitovich|access-date=September 2, 2015}}
=Music=
Carter released a solo album, Before Three, in December 2009. She is part of the duo SanguinDrake, founded in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://sanguindrake.com/?p%3D214 |access-date=May 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028120904/http://sanguindrake.com/?p=214|title=About ...|publisher=SanguinDrake|archive-date=October 28, 2011 }} {{As of|2012|December}}, the band has released four self-produced music videos on their website. On May 12, 2012, SanguinDrake released their first album Pretty Tricks.
=Directing=
Carter made her directorial debut with In Her Name in 2022. In Her Name had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in 2022,{{cite web |title=In Her Name Tribeca Online Premiere |url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/in-her-name-2022 |website=Tribeca Film}} where it won an Audience Award.{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |title=Tribeca Festival: 'Good Girl Jane,' 'The Cave of Adullam' Among Top Competition Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2022-tribeca-festival-award-winners-competition-1235167121/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 16, 2022 |access-date=16 June 2022}} The film has gone on to screen at festivals around the world, and will be distributed in June 2024 by Tribeca Films, Giant Pictures, and Drafthouse.{{cite web |last1=Kuznikov |first1=Selena |title=Tribeca Films Acquires Eight Films From Festivals, Including 'Nude Tuesday,' 'Suze,' 'Good Girl Jane' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tribeca-films-suze-president-in-waiting-1235968008/ |website=Variety |date=April 11, 2024 |access-date=11 April 2024}}
Acting Credits
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Mindstorm | Rayanna Armitage | |
| 2001 | Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell | Melissa Bell | Direct-to-video film |
| 2002 | K-9: P.I. | Babe | Direct-to-video film |
| 2003 | Final Destination 2 | Shaina McKlank | |
| 2004 | Haven | Chanel | |
| 2005 | Berkeley | Alice | |
| 2006 | Skinwalkers | Katherine | |
| 2006 | DOA: Dead or Alive | Helena Douglas | |
| 2006 | Pledge This! | Kristen Haas | |
| 2007 | Killing Zelda Sparks | Zelda Sparks | |
| 2009 | Red Mist | Kim | |
| 2009 | Misconceptions | Lucy | |
| 2012 | data-sort-value="Vow, The" | The Vow | Diane | |
| 2012 | Tripping Tommy | Maggie | |
| 2014 | Guardian | Paquita | |
| 2016 | data-sort-value="Guru and The Gypsy, The" | The Guru and The Gypsy | Maggie Turner | |
| 2019
| Veronica | | |||
| 2020
| Pearl | Helen | | |||
| 2022
|Mother |Also director, producer and writer | |||
| 2023
| Ellen Hutter | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Cold Squad | Libby Logan | Episode: "Root Cause" |
| 2001 | data-sort-value="Immortal, The" | The Immortal | Ellie | Episode: "The Good Squire" |
| 2001 | Los Luchadores | Maria Valentine | Main role |
| 2001 | Trapped | Claire Thorensen | Television film |
| 2001 | Wolf Lake | Brianna | Episode: "The Changing" |
| 2001 | Dark Angel | Katarina | Episode: "Boo" |
| 2002 | Undeclared | Evie | Episode: "The Perfect Date" |
| 2002 | data-sort-value="Sausage Factory, The" | The Sausage Factory | Valerie | Episode: "Hang Ups" |
| 2003 | Black Sash | Allie Bennett | Main role |
| 2003 | data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone | Amber | Episode: "Sunrise" |
| 2003 | data-sort-value="Date with Darkness, A" | A Date with Darkness | Sarah | Television film |
| 2004–2005 | Smallville | Alicia Baker | Episodes: "Obsession", "Unsafe", "Pariah" |
| 2005 | Boston Legal | Tracey Green | Episode: "It Girls and Beyond" |
| 2005 | Entourage | Cassie | Episode: "The Sundance Kids" |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Nadine Hodges | 3 episodes |
| 2006–2008 | Shark | Madeleine Poe | Main role (seasons 1–2) |
| 2008 | Confessions of a Go-Go Girl | Angela Lucas | Television film |
| 2008 | Dirty Sexy Money | Wrenn Darcy | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Cleaner, The" | The Cleaner | Liz | Episode: "Standing Eight" |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Haylen Becall | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | White Collar | Pierce | Episode: "Home Invasion" |
| 2011 | Salem Falls | Addie Peabody | Television film |
| 2011–2015 | Falling Skies | Margaret "Maggie" May | Main role (seasons 1–5) |
| 2013 | data-sort-value="Toyman Killer, The" | The Toyman Killer | Kate Kovic | Television film |
| 2014 | One Starry Christmas | Holly Jensen | Television film (Hallmark) |
| 2015 | Rogue | DEA Agent Harper Deakins | Main role (season 3) |
| 2015 | Buried Secrets | Sarah Winters | Television film |
| 2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Lynn Downey | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lilah Finch | Episode: "Accredo" |
| 2019 | data-sort-value="Flash, The" | The Flash | Grace Gibbons / Cicada II | Recurring role (season 5), 6 episodes Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain |
| 2025 | data-sort-value="Family Business: New Orleans, The" | The Family Business: New Orleans | Sheriff Clay | Series regular |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Refs|References}} |
|---|
| 2019
| {{nom}} | {{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/teen-choice-awards-2019-winners-list/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812151930/https://people.com/tv/teen-choice-awards-2019-winners-list/|title=Teen Choice Awards 2019: See the Complete List of Winners|last=Todisco|first=Eric|work=People|archive-date=August 12, 2019|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|url-status=live}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|141931}}
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Category:Actresses from Toronto
Category:Actresses from Winnipeg
Category:Balmoral Hall School alumni
Category:Canadian emigrants to the United States
Category:Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States