Sarah Gadon is a Canadian actress. She acted in
David CronenbergDavid Paul Cronenberg, OC, FRSC is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the...
's
A Dangerous MethodA Dangerous Method is a 2011 historical film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Vincent Cassel...
and
CosmopolisCosmopolis is an upcoming drama film starring Robert Pattinson and directed by David Cronenberg. It is based on the novel of the same name by Don DeLillo.-Cast:* Robert Pattinson as Eric Packer* Jay Baruchel as Shiner* Paul Giamatti as Benno Levin...
. She has guest starred in number of notable television series including
Are You Afraid of the Dark?Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...
,
Dark OracleDark Oracle is a Canadian produced TV series that premiered in 2004 on the popular Canadian channel YTV. It was created by Jana Sinyor , and co-developed by Heather Conkie...
,
DocDoc is a medical drama/family drama with strong Christian undertones starring Billy Ray Cyrus as Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy, a Montana doctor who takes a job in a New York City medical clinic. It ran from March 11, 2001 to November 28, 2004 on PAX...
,
In a HeartbeatIn a Heartbeat is a Disney Channel Original Series inspired by real life EMT squads whose staff consists of high school students located all over the country that premiered in 2000 and ran from 2000-2001. The series follows the lives of several teenagers who volunteer as part-time EMTs while going...
,
La Femme Nikita,
Life with DerekLife with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005 and ran for four seasons ending on March 25, 2009. The series starred Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as the...
, and
Mutant XMutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Marvel Studios, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects...
. She has voice acted for
MattimeoRedwall is a television series made by Canada-based Nelvana and France-based Alphanim and is based on the Redwall novels by Brian Jacques. The series currently spans three seasons, the first based on the first book Redwall, the second on Mattimeo and the third on Martin the Warrior...
,
My Dad the Rock StarMy Dad the Rock Star is an animated television series created by Gene Simmons of KISS fame, and produced by Canadian company Nelvana for the Canadian based channel Teletoon...
,
Ruby GloomRuby Gloom is an animated television show based on an apparel franchise. The show is produced by Nelvana and began airing on October 13, 2006 in Canada on the network YTV...
,
Total DramaTotal Drama is a Canadian animated television series that parodies reality television, with the characters consisting of the eponymous fictional reality series and the contestants therein. All of the contestants have distinct personalities that serve as a main plot point...
, and
WaysideWayside may refer to:*Wayside, a word for the trackside in rail terminology* Wayobjects, trackside objects*Wayside , an early version of As Friends Rust...
.
Career
Gadon started acting at the age of 10, her first role was Julia in an episode of
La Femme Nikita (1998). For the next few years, Sarah took episodic roles in various television series including Monica in
Are You Afraid of the Dark?Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...
(1999), Young Laura Burnham in
Twice in a LifetimeTwice in a Lifetime may refer to:* Twice in a Lifetime , a Canadian mystery/drama series* Twice in a Lifetime , a 1985 film starring Gene Hackman* Twice in a Lifetime , a TV film starring Ernest Borgnine...
(2000), Catherine Hartman in
Mutant XMutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Marvel Studios, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects...
(2002), Vicki in
Life with DerekLife with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005 and ran for four seasons ending on March 25, 2009. The series starred Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as the...
(2005) and Tasha Redford in
FlashpointFlashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and ran on CBS in the United States for its first three and a half seasons. In 2011, Ion Television began airing new episodes of the series in the United States...
(2008).
She also has a number of Television films to her credit. She was nominated for the
Young Artist AwardThe Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...
for Best Ensemble in a TV movie for her first film,
The Other MeThe Other Me is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie about a teenager who accidentally clones himself as a genius and ends up using his clone to pass school. The movie is the 23rd Disney Channel Original Movie and is based on the book Me Two by Mary C. Ryan.-Plot:Will Browning is a seventh grade...
(2000), portraying Heather. Other roles include Samantha in What Girls Learn(2001), Amanda in
Cadet KellyCadet Kelly is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Hilary Duff. The film premiered with 7.8 million viewers. It was Duff's second film where she played the main character, her first being the film Casper Meets Wendy...
(2002), Julia Norton in
Code Breakers (2005) and Celeste Mercier in
The Cutting Edge 3 (2008).
