Sarah Rafferty

Sarah Rafferty

Born: December 6, 1972
in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
While still in prep school, Sarah was bit by the acting bug at a very young age. When her drama teacher caught her cutting across his lawn in an effort not to be late for field hockey practice, he told her to skip practice and join the cast of "Richard III," and thus began her adoration of acting.

Sarah decided to take her love for this craft and educate herself by double majoring in English and Theatre at Hamilton College, studying theatre abroad in London and Oxford during her junior year, and, after graduating magna cum laude from Hamilton, went on to study at Yale Drama school. Her passion for learning about the arts was supported by her parents; her mother, the Chairwoman of the English Department at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, CT, and her father, an accomplished painter. Her education and natural talent clearly paid off.

In addition to starring on USA Network's "Suits" playing the role of Donna, she has appeared in numerous TV series such as "Law and Order," "Six Feet Under," "Brothers & Sisters," "Samantha Who?," "Without A Trace," "CSI: Miami," and "Bones," and feature films including: "Four Single Fathers" and "Falling For Grace," along with countless professional stage productions like "Gemini" and "As You Like It."

In addition to her acting roles on television, Sarah is an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Association and consistently speaks on the matter. Sarah has hosted their annual Sardi's event three years in a row and presented at the organization's final Sardi's event in March 2016. Sarah currently resides on both east and west coasts with her husband and two daughters and travels back and forth to Toronto for work.

Movies for Sarah Rafferty...

Title: My Life with the Walter Boys
Character: Dr. Katherine Walter
Released: December 7, 2023
Type: TV
When a tragedy disrupts her life, a teen moves in with her guardian's big family in a small town and learns new lessons about love, hope and friendship.
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Browse
Title: Browse
Released: July 7, 2020
Type: Movie
A solitary man becomes convinced that someone hacked into all of his devices and that they're being used to manipulate and control him.
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Suits: Retrospective Special
Title: Suits: Retrospective Special
Character: Donna Paulson / Self
Released: August 28, 2019
Type: Movie
In celebration of the final season of Suits, a look back at the most talked about moments of the drama series with all-new cast interviews.
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All Things Valentine
Title: All Things Valentine
Character: Avery Parker
Released: January 31, 2016
Type: Movie
Avery, a blogger with a string of disappointing Valentine’s Days, is ready to give up on love when she meets handsome veterinarian Brenden. When Avery finds out Brenden blames his recent break up on her blog and is the one leaving her angry comments, she begins to question whether the bond they’ve began to build is a true love story or yesterday’s news.
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Title: Chicago Med
Character: Dr. Pamela Blake
Released: November 17, 2015
Type: TV
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
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Title: Suits Webisodes
Character: Donna Paulsen
Released: July 1, 2012
Type: TV
Webisodes of USA Networks top rated TV series Suits.
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Title: Suits
Character: Donna Paulsen
Released: June 23, 2011
Type: TV
While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.
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Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Title: Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Character: Emily
Released: June 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Sarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend's pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in what's being ultra-sounded. When her sister lures her to L.A. for what ends up being a terrorizing baby shower, Sarah keeps her rental van and hits the road in search of the source of her anxiety: her estranged mother, now living off the grid. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts takes a comical, yet poignant look at one woman's coming-of-parenthood in the age of technology.
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Title: Samantha Who?
Character: Kayla Kaminski
Released: October 15, 2007
Type: TV
Samantha Newly has been a bad, bad girl. But thanks to an 8-day coma, she can't remember a thing. Fortunately her best friend Andrea is by her side with a cocktail and the 4-1-1 on every dirty deed. But the more Sam pieces together her past, the less she likes her old self. Maybe this is a chance to start over and do it all again.
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What If God Were the Sun?
Title: What If God Were the Sun?
Character: Rachel
Released: May 14, 2007
Type: Movie
A grieving nurse finds comfort and inspiration in her new assignment, where she meets a terminally ill woman with a quick with and strong faith.
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Title: Brothers and Sisters
Character: Gloria Pierson-Davenport
Released: September 24, 2006
Type: TV
The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.
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Falling for Grace
Title: Falling for Grace
Character: Sydney
Released: March 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Grace is a Chinese American who longs to be a part of New York's high society. At a socialite event, she is mistaken for a Hong Kong heiress and meets her Prince Charming. Nothing is as it seems absorbing drama. What will happen to this Cinderella when the clock strikes midnight?
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Title: Bones
Character: Katie Selnick
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
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Title: Grey's Anatomy
Character: Suzanne Britland
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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Title: Second Time Around
Character: Daphne Fitzgerald
Released: September 20, 2004
Type: TV
Second Time Around is an American sitcom
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Title: Tremors
Character: Dr. Casey Matthews
Released: March 28, 2003
Type: TV
Inspired by the cult classic Tremors movies, locals attempt to coexist with the monstrous, man-eating Graboids, Shriekers, and Ass-blasters, which are now on a "protected species" list.
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Title: Without a Trace
Character: Patty Morrison
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: TV
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Title: CSI: Miami
Character: Melissa Starr
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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Title: 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
Character: Danielle
Released: September 17, 2002
Type: TV
8 Simple Rules is an American sitcom television series originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as middle-class parents Paul and Cate Hennessy, raising their three children. Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson and Martin Spanjers co-starred as their teenage kids: Bridget, Kerry and Rory Hennessy. The series ran on ABC from September 17, 2002, to April 15, 2005. The first season focused on Paul being left in charge of the children after Cate takes a full-time job as a nurse, with comedic emphasis on his often strict rules concerning his daughters and dating. The series' name and premise were derived from the book 8 Simple Rules by W. Bruce Cameron.
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Speakeasy
Title: Speakeasy
Character: Nurse
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
After being randomly brought together in a car accident, two strangers develop a friendship based on their shared relationship with a deaf man. This common bond will lead them down a new path of personal awakening... and force them to each confront secrets buried in the past!
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Sandra Dunbar
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Title: Six Feet Under
Character: Rachel Mortimer
Released: June 3, 2001
Type: TV
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Terry Minden
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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Mambo Café
Title: Mambo Café
Character: Amy
Released: April 21, 2000
Type: Movie
A beautiful Puerto Rican girl and her family in Spanish harlem devise a novel plan to attract business to their restaurant, causing a wildly comic sequence of events ending in near disaster.
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Title: Charmed
Character: Carol
Released: October 7, 1998
Type: TV
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Jennifer Shaliga
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.