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Sarah Clarke
Sarah Clarke and Xander Berkeley on the set of 24
Born	February 16, 1972 (1972-02-16) (age 38) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Other name(s)	Sarah Berkeley Sarah Lively
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000-present
Spouse(s)	Xander Berkeley (2002-Present) 1 child

Sarah Clarke (born February 16, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her role as Nina Myers on 24, and also for her roles as Renée Dwyer in the 2008 film Twilight as well as Erin McGuire on the short-lived T.V show, Trust Me.

Early life

Clarke was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Carolyn, a homemaker, and Ernest Clarke, an engineer.^[1]

Clarke attended John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri. Clarke attended Indiana University, where she studied Fine Arts and Italian. While a student at IU, Clarke became a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was initiated into the Beta chapter in 1990.^[2]

Clarke first became interested in acting while studying abroad during her senior year in Bologna, Italy. Upon returning to the United States, she began studying architectural photography. She received free acting lessons in return for taking photographs of a cultural arts center, and she studied acting at Circle in the Square Theatre School, Axis Theater Company, and The Willow Cabin Theatre Company.^[2][3]

Career

Clarke began her acting career with an appearance in a 1999 award-winning commercial for Volkswagen. She followed this with a role in the 2000 short film Pas de deux and received an Outstanding Performance award at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Clarke's career soon blossomed with minor roles, including films All About George in 2000 and The Accident in 2001, as well as television shows such as Ed and Sex and the City.

In 2001, Clarke auditioned for the role of CTU agent Nina Myers on 24. She won the role on the day that filming began. The wardrobe department didn't have time to fit her, so she had to wear her own outfit for the entire season of filming. In her three seasons with the show, Clarke was featured in a total of 36 episodes. Clarke won a Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series for this role.^[2] Clarke also lent her voice to 24: The Game, as her 24 character, Nina Myers.

Clarke guest starred in the episode of House entitled "Control" as a workaholic CEO with congestive heart failure, and in the episode of Life entitled "A Civil War" as Mary Ann Farmer, the owner of a gas station. Clarke also played Renée Dwyer in Twilight, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer.^[3]

Recently, Sarah Clarke took a leading role on new TNT series entitled Trust Me, alongside Eric McCormack and Thomas Cavanagh. The series premiered on January 26, 2009 to positive reviews, though it was cancelled after one season due to declining ratings.

In 2010, Clarke will reprise her role as Renée Dwyer in Eclipse, the third movie in the Twilight series.

Personal life

Clarke met her husband, Xander Berkeley, while on the set of 24 (he played her supervisor, George Mason) and they were married in September 2002, a year after meeting. They have one daughter Olwyn Harper (b. September 23, 2006) together. As of March 2010, Sarah is nine months pregnant with her and Xander's second child.

Filmography

References

External links

• Sarah Clarke at the Internet Movie Database