Sarah Clarke Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Sarah Clarke was born on February 16, 1972. She is an American actress. She is also known as Sarah Berkeley and Sarah Lively. She is renowned due to her role in ‘24’ as Nina Myers. She is currently Forty-six years of age.

Early Life

Sarah Clarke was born on February 16, 1972, in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born to Ernest Clarke and Carolyn Clarke. She studied in John Burroughs School, St. Louis, Missouri. She later joined Indiana University to pursue Fine Arts.

She later became Kappa Alpha Theta sorority’s member. In 1990, she became a member of the Beta Chapter. She later underwent her senior year studies in Bologna, Italy. She later pursued architectural photography in the United States. She after that studied acting in various places including; Axis Theatre Company, The Willow Cabin Theatre Company, and Circle in the Square Theatre School.

Career

In 1999, Sarah Clarke appeared in a Volkswagen commercial which sparked her career. In 2000, she appeared in films such as, ‘Bedroom Night,’ ‘Pas de deux,’ ‘All About George’ all of which were short films.

She later won an award at the Brooklyn Film Festival over her tremendous performance in ‘Pas de deux.’ She also appeared in ‘Sex and the City’ which was a television show.  In 2001, she appeared in ‘The Accident’ as Reeny.

She also featured in a television show ‘Ed’ and ‘24’ as CTU Agent Nina Myers a role she played until 2004. In 2002, she featured as Sarah in ‘Emmett’s Mark.’ In 2003, she appeared in ‘Thirteen,’ ‘The Third Date’ and television show ‘Karen Sisco.’

In 2004, she was cast in ‘Human Error.’ In 2005, she was in films such as ‘Happy Endings’ and ‘Psychic Driving.’ She also featured in ‘House’ and ‘Las Vegas’ which were television shows. In 2006, she appeared in ‘The Lather Effect,’ ‘Commander in Chief.’ Her voice was used in ‘24, Video game’. In 2007, she appeared in ‘The Colony’ as Olga.

Sarah Clarke also featured in ‘Life’ and ‘Alibi’ television shows. In 2008, she featured in ‘Twilight,’ ‘Wainy Days,’ ‘The Cleaner.’ In 2009, she appeared in ‘Women in Trouble.’ She also appeared in television shows ‘Trust Me’ and ‘Men of a Certain Age’ which she appeared till 2011. In 2010, she featured in ‘The Twilight Saga; Eclipse,’ ‘Bedrooms’ and ‘The Both at the End’ television show.

 In 2011, she played a role in ‘Nikita’ television show a role she played until 2012. She featured in ‘The Twilight Saga; Breaking Down- Part One’ as Renee Dwyer and in ‘Covert Affairs’ as Lena Smith. In 2013, she featured in ‘The Tomorrow People’ as Marla Jameson, a role she played until 2014. In 2014, she played a role in ‘Line of Sight’ and ‘The Tomorrow People’.

In 2015, Sarah Clarke appeared in television films ‘Coach Surfing USA’ as Mary and ‘Bosch’ as Eleanor Wish a role she is still playing. She also featured in the film ‘Staring at the sun’ as Dolly Alexander. In 2016, she appeared in the film ‘Punk’s Dead’ as Trish and television show ‘NCIS’ as FBI Agent Tess Monroe. In 2017, she featured in the television show ‘Law & Order; SVU’ as Cynthia Hendricks. She as well appeared in the film ‘Shot’ as Dr. Fisher.

Awards and Achievements

Sarah Clarke was honored with an honorary Performance Award at Brooklyn Film Festival in the best performance category following the ‘Pas de deux’ film. She later won the Golden Satellite award for emerging the best actress in ‘24’ film.

Personal Life

In 2002, Sarah Clarke got married to Xander Berkeley, an actor with whom she has two children. She is currently Forty- six years old.