Sarah Lynn Dawson

Sarah Lynn Dawson

Born: January 22, 1981
Sarah is a English actress, screenwriter and filmmaker who trained as an actress at the New York's Lee Strasberg Institute of Film and Television.

She voiced the role of the Mother in the Oscar Nominated Feature Film I Lost My Body (2019). Other films she has appeared in, include Duality (2014), which she wrote and starred in and which was narrated by Deepak Chopra. She also played the lead role of Alice Clark the LAPD's first female detective in the 1940's film noir Unsolved (2015), which she also produced.

She was born in the Lake District in England and she spent a large part of her childhood growing up in Qatar, in the Middle East where she started acting at the age of seven when she was cast in a community theatre show.

She starred in theatre productions throughout her school years at boarding school, playing lead roles in several Greek Tragedies. After pursuing academia and graduating from the University of Leeds with a BA Hons Degree in Sociology, Sarah realized her future career lay in the performing arts and after acting in several independent films, she was cast in a play 'Reality TV' directed by Jim Tommaney. At this time she started writing and completed her first feature script. She then moved to New York and studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Institute of Film and Television in New York, on their two year conservatory program.

She made her Off-Broadway debut in the Manhattan Repertory Theater's production of 'Men' directed by Ken Wolfe, quickly followed by another Off-Broadway appearance in the showcase 'Conflict', at The Producers Club, before moving to Los Angeles. In LA she was accepted on the prestigious BAFTA/LA Newcomers program and also became an Observer at The Actors Studio where she learned from Martin Landau and the teachers there. She continues to act and write.

Movies for Sarah Lynn Dawson...

EXIT
Title: EXIT
Character: Narrator
Released: November 5, 2022
Type: Movie
In pursuit of a life above the poverty line, three women find themselves in the depths of human trafficking networks. EXIT examines what it takes to regain one's dignity in the face of unthinkable trauma.
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The Embryo Who Came in from the Cold
Title: The Embryo Who Came in from the Cold
Character: Gaia (voice)
Released: August 20, 2020
Type: Movie
5 IVF embryos embark on a journey to find their mother.
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Game of Aces
Title: Game of Aces
Character: Patricia Evans
Released: September 9, 2016
Type: Movie
A rescue attempt of a German traitor during World War I has unexpected consequences and sets off an adventure across the Arabian desert.
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Violence
Title: Violence
Character: Patricia Simms
Released: March 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A psychologist is gradually broken down to the point of no return in his life; but was it his work or his past that sends him over the edge, to do the most unthinkable things. All of this happens to him in the middle of chaos breaking out during the London riots.
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Duality
Title: Duality
Character: Emerald
Released: September 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Duality is a film about a man who is traveling between different universes against his will. Through his experience and struggle the film looks at the power of choice and his inner and outer conflict with dual realities.
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Folklore
Title: Folklore
Character: Angela Hay
Released: February 20, 2012
Type: Movie
Over the course of one day, an android, a water nymph, a time traveler, a couple aliens, an angel, a vampire, and many other mythic beings of folklore are interviewed and asked to update a fictional government agency on their lives.
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Title: The Finder
Character: Roulette Dealer
Released: January 12, 2012
Type: TV
Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable.
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Love In The Time Of Pandemic
Title: Love In The Time Of Pandemic
Character: Angie
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Boy Scout Leader suffering from social isolation during a pandemic lock-down navigates the rocky path to true love.