Sarah has had a recurring role in many television series, Zoe Kessler in
The BorderThe Border is a 1982 American film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates, Harvey Keitel and Valerie Perrine.-Plot:...
(2008-2009), Katie Atkins in
Being Erica (2009), Georgia Bravin in
Happy TownHappy Town is the third album by American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released in 1997. . The album contained the singles "Bitter" and "When My Ship Comes In" as well as the fan favorite "Half a Heart," and the satirical social commentary "Soldiers of Christ" where Sobule sings from the point...
(2010) and Ruby Odgen in
Murdoch MysteriesMurdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series that airs on Citytv, featuring Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the 1890s. The television series is based on the Detective Murdoch series of novels by Maureen Jennings. The fifth season was...
(2009-2011). She is also behind the voice of the title character in the animated series
Ruby GloomRuby Gloom is an animated television show based on an apparel franchise. The show is produced by Nelvana and began airing on October 13, 2006 in Canada on the network YTV...
(2006-2007), Beth in
Total Drama IslandTotal Drama Island is a Canadian animated television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality shows. The show and its sequel seasons are collectively referred to as the Total Drama series. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel Teletoon on July 8, 2007...
(2007) and Portia in
Friends and HeroesFriends and Heroes is a Christian children's program that currently airs on TBN, Smile of a Child, and was also shown on BBC TV. The show is both traditionally animated and computer animated . It takes place from 69 AD - 71 AD...
(2007-2009). Sarah was nominated for a
Gemini AwardThe Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
in 2008 for Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series for her work in
Ruby GloomRuby Gloom is an animated television show based on an apparel franchise. The show is produced by Nelvana and began airing on October 13, 2006 in Canada on the network YTV...
(2008). She shared in this nomination with
Emily HampshireEmily Hampshire is a Canadian film and television actress.She is most widely known to international audiences for her role as Angelina to Sean Astin's Michael in the 1998 romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl, and Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake, in which she starred opposite Sigourney Weaver and...
.
In 2005, she filmed for
Where Love Reigns, a promotional film co-starring
Douglas HenshallDouglas James Henshall is a Scottish actor probably best known for his role as Professor Nick Cutter in the British science fiction series Primeval.-Early life:...
.
Her filmography includes both feature and short length films. Her first feature film was
Fast Food High(2003) where she portrayed Zoe. She portrayed Margaret in the dark comedy Siblings, Priscilla in
Charlie BartlettCharlie Bartlett is a 2008 comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in order to become popular....
(2007) and Laura in
Leslie, My Name is Evil-Plot:Leslie is a troubled 1960s teenager who eventually becomes a follower of Charles Manson and is charged, convicted, and sentenced to death in the August, 1969, murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca...
(2009). Her short film work includes Haley in
Burgeon and Fade (2007), Julia in
Grange Avenue (2008) and Gabrielle in
Spoliation (2008).
Burgeon and Fade won the Special Jury Award at the WorldFest Houston Festival for original dramatic short film.
She stars in the short indie film,
The Origin of Tedddy Bears as Madison.
She was also cast in the
David CronenbergDavid Paul Cronenberg, OC, FRSC is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the...
film
A Dangerous MethodA Dangerous Method is a 2011 historical film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Vincent Cassel...
where she plays
Emma JungEmma Rauschenbach Jung, 30 March 1882 — 27 November 1955) was a psycho-analyst and author, the wife of Carl Jung, the prominent psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology.-Early life:...
,
Carl Jung'sCarl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and...
wife. She has appeared twice as a guest star on
Murdoch MysteriesMurdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series that airs on Citytv, featuring Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the 1890s. The television series is based on the Detective Murdoch series of novels by Maureen Jennings. The fifth season was...
as Dr. Ogden's sister, Ruby.
She will star in Cronenberg's
CosmopolisCosmopolis is an upcoming drama film starring Robert Pattinson and directed by David Cronenberg. It is based on the novel of the same name by Don DeLillo.-Cast:* Robert Pattinson as Eric Packer* Jay Baruchel as Shiner* Paul Giamatti as Benno Levin...
, alongside
Robert PattinsonRobert Douglas Thomas Pattinson is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...
as his on-screen wife of 22 days, Elise Shifirin.
She is cast in the TV adaptation of
Ken FollettKen Follett is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more than 100 million copies of his works. Four of his books have reached the number 1 ranking on the New York Times best-seller list: The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, and World Without End.-Early...
