Known for Acting
Sarah is an award-nominated actor known for her lead role in Chris Stuckmann's horror thriller Shelby Oaks (2024), distributed by NEON. Sarah's also known for her work in Where the Crawdads Sing (2022); Universal's Renfield (2023) opposite Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, and Nicholas Hoult; Netflix's We Have a Ghost (2023), opposite David Harbor; NBC's Chicago PD Blood Relation (2022); Ava Duvernay's Queen Sugar Mid-March 2020 (2021); and Boots Riley's I'm A Virgo It Requires Trust on My Part (2023), opposite Walton Goggins. On stage, she's acted in over ten professional shows, including regional premieres of Stupid F***ing Bird, A Doll's House Part 2, and The Wolves. Sarah is also a bestselling author and journalist. Her first book, The Beginner's Guide to Alchemy, was published in May 2020 by Rockridge Press. Sarah has also written for The New York Times, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Popular Science, and Atlas Obscura, among others. Sarah grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated summa cum laude from NYU, where she earned her BA in acting and medieval studies.
Born
February 19, 1995 (age 31)
Birthplace
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Filmography
5 films, 1 show


Shelby Oaks
2025 · 1h 31m · US
A woman's obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.


Carry-On
2024 · 2h · US
An airport security officer races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.


Renfield
2023 · 1h 33m · US
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.


We Have a Ghost
2023 · 2h 7m · US
After Kevin finds a ghost named Ernest haunting his new home, he becomes an overnight social media sensation. But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of the latter's past, they become targets of the CIA.


Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · 2h 6m · US
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.