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Sarah Gadon Born April 4, 1987
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOccupation Actress Years active 1998–present Sarah Gadon (born April 4, 1987)[1] is a Canadian actress. She acted in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis. She has guest starred in number of notable television series including Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Dark Oracle, Doc, In a Heartbeat, La Femme Nikita, Life with Derek, and Mutant X. She has voice acted for Mattimeo, My Dad the Rock Star, Ruby Gloom, Total Drama, and Wayside.
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Career
Gadon started acting at the age of 10, her first role was Julia in an episode of La Femme Nikita (1998). For the next few years, Sarah took episodic roles in various television series including Monica in Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1999), Young Laura Burnham in Twice in a Lifetime (2000), Catherine Hartman in Mutant X (2002), Vicki in Life with Derek (2005) and Tasha Redford in Flashpoint (2008).
She also has a number of Television films to her credit. She was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Ensemble in a TV movie for her first film, The Other Me (2000), portraying Heather. Other roles include Samantha in What Girls Learn(2001), Amanda in Cadet Kelly (2002), Julia Norton in Code Breakers (2005) and Celeste Mercier in The Cutting Edge 3 (2008).
Sarah has had a recurring role in many television series, Zoe Kessler in The Border (2008-2009), Katie Atkins in Being Erica (2009), Georgia Bravin in Happy Town (2010) and Ruby Odgen in Murdoch Mysteries (2009-2011). She is also behind the voice of the title character in the animated series Ruby Gloom (2006-2007), Beth in Total Drama Island (2007) and Portia in Friends and Heroes (2007-2009). Sarah was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2008 for Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series for her work in Ruby Gloom (2008). She shared in this nomination with Emily Hampshire.
In 2005, she filmed for Where Love Reigns, a promotional film co-starring Douglas Henshall.[2]
Her filmography includes both feature and short length films. Her first feature film was Fast Food High(2003) where she portrayed Zoe. She portrayed Margaret in the dark comedy Siblings, Priscilla in Charlie Bartlett (2007) and Laura in Leslie, My Name is Evil (2009). Her short film work includes Haley in Burgeon and Fade (2007), Julia in Grange Avenue (2008) and Gabrielle in Spoliation (2008). Burgeon and Fade won the Special Jury Award at the WorldFest Houston Festival for original dramatic short film.
She stars in the short indie film, The Origin of Tedddy Bears as Madison.[3]
She was also cast in the David Cronenberg film A Dangerous Method where she plays Emma Jung, Carl Jung's wife. She has appeared twice as a guest star on Murdoch Mysteries as Dr. Ogden's sister, Ruby.
She will star in Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, alongside Robert Pattinson as his on-screen wife of 22 days, Elise Shifirin. She is cast in the TV adaptation of Ken Follett’s global bestseller World Without End as an eight-hour event series.[4]
Brandon Cronenberg has cast her in his debut feature, Antiviral for which principle photography took place in November 2011.[5]
Personal life
Gadon was born in Toronto, Ontario. She has an older brother named James. Gadon spent much of her childhood and adolescence training and performing as a dancer, with time spent as a Junior Associate at The National Ballet School of Canada and as a student at the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts. She was an Ontario Scholar in high school. Currently, she is a student at the University of Toronto's Cinema Studies program.[6]
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role 2000 The Other Me Heather 2001 What Girls Learn Samantha 2002 Society's Child Nikki Best 2002 Cadet Kelly Amanda 2002 Mom's On Strike Jessica Harris 2003 Fast Food High Zoe 2004 Siblings Margaret 2005 Code Breakers Julia Nolan 2005 Where Love Reigns Sabina Spielrein 2007 Charlie Bartlett Priscilla 2007 Burgeon and Fade Haley 2008 The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream Celeste Mercier 2008 Grange Avenue Julia MacMillan 2008 Spoliation Gabriella 2009 Leslie, My Name Is Evil Laura 2011 The Moth Diaries Lucie 2011 A Dangerous Method Emma Jung 2011 Dream House Cindi 2011 The Origin of Tedddy Bears Madison 2012 Cosmopolis Elise Shifrin 2012 Antiviral Hannah Geist Television
Year Title Role 1998 La Femme Nikita Julia 1999 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Monica 2000 Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall Cynthia Vole 2000 Twice in a Lifetime Young Laura Burnham 2000 In A Heartbeat Jennifer 2002 The Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz Lucy Montgomery 2002 Mutant X Catherine Hartman 2003 Doc Terri Lewis 2003–2005 My Dad the Rock Star Alyssa 2004 Dark Oracle Claudia 2004–2005 Bury The Leader Cassie Redner 2005 Time Warp Trio Jodie 2005 Life With Derek Vicki 2006–2007 Ruby Gloom Ruby Gloom 2007 Total Drama Island Beth 2007–2008 Wayside Rondi 2007–2009 Friends and Heroes Portia 2008 Flashpoint Tasha Redford 2008–2009 The Border Zoe Kessler 2009 Aaron Stone Dr.Martin 2009 Being Erica Katie Atkins 2009–2010 Murdoch Mysteries Ruby Ogden 2009–2010 Total Drama Action Beth 2010 Happy Town Georgia Bravin 2012 World Without End Philippa Awards and nominations
List of awards and nominations Year Title of work Award Category Result Notes 2001 The Other Me Young Artist Award Best Ensemble in a TV Movie Nominated Shared with Andrew Lawrence, Brenden Jefferson, Tyler Hynes and Alison Pill 2003 Ruby Gloom Gemini Award Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series Nominated Shared with: David Berni, Stacey DePass, Emily Hampshire, Jeremy Harris, Peter Keleghan, Scott McCord and Adrian Truss.(For the episode, "Hairless the Musical - part 1") 2009 Flashpoint ACTRA Awards Outstanding Performance - Female Nominated Awarded to Rosemary Dunsmore References
- ^ "Sarah Gadon: Biography". http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sarah-gadon/bio/268966. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Where Love Reigns". http://www.douglashenshall.com/Douglas_Henshall_Where_Love_Reigns.html. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "THE ORIGIN OF TEDDY BEARS". http://www.indiegogo.com/THE-ORIGIN-OF-TEDDY-BEARS-1. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "SARAH GADON PLAYS PHILLIPPA". http://www.world-without-end.tv/actor/sarah-gadon. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell Join 'Antiviral'". http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sarah-gadon-malcolm-mcdowell-join-257200. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "A Dangerous Method -Cast and Crew". http://adangerousmethod-themovie.com/cast-and-crew?page=gadon. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
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Categories:- 1987 births
- Canadian child actors
- Canadian television actors
- Canadian voice actors
- Living people
- People from Toronto
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