Born in Oakland, California, raised by New England, Sara honed her studies of theatre and English literature working primarily in and around New York City.
A graduate of The National Theatre Institute and Connecticut College, Sara’s acted with Soho Rep, The Players Club, The Drama Dept., Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Dorset Theatre Festival, The Williamstown Theatre Festival and many other playhouses. As an improvisor, she studied and performed at the original UCB and People’s Improv Theatres. She’s recorded with Scholastic, Hachette, MacMillian Audio, Recorded Books, Audible and more, and is a volunteer literacy mentor.
Appearing on MTV, Nickelodeon, HBO, Comedy Central, and NBC, and in award-winning films at the Cannes and Tribeca film festivals, Sara received a Best Actress award from The Downbeach Film Festival and worked formative jobs and internships with Clinica Estetico, New Line Cinema, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Favoring clear communication, she follows words supported by constructive action, intelligence, kindness and equality. What rings truest about the human condition - its fallacies and triumphs, its miraculous tenacity despite seemingly unbeatable odds - finds home in her dialogue, poetry, performance, and fiction in a very contradictive world : blah blibby blah blah blah. She has a mindful yoga practice, studies the philosphies of Jesus, Buddha, and comedy, leaves a very small carbon footprint, and is lousy at writing bios for her job. Her poetry’s good though - read that instead. :)
contact: sara.barnett.creative.arts@gmail.com