| Sarah Clarke | |
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| Birthdate: | February 16, 1972 |
| Birthplace: | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Role: | Nina Myers |
Sarah Clarke played Nina Myers on 24 and voiced the same character in 24: The Game.
Biography
Clarke is 5'4" (1.63 m). She attended Indiana University. During the filming of the first season of 24, she met actor Xander Berkeley who played George Mason. They married shortly after and have starred together in films like The Third Date, Below the Belt, and Alibi. On television, they starred together in "Wainy Days" and on "Karen Sisco", also with Thomas Kretschmann. Clarke gave birth on September 23, 2006, to their first girl, Olwyn Harper Berkeley.
Clarke began acting in the theatre while working as an architectural photographer. In her first short film, Pas de deux, she won an Outstanding Performance award at the Brooklyn Film Festival. She recently starred in Twilight with Billy Burke, Jose Zuniga, and Ned Bellamy. She also starred in A House Divided with Nestor Serrano.
On television, he has starred in "Trust Me" with Greg Ellis, "Commander In Chief" with Harry Lennix, Ever Carradine, Anthony Azizi and Eyal Podell, "Las Vegas" with JoBeth Williams and Tom Choi, and "Sex and the City" with Donnie Keshawarz.
She also worked in the unaired pilot of a show called "E-Ring" with Dennis Hopper.
She has been credited in some projects as Sarah Lively.
Selected filmography
- Twilight (2008)
- Alibi (2007)
- Psychic Driving (2005)
- Happy Endings (2005)
- Below the Belt (2004)
- Thirteen (2003)
- The Third Date (2003)
- Emmett's Mark (2002)
- The Accident (2001)
- All About George (2000)
- Pas de deux (2000)
Television appearances
- "Trust Me" (2009)
- "Las Vegas" (2005)
- "House, M.D." (2005)
- "Karen Sisco" (2003)
- "24" (2001-2004)
- "Ed" (2001)
- "Sex and the City" (2000)
- Clarke provided DVD audio commentary for the following episodes:
- "Day 2: 1:00pm-2:00pm" (with Jon Cassar)
- "Day 3: 10:00pm-11:00pm" (with Howard Gordon)
Trivia
- In Day 3 an ID of Nina Myers is displayed, where she uses the name Sarah Berkeley, her real name since her wedding with Xander (George Mason).
- Sarah Clarke's casting occurred the very morning of the shooting of the pilot. Since the costume department didn't have time to fit her, she wore her own clothing throughout the entire first season.