’s global bestseller
World Without End as an eight-hour event series.
Brandon Cronenberg has cast her in his debut feature,
Antiviral for which principle photography took place in November 2011.
Personal life
Gadon was born in Toronto, Ontario. She has an older brother named James. Gadon spent much of her childhood and adolescence training and performing as a dancer, with time spent as a Junior Associate at The National Ballet School of Canada and as a student at the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts. She was an
Ontario ScholarAn Ontario Scholar is any high school graduate in the Canadian province of Ontario who attains an average of 80% or higher in their six best grade 12 courses. Prior to the elimination of the Ontario Academic Credit in 2003 the award was limited to OAC courses....
in high school. Currently, she is a student at the
University of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
's Cinema Studies program.
Film
| Year |
Title |
Role |
| 2000 |
|
Heather |
| 2001 |
What Girls Learn |
Samantha |
| 2002 |
Society's Child |
Nikki Best |
| 2002 |
Cadet Kelly Cadet Kelly is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Hilary Duff. The film premiered with 7.8 million viewers. It was Duff's second film where she played the main character, her first being the film Casper Meets Wendy...
|
Amanda |
| 2002 |
Mom's On Strike |
Jessica Harris |
| 2003 |
Fast Food High |
Zoe |
| 2004 |
Siblings |
Margaret |
| 2005 |
Code Breakers |
Julia Nolan |
| 2005 |
Where Love Reigns |
Sabina Spielrein |
| 2007 |
Charlie BartlettCharlie Bartlett is a 2008 comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in order to become popular....
|
Priscilla |
| 2007 |
Burgeon and Fade |
Haley |
| 2008 |
|
Celeste Mercier |
| 2008 |
Grange Avenue |
Julia MacMillan |
| 2008 |
Spoliation |
Gabriella |
| 2009 |
Leslie, My Name Is Evil -Plot:Leslie is a troubled 1960s teenager who eventually becomes a follower of Charles Manson and is charged, convicted, and sentenced to death in the August, 1969, murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca...
|
Laura |
| 2011 |
The Moth Diaries The Moth Diaries is a 2011 Irish-Canadian horror film directed by Mary Harron based on a novel by the same name by Rachel Klein.-Reception:The film was shown Out of Competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:...
|
Lucie |
| 2011 |
|
Emma Jung |
| 2011 |
Dream House Dream House is a 2011 American thriller film directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, and Marton Csokas...
|
Cindi |
| 2011 |
The Origin of Tedddy Bears |
Madison |
| 2012 |
Cosmopolis Cosmopolis is an upcoming drama film starring Robert Pattinson and directed by David Cronenberg. It is based on the novel of the same name by Don DeLillo.-Cast:* Robert Pattinson as Eric Packer* Jay Baruchel as Shiner* Paul Giamatti as Benno Levin...
|
Elise Shifrin |
| 2012 |
Antiviral |
Hannah Geist |
Television
| Year |
Title |
Role |
| 1998 |
|
Julia |
| 1999 |
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...
|
Monica |
| 2000 |
Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall Redwall is a television series made by Canada-based Nelvana and France-based Alphanim and is based on the Redwall novels by Brian Jacques. The series currently spans three seasons, the first based on the first book Redwall, the second on Mattimeo and the third on Martin the Warrior...
|
Cynthia Vole |
| 2000 |
Twice in a Lifetime Twice in a Lifetime is a Canadian mystery/drama series that originally aired from 1999 to 2001. Created by Steve Sohmer, the series aired on CTV in Canada and PAX in the United States.-Synopsis:...
|
Young Laura Burnham |
| 2000 |
In A Heartbeat In a Heartbeat is a Disney Channel Original Series inspired by real life EMT squads whose staff consists of high school students located all over the country that premiered in 2000 and ran from 2000-2001. The series follows the lives of several teenagers who volunteer as part-time EMTs while going...
|
Jennifer |
| 2002 |
|
Lucy Montgomery |
| 2002 |
Mutant X Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Marvel Studios, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects...
|
Catherine Hartman |
| 2003 |
Doc Doc is a medical drama/family drama with strong Christian undertones starring Billy Ray Cyrus as Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy, a Montana doctor who takes a job in a New York City medical clinic. It ran from March 11, 2001 to November 28, 2004 on PAX...
