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Sarah Wynter Born 15 February 1973
Newcastle, AustraliaOccupation Actress Years active 1997–present Spouse Dan Peres (2005-present) 3 children Sarah Wynter (born 15 February 1973)[1] is an Australian actress, most widely known for her roles on American television – such as Kate Warner on the television drama 24 and as Beth on Windfall.[2]
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Personal life
Wynter was born in Newcastle, Australia, the daughter of Helen Cummings, a worker in the Australian federal judicial system, and Stuart Wynter, a physician.[1][3][4] Her grandmother, the late Joy Cummings, was the Lord Mayor of Newcastle – Australia's first female Lord Mayor.[4]
On 20 August 2005, Wynter married Details magazine editor-in-chief Dan Peres in Sydney.[5] Their first child, Oscar Dallas Wynter Peres, was born on 14 January 2008 and the couple welcomed twin sons, Samuel and Julian, in April, 2011.[6]
Career
Wynter's interest in acting led her to move to New York City when she was 17 to study drama.[1]
Television
Wynter earned her SAG card by landing a role on the Sex and the City pilot,[7] playing what she later summarized as the first woman to have sex on that show.[7] A few years later, she was recognized by SAG again, as part of the second season cast of 24 when it earned a SAG Award nomination as Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.[2] Wynter played Kate Warner and appeared in all 24 episodes, plus the third season premiere and she provided her voice for 24: The Game.
Wynter also had a recurring role in The Dead Zone and starred in the series Windfall in 2006.[2] In 2009, Sarah appeared in an episode of the second season of Flight Of The Conchords as the Australian girlfriend of Jemaine named "Keitha."
Sarah Wynter has signed on to Damages in a recurring role. She will play a mysterious security specialist who helps a shady attorney (new series regular Martin Short) keep a wealthy family's secrets.[8]
Film
Wynter's first movie was Species 2 as the fiancée of the infected astronaut. Wynter appeared in The 6th Day alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lost Souls with Winona Ryder as well as numerous independent movies such as Shooting Livien. Her Australian feature film debut Three Dollars, was released in 2005.[9] She was also cast as Daisy Adair in Dead Like Me: Life After Death, the straight-to-DVD movie version of Showtime TV series Dead Like Me, replacing Laura Harris who had played her sister on 24.
Australian director Bruce Beresford cast Wynter as the lead in Bride of the Wind, his ambitious 2001 biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (and, after Mahler's death, of architect Walter Gropius and subsequently of writer Franz Werfel). The film was a notable flop both commercially and critically.
References
- ^ a b c Biography of Wynter from Allmovie via The New York Times
- ^ a b c Sarah Wynter at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Sarah Wynter Biography (1973–)
- ^ a b Horin, Adele (7 April 2011). "She once escaped a killer - under today's laws she would still be trapped". Brisbane Times. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/she-once-escaped-a-killer--under-todays-laws-she-would-still-be-trapped-20110406-1d4ko.html. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ Wynter ties knot, from The Sydney Morning Herald
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- ^ a b Wynter, Sarah (2006), "Interview", The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, CBS, 19 June 2006
- ^ Joyce Eng. "Damages Recruits Sarah Wynter". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Damages-Recruits-Sarah-1011631.aspx.
- ^ Summary of Three Dollars from the Dendy Films website
External links
Categories:- 1973 births
- Australian film actors
- Australian television actors
- Living people
- People from Newcastle, New South Wales
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