Sarah Gadon

Sarah Gadon
Gadon promoting Cosmopolis at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
Born	April 4, 1987[1] Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present

Sarah Gadon (born April 4, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She had film roles in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis. She has guest starred in a number of notable television series including Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Dark Oracle, Doc, In a Heartbeat, La Femme Nikita, Life with Derek and Mutant X. She also does voice-acting for Mattimeo, My Dad the Rock Star, Ruby Gloom, Total Drama and Wayside. In 2015 she featured alongside Jamie Dornan and Aaron Paul in Miramax's supernatural thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax. In 2016, she starred in the Hulu adaptation of Stephen King's miniseries 11.22.63.

Personal life

Gadon was born in Toronto, Ontario, to a psychologist father and teacher mother.^[2] 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.^[3] She graduated high school as an Ontario Scholar from Vaughan Road Academy in 2005.^[4] By 2014, she had completed her studies in the University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute at Innis College.^[5][6]

Career

Gadon started acting at the age of 10 with her first acting role as Julia in an episode of La Femme Nikita (1998). For the next few years, she took episodic roles in various television series, including Monica in Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1999), Young Laura Burnham in Twice in a Lifetime (2000), Catherine Hartman in Mutant X (2002), Vicki in Life with Derek (2005) and Tasha Redford in Flashpoint (2008).

She also has a number of television films to her credit. She was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Ensemble in a TV movie for her first film, The Other Me (2000), portraying Heather. Other roles include Samantha in What Girls Learn (2001), Amanda in Cadet Kelly (2002), Julia Norton in Code Breakers (2005) and Celeste Mercier in The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream (2008).

Gadon had a recurring role in many television series: Zoe Kessler in The Border (2008-2009), Katie Atkins in Being Erica (2009), Georgia Bravin in Happy Town (2010) and Ruby Odgen in Murdoch Mysteries (2009–11). She is also behind the voice of the title character in the animated series Ruby Gloom (2006–07), Beth in Total Drama (2007-2011) and Portia in Friends and Heroes (2007–09). Sarah was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2008 for Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series for her work in Ruby Gloom (2008). She shared in this nomination with Emily Hampshire.

In 2005, she filmed for Where Love Reigns, a promotional film co-starring Douglas Henshall.^[7]

Gadon at the 18th CFC Annual Gala and Auction

Her filmography includes both feature length and short 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 Bartlett (2007) and Laura in Leslie, My Name is Evil (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 Teddy Bears, as Madison^[8] and Carl Jung's wife, Emma, in David Cronenberg's film, A Dangerous Method. She starred in Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, alongside Robert Pattinson, as his on-screen wife of 22 days, Elise Shifirin. She is cast in the television adaptation of Ken Follett’s global bestseller World Without End as an eight-hour event series.^[9]

She featured in Brandon Cronenberg's debut feature, Antiviral (2011) as Hannah Geist, a mega-star in a sci-fi world where fans pay to be infected with the diseases of the rich and famous.^[10][11]

Her next role was a Canadian short film, Yellow Fish, alongside J. Adam Brown.^[12] On May 23, 2012 in Cannes, Birks presented the first Birks Canadian Diamond award to Gadon and Emily Hampshire during Telefilm Canada's inaugural Tribute To Canadian Talent press event and reception.^[13] She played Lady Elizabeth Murray in the 2013 release of the film Belle.

She co-starred in Denis Villeneuve's Enemy (2013), based on the José Saramago book, The Double (2002),^[14] and in David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars (2014), a dark comic look at Hollywood excess.^[15]

She participated in the CBC "Canada Reads" competition in March 2014. In September 2014, it was announced that she was cast in Miramax's upcoming supernatural thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax, along with Jamie Dornan and Aaron Paul.^[16] Gadon played Dracula's wife Mirena (and briefly the modern-day Mina) in the historical action film Dracula Untold, released in October 2014.^[17]

Gadon made her directorial debut with an episode of Reelside, a documentary series, featuring her collaborative relationship with photographer Caitlin Cronenberg. The episode premiered on The Movie Network in Canada June 4, 2015.^[18]

Gadon will star opposite Logan Lerman in Indignation, an adaptation of Philip Roth's 2008 novel of the same name. In 2016 she will star opposite James Franco in a television mini-series version of Stephen King's novel 11/22/63,^[19] and with Fan Bingbing in the 2015 action thriller film The Chopper.

In late-2015, Gadon appeared as Princess Elizabeth in A Royal Night Out, a heavily fictionalized account of the future Queen's incognito night on the town, along with her sister Princess Margaret, on the evening of VE Day.

