Sarah Gadon
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| Born | April 4, 1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | 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 a 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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[edit] 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]
[edit] 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. [6]She was an Ontario Scholar in high school. Currently, she is a student at the University of Toronto's Cinema Studies program.[7]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Film
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 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 |
[edit] Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | La Femme Nikita | Julia |
| 1999 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Monica |
| 2000 | Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall | Tess Churchmouse/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 |
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (November 3, 2011). "Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell Join 'Antiviral'". The Hollywood Reporter. 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.
- ^ "Q&A with ‘Rising Star’ and Cinema Studies student Sarah Gadon". http://www.utoronto.ca/cinema/article-2011-026.html. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
