Sarah Steele

Sarah Steele
Born	Sarah Jane Steele September 16, 1988 (1988-09-16) (age 23) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Sarah Jane Steele (born September 16, 1988) is an American actress who got her first break into the film industry by beating thousands of young hopeful females for the role of Bernice in the 2004 film, Spanglish.

Life and career

Steele was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; her father, George, is a doctor specializing in nutrition and diet.^[1] Steele graduated with the class of 2006 from The Episcopal Academy, a well-received private school in southeast Pennsylvania. She graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2011 with a B.A. in Comparative literature. She continues to live in Brooklyn with other young professionals.

After her breakout role in Spanglish, Steele continued acting for a short while, appearing on an episode of Law & Order and appearing in two films, Mr. Gibb, which co-stars Hayden Panettiere, Tim Daly and Dan Hedaya and Margaret, which co-stars Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Anna Paquin, Mark Ruffalo, and Allison Janney. Steele was recently on the New York stage in an off-Broadway production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which ran for a few months at the Acorn Theatre.

In 2007-2008 she appeared in the off-Broadway play Speech & Debate.

She also recently appeared on Gossip Girl as Jenny Humphrey's rival at Cotillion and Eric van der Woodsen's friend as Kira Abernathy.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Spanglish	Bernice 'Bernie' Clasky
2006	Good Student, TheThe Good Student	Amber Jinxs
2006	Law & Order	Katie White	Episode: "Cost of Capital"
2008	Man	Maggie
2008	Lucky Ones, TheThe Lucky Ones	Girl with Jacket
2008	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Tessa Nobile	Episode: "Legacy"
2008	Old Days	Carla
2009	Gossip Girl	Kira Abernathy	Episode: "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?" Episode: "The Debarted"
2010	Please Give	Abby
2010	Monkeywrench		Video
2010	Margaret	Becky	Completed

References

1. ^ King, Susan (2004-12-26). "Growing into her biggest film role". LATimes.com (Los Angeles Times). http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/26/entertainment/ca-starturn26. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 

External links

• Sarah Steele at the Internet Movie Database
• BroadwayWorld.com interview with Sarah Steele, November 1, 2007

Persondata
Name	Steele, Sarah
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	July 24, 1988
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death