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, singer, writer, director

| years_active = 2000–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Kevin Barth|2014}}

| children = 1

}}

Sarah Sanguin Carter (born October 30, 1980) is a Canadian actress, singer, writer and director. 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 May in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies (2011–2015).

Personal life

Sarah 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 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 (Tom Welling). In 2006, Carter starred in the film DOA: Dead or Alive, playing the character Helena Douglas, a fighter who enters a martial arts contest.

Carter's 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 May, 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 (Alex O'Loughlin).{{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 wrote and produced her feature directing debut film, In Her Name, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. {{cite web |title=In Her Name | 2022 Tribeca Festival |url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/in-her-name-2022}} The film won an Audience Award,{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |date=June 16, 2022 |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/ |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} and was released in June 2024 by Tribeca Films, Giant Pictures, and Drafthouse Films.{{cite web |last1=Kuznikov |first1=Selena |date=April 11, 2024 |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/ |access-date=11 April 2024 |website=Variety}}

Acting Credits

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" | 2001MindstormRayanna Armitage
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of HellMelissa Bell
2002K-9: P.I.Babe
2003Final Destination 2Shaina
2004HavenChanel
2005BerkeleyAlice
rowspan="3" | 2006SkinwalkersKatherine
DOA: Dead or AliveHelena Douglas
Pledge This!Kristen Haas
2007Killing Zelda SparksZelda Sparks
rowspan="2" | 2009Red MistKim
MisconceptionsLucy
rowspan="2" | 2012data-sort-value="Vow, The" | The VowDiane
Tripping TommyMaggie
2014GuardianPaquita
2016data-sort-value="Guru and The Gypsy, The" | The Guru and The GypsyMaggie Turner
2019

| Business Ethics

| Veronica

|

2020

| Pearl

| Helen

|

2022

|In Her Name

|Mother

|Also director, producer and writer

2023

| Nosferatu

| Ellen Hutter

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2000Cold SquadLibby LoganEpisode: "Root Cause"
rowspan="5" | 2001data-sort-value="Immortal, The" | The ImmortalEllieEpisode: "The Good Squire"
Los LuchadoresMaria ValentineMain role (16 episodes)
TrappedClaire ThorensenTelevision film
Wolf LakeBriannaEpisode: "The Changing"
Dark AngelKatarinaEpisode: "Boo"
rowspan="2" | 2002UndeclaredEvieEpisode: "The Perfect Date"
data-sort-value="Sausage Factory, The" | The Sausage FactoryValerieEpisode: "Hang Ups"
rowspan="3" | 2003Black SashAllie BennettMain role (8 episodes)
data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight ZoneAmberEpisode: "Sunrise"
data-sort-value="Date with Darkness, A" | A Date with DarknessSarahTelevision film
2004–2005SmallvilleAlicia Baker3 episodes
rowspan="3" | 2005Boston LegalTracey GreenEpisode: "It Girls and Beyond"
EntourageCassieEpisode: "The Sundance Kids"
Numb3rsNadine Hodges3 episodes
2006–2008SharkMadeleine PoeMain role (38 episodes)
rowspan="3" | 2008Confessions of a Go-Go GirlAngela LucasTelevision film
Dirty Sexy MoneyWrenn Darcy2 episodes
data-sort-value="Cleaner, The" | The CleanerLizEpisode: "Standing Eight"
2009CSI: NYHaylen Becall3 episodes
2010White CollarPierceEpisode: "Home Invasion"
2011Salem FallsAddie PeabodyTelevision film
2011–2015Falling SkiesMargaret "Maggie" MayMain role (50 episodes)
2013data-sort-value="Toyman Killer, The" | The Toyman KillerKate KovicTelevision film
2014One Starry ChristmasHolly JensenTelevision film
rowspan="3" | 2015RogueDEA Agent Harper DeakinsMain role (20 episodes)
Buried SecretsSarah WintersTelevision film
Hawaii Five-0Lynn Downey4 episodes
2018Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLilah FinchEpisode: "Accredo"
2019data-sort-value="Flash, The" | The FlashGrace Gibbons / Cicada II6 episodes
2025data-sort-value="Family Business: New Orleans, The" | The Family Business: New OrleansSheriff ClayMain role (8 episodes)

Awards and nominations

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Work

! Result

! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Refs|References}}

2019

| Teen Choice Awards

| Choice TV Villain

| The Flash

| {{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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