|
Terri Lewis |
| 2003–2005 |
My Dad the Rock StarMy Dad the Rock Star is an animated television series created by Gene Simmons of KISS fame, and produced by Canadian company Nelvana for the Canadian based channel Teletoon...
|
Alyssa |
| 2004 |
Dark Oracle Dark Oracle is a Canadian produced TV series that premiered in 2004 on the popular Canadian channel YTV. It was created by Jana Sinyor , and co-developed by Heather Conkie...
|
Claudia |
| 2004–2005 |
Bury The Leader |
Cassie Redner |
| 2005 |
Time Warp Trio The Time Warp Trio is a book series written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith and later by Adam McCauley, which chronicles the adventures of three boys - Joe, Sam, and Fred - who travel through time and space with the aid of the mysterious Book.The storyline has been adapted into an...
|
Jodie |
| 2005 |
Life With Derek Life with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005 and ran for four seasons ending on March 25, 2009. The series starred Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as the...
|
Vicki |
| 2006–2007 |
Ruby GloomRuby Gloom is an animated television show based on an apparel franchise. The show is produced by Nelvana and began airing on October 13, 2006 in Canada on the network YTV...
|
Ruby Gloom |
| 2007 |
Total Drama IslandTotal Drama Island is a Canadian animated television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality shows. The show and its sequel seasons are collectively referred to as the Total Drama series. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel Teletoon on July 8, 2007...
|
Beth |
| 2007–2008 |
WaysideWayside is a Canadian animated television series created by Louis Sachar, developed and written by John Derevlany for Canadian television channel Teletoon. The series centers on Todd, a transfer student who attends Wayside, an offbeat educational institution based on Sachar's upbringing...
|
Rondi |
| 2007–2009 |
Friends and Heroes Friends and Heroes is a Christian children's program that currently airs on TBN, Smile of a Child, and was also shown on BBC TV. The show is both traditionally animated and computer animated . It takes place from 69 AD - 71 AD...
|
Portia |
| 2008 |
Flashpoint Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and ran on CBS in the United States for its first three and a half seasons. In 2011, Ion Television began airing new episodes of the series in the United States...
|
Tasha Redford |
| 2008–2009 |
|
Zoe Kessler |
| 2009 |
Aaron Stone Aaron Stone is a live-action, single-camera adventure series created by Bruce Kalish. Originally broadcast with the launch of Disney XD on February 13, 2009...
|
Dr.Martin |
| 2009 |
Being Erica |
Katie Atkins |
| 2009–2010 |
Murdoch Mysteries Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series that airs on Citytv, featuring Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the 1890s. The television series is based on the Detective Murdoch series of novels by Maureen Jennings. The fifth season was...
|
Ruby Ogden |
| 2009–2010 |
Total Drama ActionTotal Drama Action is a Canadian animated television series. It is the second season of the Total Drama series, which began with Total Drama Island. The show premiered in Teletoon at 6:30 pm ET/PT on January 11, 2009. This series was also created by the makers of 6teen, another Teletoon program...
|
Beth |
| 2010 |
Happy Town Happy Town is an American drama television series that premiered on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, and ended on June 16, 2010 on ABC. It was created by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg...
|
Georgia Bravin |
| 2012 |
|
Philippa |
Awards and nominations
List of awards and nominations
| Year |
Title of work |
Award |
Category |
Result |
Notes |
| 2001 |
|
Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...
|
Best Ensemble in a TV Movie |
|
Shared with Andrew Lawrence, Brenden Jefferson, Tyler Hynes and Alison Pill |
| 2003 |
Ruby GloomRuby Gloom is an animated television show based on an apparel franchise. The show is produced by Nelvana and began airing on October 13, 2006 in Canada on the network YTV...
|
Gemini Award The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
|
Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series |
|
Shared with: David Berni, Stacey DePass, Emily Hampshire, Jeremy Harris, Peter Keleghan, Scott McCord and Adrian Truss.(For the episode, "Hairless the Musical - part 1") |
| 2009 |
Flashpoint Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and ran on CBS in the United States for its first three and a half seasons. In 2011, Ion Television began airing new episodes of the series in the United States...
|
ACTRA Awards |
Outstanding Performance - Female |
|
Awarded to Rosemary Dunsmore |
External links