Filmography

Film

Gadon in 2011

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Fast Food High	Zoe
2004	Siblings	Margaret
2007	Charlie Bartlett	Priscilla
2007	Burgeon and Fade	Haley	Short
2008	Orange Avenue	Julia MacMillan	Short
2008	Spolitation	Gabriella	Short
2008	The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream	Celeste Mercier
2009	Manson, My Name Is Evil	Laura
2011	Dangerous Method, AA Dangerous Method	Emma Jung
2011	Moth Diaries, TheThe Moth Diaries	Lucy Blake
2011	Dream House	Cindi
2012	Bear Hug	Madison	Short
2012	Antiviral	Hannah Geist
2012	Cosmopolis	Elise Shifrin
2012	Yellow Fish	Cait	Short film
2013	Enemy	Helen St. Claire
2013	Belle	Lady Elizabeth Murray
2013	What If	Megan
2014	Nut Job, TheThe Nut Job	Lana	Voice
2014	Amazing Spider-Man 2, TheThe Amazing Spider-Man 2	Kari
2014	Maps to the Stars	Clarice Taggart
2014	Dracula Untold	Mirena / Mina
2015	Girl King, TheThe Girl King	Ebba Sparre	Filming
2015	The 9th Life of Louis Drax	Natalie	Filming
2015	A Royal Night Out	Princess Elizabeth
2016	Indignation	Olivia Hutton	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	La Femme Nikita	Julia	Episode: "Last Night"
1999	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Monica	Episode: "The Tale of the Forever Game"
2000	Twice in a Lifetime	Young Laura Burnham	Episode: "Even Steven"
2000	Other Me, TheThe Other Me	Heather	Movie
2000	In a Heartbeat	Jennifer	2 episodes
2000	Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall	Cynthia Vole / Tess Churchmouse	Voice Regular role (13 episodes)
2001	What Girls Learn	Samantha	Movie
2002	Mutant X	Catherine Hartman	Episode: "Whiter Shade of Pale"
2002	Cadet Kelly	Amanda	Movie
2002	Mom's on Strike	Jessica Harris	Movie
2002	Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz, TheThe Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz	Lucy Montgomery	Movie
2002	Society's Child	Nikki Best	Voice Movie
2003	Doc	Terri Lewis	Episode: "Angels in Waiting"
2003	My Dad the Rock Star	Alyssa	Voice 26 episodes
2004	This Is Wonderland	Zoe Kelsey	Episode: "1.13"
2004	Dark Oracle	Claudia	Episode: "Crushed"
2004–05	Eleventh Hour, TheThe Eleventh Hour	Cassie Redner	Episodes: "Gone Baby Gone", "Kettle Black"
2005	Time Warp Trio	Jodie (voice)	Series Regular
2005	Life with Derek	Vicki	Episode: "The Wedding"
2005	Code Breakers	Julia Nolan	Movie
2006–07	Ruby Gloom	Ruby Gloom	Voice Main role (40 episodes)
2007–09	Friends and Heroes	Portia	Voice Main role (35 episodes)
2007–10	Total Drama	Beth	Voice Regular role (47 episodes)
2008	Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream, TheThe Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream	Celeste Mercier	Movie
2008	Flashpoint	Tasha Redford	Episode: "Attention Shoppers"
2008–09	Border, TheThe Border	Zoe Kessler	Recurring role (14 episodes)
2009	Aaron Stone	Dr. Martin	Episode: "In Hall We Trust"
2009	Being Erica	Katie Atkins	Recurring role (14 episodes)
2009–11	Murdoch Mysteries	Ruby Ogden	4 episodes
2010	Happy Town	Georgia Bravin	Main role (8 episodes)
2010	Dating Guy, TheThe Dating Guy	Darlene	Voice Episode: "Gross Encounters of the Virgin Kind"
2012	World Without End	Philippa	Miniseries
2015	Reelside	Self	Documentary, Episode Director
2016	Man Seeking Woman	Kelly	1 episode
2016	11.22.63	Sadie Dunhill	Main role (8 episodes)

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations

Year	Title of work	Award	Category	Result	Notes
2001	Other Me, TheThe Other Me	Young Artist Award	Best Ensemble in a TV Movie	Nominated	Shared with Andrew Lawrence, Brenden Jefferson, Tyler Hynes and Alison Pill
2003	Ruby Gloom	Gemini Award	Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series	Nominated	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	ACTRA Awards	Outstanding Performance - Female	Nominated	Awarded to Rosemary Dunsmore
2012	Cosmopolis	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film[20]	Won
2014	Enemy	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Won

References

1. "Sarah Gadon: Biography". TV Guide. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
2. Brian D. Johnson (June 1, 2012). "Sarah Gadon: this smart blonde didn’t let Cannes go to her head". Maclean's. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
3. "A Dangerous Method -Cast and Crew". Retrieved November 14, 2011.
4. Alison Broverman (June 2010). "Sarah Gadon Our area’s star-in-waiting dishes on her spooky new TV show, a recent brush with Bond and growing up in Bayview". Bayview Post via postcity.com (Post City Magazines, Inc.). Retrieved November 10, 2015.
5. "Q&A with ‘Rising Star’ and Cinema Studies student Sarah Gadon". University of Toronto. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
6. "Actors, screenwriters, alumni and students celebrate re-opening of Innis Town Hall". University of Toronto News. March 13, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
7. "Where Love Reigns". douglashenshall.com. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
8. "The Origin of Teddy Bears". Indiegogo. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
9. "Sarah Gadon Plays Phillippa". world-without-end.tv. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
10. "Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell Join 'Antiviral'". The Hollywood Reporter. November 3, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
11. Chris Knight (October 9, 2012). "Antiviral’s Sarah Gadon examines the process behind performance". National Post. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
12. "Yellow Fish". viff.org. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
13. "The first Birks Canadian Diamond awards were presented to Emily Hampshire and Sarah Gadon last night at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival". newswire.ca (CNW Group). May 24, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
14. "Jake Gyllenhaal's An Enemy Adds Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, & Isabella Rossellini". cinemablend.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
15. Kevin Jagernauth (May 8, 2013). "Mia Wasikowska & More Join David Cronenberg's 'Maps To The Stars,' Some Story Details Revealed". The Playlist, Indiewire. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
16. Jen Yamato (September 24, 2014). "Sarah Gadon Joins Miramax’s ‘The 9th Life Of Louis Drax’". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
17. "Sarah Gadon Under ‘Dracula’ Spell for Universal". Variety. May 2, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
18. "Reelside". The Movie Network. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
19. Jaafar, Ali (April 6, 2015). "Sarah Gadon & Logan Lerman Join James Schamus’ Directorial Debut ‘Indignation’". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
20. "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 13th Annual Award Winners". Vancouver Film Critics. January 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.

External links

• Sarah Gadon at the Internet Movie Database
• Sarah Gadon on Twitter