Biography
of


Sarah Clarke

Name-Sarah Lively Clarke 
Born-February 16 1972 
St.Louis,Missouri, US
Age-40
Nick Name-Creathon
Height-5' 4" (1.63 m) 
Occupation-Actress
Years Active-2000–present
Spouse-Xander Berkeley (2002–present), 2 children


Sara Clarke                                                                                          
Sarah Clarke (born February 16, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her role as Nina Myers on 24, and also for her roles as Renée Dwyer, Bella Swan's mother, in the 2008 film Twilight as well as Erin McGuire on the short-lived TV show, Trust Me.


Early Life                                                                                             

Clarke was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Carolyn, a homemaker, and Ernest Clarke, an engineer.

She attended John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri, and Indiana University, where she studied Fine Arts and Italian. While a student at IU, Clarke became a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was initiated into the Beta chapter in 1990.

Clarke first became interested in acting while studying abroad during her senior year in Bologna, Italy. Upon returning to the United States, she began studying architectural photography. She received free acting lessons in return for taking photographs of a cultural arts center, and she studied acting atCircle in the Square Theatre School, Axis Theater Company, and The Willow Cabin Theatre Company.

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larke began her acting career with an appearance in a 1999 award-winning commercial for Volkswagen. She followed this with a role in the 2000 short film Pas de deux and received an Outstanding Performance award at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Clarke's career soon blossomed with minor roles, including films All About George in 2000 and The Accident in 2001, as well as television shows such as Ed and Sex and the City.

In 2001, Clarke auditioned for the role of CTU agent Nina Myers on 24. She won the role on the day that filming began. The wardrobe department didn't have time to fit her, so she had to wear her own outfit for the entire season of filming. In her three seasons with the show, Clarke was featured in a total of 36 episodes. Clarke won a Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series for this role.Clarke also lent her voice to 24: The Game, as her 24 character, Nina Myers.

She has guest-starred on House and Life. She played Renée Dwyer, Bella Swan's mother, in Twilight, She accepted a leading role on new TNT series entitled Trust Me, opposite Eric McCormack and Thomas Cavanagh. The series premiered on January 26, 2009 to positive reviews, though it was cancelled after one season due to declining ratings. In 2010, Clarke reprised her role as Renée Dwyer in Eclipse, the third movie in the Twilight series.

Personal Life                                                                                  

Clarke met her husband, Xander Berkeley, while on the set of 24 (he played her supervisor, George Mason) and they were married in September 2002, a year after meeting. They have two daughters: Olwyn Harper (born on September 23, 2006) and Rowan (born c. March 2010).

Filmography                                                                                             

Year	Film	Role	Type	Notes
2000	Pas de deux	The Clown	Film	as Sarah Lively
	All About George	Catherine	Film	as Sarah Lively
	Sex and the City	Melinda Peters	TV series	1 episode as Sarah Lively
2001	24	Nina Myers	TV series	36 episodes (2001–2004)
	The Accident	Reeny	Film
	Ed	Kara Parsons	TV series	1 episode as Sarah Lively
2002	Emmett's Mark	Sarah	Film	aka Killing Emmett Young
2003	Thirteen	Birdie	Film
	The Third Date	Katrina	Film
	Karen Sisco	Barbara Simmons	TV series	1 episode (uncredited)
2004	Below the Belt	Company Spokesperson	Film	aka Human Error
2005	Happy Endings	Diane	Film
	House	Carly Forlano	TV series	1 episode
	Psychic Driving	Selma	Film
	E-Ring	Jim's Wife	Unaired pilot
	Las Vegas	Olivia Duchey	TV series	2 episodes
2006	A House Divided	Jackie	TV movie
	24: The Game	Nina Myers	Video game	voice
	Commander in Chief	Christine Chambers	TV series	1 episode
	The Lather Effect	Claire		aka One More Night
2007	Alibi	Sarah Winters	TV movie
	The Colony	Olga	Film
	Life	Mary Ann Farmer	TV series	1 episode
2008	Twilight	Renée Dwyer	Film
	The Cleaner	Lauren Keenan	TV series	1 episode
	Wainy Days	Rebecca	TV series	1 episode
2009	Women in Trouble	Maxine McPherson	Film
	Trust Me	Erin McGuire	TV series	13 episodes
	Bedrooms	Janet	Film
2010	Men of a Certain Age	Dori	TV series	4 episodes
	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Renée Dwyer	Film
	Below the Beltway	Anne	Film
	The Booth at the End	Sister Carmel	Web series	5 episodes
2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1	Renée Dwyer	Film
	Nikita	Katya Udinov	TV series

References                                                                                      

1.  "Sarah Clarke Biography on filmreference.com".
2.  "Sarah Clarke Biography on TV.com".
3. "Sarah Clarke biodata at www.hollywood.com".

                                                                                                                                                                                            

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