Sarah Brown’s Biography
Date of birth (location)
18 February 1975
Eureka, California, USA
Is a single mother and has a daughter, Jordan
Three time Emmy winning actress Sarah Brown began her acting career at the prestigious Los Angeles High School for the Performing Arts. On her nineteenth birthday, Sarah began her professional acting career when she was chosen as the series lead on the popular children’s series “VR Troopers” which aired worldwide making her a household name with children everywhere. Two short years later Sarah auditioned for a lead role in the ABC daytime series “General Hospital.” In what would soon become an oft-told story, Sarah dazzled the producers with a fearless performance that instantly won her the role of tortured troublemaker Carly Benson.
The fearless audition proved to be an indicator of things to come as Sarah began a five-year journey as one of daytime TV’s most memorable characters. Her work during those years (1996-2001) won her the respect of her peers, the love and loyalty of fans around the world, the acclaim of critics and an unprecedented four Emmy nominations with three Emmy wins all before she was twenty-five. Throughout her run on “GH,” Sarah appeared on stage in productions of “Much Ado About Nothing,” “The Rainmaker,” and “Cyrano de Bergerac.” In April 2001, Sarah made the decision to pursue new challenges beyond daytime television.
“GH” fans responded by sending tens of thousands of letters to ABC and also directly to Disney/ABC Chairman Michael Eisner pleading with him to change Sarah’s mind. The outpouring of affection to keep Sarah on the show hit magazines and newspapers worldwide but ultimately Sarah held to her conviction that it was time to move on. TV Guide, the magazine that voted Sarah “one of the finest actors” in her first year on “General Hospital,” bid the twenty-six year old actress a touching farewell in May, 2001 saying “We’ll miss Sarah Brown, a superb, ferocious actress of unparalleled complexity.”
Delivering on the promise of TV Guide’s review Sarah has spent 2003-2004 appearing on hit television series on virtually every network including, “Without a Trace,” (CBS) “The Lyon’s Den,” and “Crossing Jordan,” (NBC) “L.A. Dragnet,” (ABC) “For the People,” and “Strong Medicine,” (Lifetime). She has also been featured in recurring roles on “Mysterious Ways,” (NBC/PAX) and “10-8: Officers on Duty” (ABC). Most recently Sarah starred in the torn from the headlines USA television movie “The Perfect Husband.” The film examines the controversial case of alleged killer Scott Peterson. The film aired in Febuary 2004 and boasted the highest ratings the network has ever had for a MOW.
Sarah has since guest starred on many different shows. In 2006, she played a bad girl in “Monk”, and had a spot on “Big Momma’s House 2″ with Martin Lawrence. In 2007, she got a lead spot on “Company Man,” unfortunately, it did not make it through pilot season.
But, Sarah bounced back with 3 more shows. A great guest-spot on Fox’s “K-Ville,” playing Eileen McGillis, starring in a Lifetime movie “It Was Once of Us” as Emily Winstead, and a compelling 2-part guest spot on TNT’s, “The Closer.”
In 2008, Sarah returned to television and General Hospital once again, playing a new character, Claudia Zacchara, who is looking to be as complex and interesting as Carly was.
Memorable Quotes
“I was nervous about going back to daytime, to be honest. My first week of the show I was a mess. I couldn’t get it. I’m like, ‘Wait a minute. This is too fast. Can we rehearse this just for fun?’” – Soap Opera Weekly, 9/14/04
“You can’t play somebody for five years and not expect to see it seep into your personality. What I created on GENERAL HOSPITAL came from who I am as a woman.” – Weekly, 8/21/01
“You feel gross if you have six tons of some pancake makeup on and look like Benny Hill. I’d look at it at go, ‘This makeup is passe. It’s not hip. It’s not hot.’” – Weekly, 5/10/00
“I don’t have a big ego. I mean, I do, yes, but not in terms of how good I am. Not at all. I mean ego in terms of what I think I’m capable of. And what I expect from myself.” – Weekly, 1/23/99
Trivia
Her full name is Sarah Joy Brown.
She went to 13 different schools before graduating from high school, but called it the best education possible.
She’s 5 feet 5 inches tall.
Classmates at Santa Monica College used to have to push start her old blue bucket of rust down Pico Boulevard just to get it started after acting class.
