Sarah Butler (actress)
American actress
Sarah Butler
Born Sarah Elizabeth Butler
(1985-02-11 ) February 11, 1985 (age 39) Nationality American Occupation Actress Years active 2004–present Spouse
Children 1
Sarah Elizabeth Butler (born February 11, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Jennifer Hills in the I Spit on Your Grave film series.[1]
Early life
A native of Puyallup, Washington , Butler was interested in the arts while growing up; she sang in choirs, entered singing competitions, and performed in high school and community theatre . She graduated from Rogers High School in 2003.[2] Butler relocated to Los Angeles to study theatre at the University of Southern California , and then played Princess Belle in Beauty and the Beast , for a year and a half at Disneyland . She dropped out of college, focused on finding a talent agent , and began auditioning for work in television and film.[3]
Career
Butler guest-starred on the television series CSI: Miami and CSI: NY .[1] She was cast in the film A Couple of White Chicks at the Hair Dresser and the 2008 Syfy TV horror film Flu Bird Horror .[4] She had a role that year on the web series Luke 11:17 , directed by Don Stark .[5] She also had a recurring role on the web series I Heart Vampires .[6]
Butler won the lead in the 2010 rape and revenge thriller I Spit on Your Grave , a remake of the 1978 cult film of the same title . Although initially put off by the film's nudity and violence, the film's strong character arc and "feminist edge" helped convince her to take the role.[7] Butler starred as Jennifer Hills , a novelist who is brutally gang raped while staying at a cabin in the woods; her character then seeks revenge on her rapists. Directed by Steven R. Monroe , the film was released on October 8.[1]
Butler began filming the psychological thriller The Stranger Within , alongside Estella Warren and William Baldwin in Mallorca, Spain in November 2011. The film was also scheduled to shoot in Copenhagen, Denmark and New York City .[8] Butler then joined the cast of the independent thriller Treachery , starring Michael Biehn , which began filming in Los Angeles in June 2012.[9] In 2013, Butler starred in the horror film The Demented , with Michael Welch and Kayla Ewell ,[10] and the anthology film Tom Holland's Twisted Tales , playing a bomb disposal expert in the segment "Boom".[11] In 2014, she played a murder victim in the episode "Once Upon a Time in the West " of the ABC television drama Castle .[12]
In 2015, Butler reprised her role as Jennifer Hills in I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine , a sequel to 2010's I Spit on Your Grave .[13] Butler co-starred with Lindsay Hartley and Traci Lords in the 2016 Lifetime TV film Nightmare Nurse .[14] She also played a comedian in Debra Eisenstadt 's film Before The Sun Explodes , which premiered at the 2016 South by Southwest film festival.[15] Butler guest starred on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy , playing Danielle in the episode "You Haven't Done Nothin' ".[2] In 2017, she starred with Charles Shaughnessy in Moontrap Target Earth , produced by the makers of the 1989 sci-fi film Moontrap .[16] She also starred in the Lifetime TV film Infidelity in Suburbia as Laura, a woman who begins an extramarital relationship. [17] Butler also appears in the film Doubting Thomas .[18] Most recently, Butler joined the cast of writer/director Chris Blake's indie horror film All Light Will End , alongside Andy Buckley , John Schuck and Sam Jones III .[19]
Personal life
On June 10, 2021, she married musician Mel Elias, after seven years of dating.[20]
Filmography
References
^ a b c Truitt, Brian (October 8, 2010). "Sarah Butler runs emotional and physical gauntlet for 'I Spit on Your Grave' " . USA Weekend . Retrieved October 15, 2010 .
^ a b Jasmin, Ernest (November 23, 2016). "Puyallup native Sarah Butler returns to discuss new film "Before the Sun Explodes" " . Tacoma Weekly . Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .
^ Vanairsdale, S. T. (October 4, 2010). "The Verge: Sarah Butler Takes on the Notorious I Spit on Your Grave" . Movieline . Retrieved October 15, 2010 .
^ "Sarah Butler Pictures at the Premiere Of "I Spit On Your Grave" " . Zimbio . October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2010 .
^ Hustvedt, Marc (September 22, 2008). " 'Luke 11:17′ is a Steamy Trip to Dark Side" . Tubefilter News . Retrieved October 15, 2010 .
^ Truitt, Brian (October 16, 2010). "Screaming sirens: Meet Danielle Harris and Sarah Butler" . USA Today . Retrieved October 16, 2010 .
^ Volmers, Eric (October 1, 2010). " 'Wuss' actress Sarah Butler turns bad in remake of Spit on Your Grave" . Calgary Herald . Retrieved October 15, 2010 . [permanent dead link ]
^ SeanD (November 18, 2011). "Exclusive: I Spit on Your Grave's Sarah Butler to Appear in The Stranger Inside" . Dread Central . Retrieved December 10, 2011 .
^ McNary, Dave (May 3, 2012). "Thesps line up for indie 'Treachery' " . Variety . Retrieved May 3, 2012 .
^ Alvarez, Olivia Flores (July 30, 2013). "Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: Filly Brown, Night Across the Street and More" . Houston Press . Retrieved August 3, 2013 .
^ Hallam, Scott (March 18, 2014). "Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (DVD) Review" . Dread Central. Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Garofalo, Alex (November 17, 2014). " 'Castle' Season 7 Spoilers: Rick And Beckett Solve A Case On Their Honeymoon In Episode 7; What Happened In 'Once Upon A Time In The West'?" . International Business Times . Retrieved December 9, 2014 .
^ Squires, John (August 31, 2015). "I Spit On Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine Taken by Anchor Bay" . Dread Central. Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
^ Foley, Jack (February 26, 2016). "Gilroy actor Steven Good appears in TV film role" . Gilroy Dispatch . Retrieved March 3, 2016 .
^ Agresta, Michael (March 15, 2016). "SXSW Film Review: Before the Sun Explodes" . The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved March 18, 2016 .
^ Moore, Debi (September 7, 2014). "Bruce Campbell Sci-Fi Chiller Moontrap Getting a 25th Anniversary Blu-ray; Sequel Coming Next Year" . Dread Central. Retrieved February 10, 2015 .
^ Levine, Daniel S. (February 25, 2017). " 'Infidelity In Suburbia': Meet the Cast of Lifetime's New Movie" . Heavy.com . Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
^ "Will McFadden Headlining Anthony O'Brien's 'Doubting Thomas' " . The Hollywood Reporter . September 30, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .
^ "All Light Will End, USA 2018" . Horrorpedia. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-04-15 .
^ @misssarahbutler (16 June 2021). "Seven years after meeting my match, our souls were rejoined in marriage on June 10, 2021" – via Instagram .
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