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Sarah Sutherland

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Sarah Sutherland
Born (1988-02-18) February 18, 1988 (age 36)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materTisch School of Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
FatherKiefer Sutherland
RelativesDonald Sutherland
(paternal grandfather)
Shirley Douglas
(paternal grandmother)
Tommy Douglas
(great-grandfather)
Rossif Sutherland (paternal half-uncle)
Angus Sutherland (paternal half-uncle)
Adam Sinclair
(half-brother-in-law)

Sarah Sutherland (born February 18, 1988)[1] is a Canadian-American actress, best known for her role as Catherine Meyer in Veep.

Early life, family and education

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Sutherland was born in Los Angeles to actor Kiefer Sutherland and his first wife, Camelia Kath. She is the granddaughter of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, and great-granddaughter of Canadian politician Tommy Douglas.[2] She has an older half sister named Michelle Kath (from her mother's marriage to Terry Kath) who is married to actor Adam Sinclair.[3]

As a teen, Sutherland trained at the Crossroads Drama Conservatory in Los Angeles, before heading to New York to study at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[4] In her final semester, she wrote and acted in a one-woman play, The Skin of a Grape.[2]

Career

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With her Veep castmates, Sutherland won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for the series' sixth season.[5]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2012–2019 Veep Catherine Meyer TV series (43 episodes)
2013 Beneath the Harvest Sky Emma
2013 Innocence Jen
2014 The Newsroom Mary Episode: "Oh Shenandoah"
2015 Chronic Nadia Wilson
2017 Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories Dayna Episode: "The Demotion"
2018 What They Had Mary
2020 The Kid Detective Lucy
2021 Like a House on Fire Dara

References

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  1. ^ "Sarah Sutherland". The Times of India. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "The 'Veep'-'24' Connection: Yes, That's Kiefer's Kid Playing Julia's Daughter". May 1, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Kiefer steps out in style for wedding of step-daughter". The Herald. May 7, 2004. p. 15.
  4. ^ "The First Daughter". June 23, 2016.
  5. ^ "SAG Awards: 'Veep' Wins Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series". The Hollywood Reporter. January 21, 2018.
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