Sarah Allen

For other people named Sarah Allen, see Sarah Allen (disambiguation).

Sarah Allen
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Nelson, British Columbia[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present

Sarah Allen is a Canadian actress. She studied acting at the National Theatre School of Canada and graduated in 2002.

Being Human

Allen is perhaps best known for playing vampire Rebecca Flynt on SyFy's Being Human. For the role, she watched some of the original BBC version of the series and also researched vampire mythology.[2]

About her character Rebecca, Allen has said: "She definitely starts the series with a cross to bear.. you know, really angry and kind of 'guard up', but I think she makes a real effort to try to be good. She does make an effort to be good, and she wants to be, and she fails constantly, but I think that even [her] attempts in changing Bernie, the little boy, to a vampire...[were] done with good intentions...she really wanted to care for someone."[3]

About Rebecca's relationship with Aidan, she has said: "She keeps on fumbling through her existence as a vampire. She keeps trying to get involved with Aidan's life and just keeps messing up."[4]

She also mentioned once that having to drink fake blood on Being Human was like "drinking a tube of toothpaste".[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Secret Window Sheriff's Niece
2004 Built Like Light Esther Short film
2009 Stripped Naked Cassie Video
2010 How to Rid Your Lover of a Negative Emotion Caused by You! Sadie Short film
2010 St. Roz Cathy
2011 Oh Baby Short film
2012 On the Road Vicki
2013 The Husband Alyssa Andreas
2013 The Golden Ticket Melody Short film
2015 Beeba Boys Katya Drobot
2017 Purl Kat Short film
2018 Arlo Alone Short film
2019 Home in Time Kate Short film
2019 Strange But True Holly
2021 The Retreat Valerie [5]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Student Seduction Jenna TV film
2003 Wall of Secrets Carrie TV film
2003 The Reagans Girl #2 TV film
2004 Il Duce Canadese Colleen Kelly Lead role
2005 Human Trafficking Ludmilla Recurring role
2006 Booky Makes Her Mark Willa Thomson TV film
2006–2007 Jozi-H Dr. Jenny Langford Lead role; 13 episodes
2007 The Dead Zone Maggie Hollister Episode: "Switch"
2007 Black Swarm Jane Kozik TV film
2008 Voices Maggie TV film
2008 MVP Wanda Gilford Recurring role; 6 episodes
2009 Murdoch Mysteries Enid Jones Recurring role; 5 episodes
2009 Warehouse 13 Emily Krueger Episode: "Pilot"
2011 Little Mosque on the Prairie Rose Recurring role (9 episodes)
2011–2014 Being Human Rebecca Flynt Recurring role; 9 episodes
2011 Silent Witness Stacey Lord TV film
2012 Verdict Kim Tollerton TV film
2012 Do No Harm Gillian Stewart TV film
2012 Nikita Anne 3 episodes
2013 The Golden Ticket Melody TV film
2014 The Best Laid Plans Rachel Bronwin Recurring role; 6 episodes
2014–2015 19-2 Catherine Lariviere Recurring role; 10 episodes; credit only: 2 episodes
2014–2015 Remedy Sandy Conner Lead role; 20 episodes
2017 The Expanse Hilly 4 episodes
2018 Suits Ms. Andrews Episode: "Pecking Order"
2019 Frankie Drake Mysteries Natasha Petrov Episode: "A History of Violins"
2021 Bury the Past Alice TV film

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Allen on her new show Remedy, and how Bayview's Canadian Film Centre helped her rise to the top". postcity.com. April 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Sam Witwer & Sarah Allen at Pittsburgh Comicon". Youtube User TBug314. April 16, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  3. ^ "Sarah Allen From Being Human Talks About Rebecca". Being Human Canada. Archived from the original on April 25, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  4. ^ "Interview with Sarah Allen". Media Mikes. March 8, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  5. ^ Donahue, Anne T. (May 17, 2021). "Same-sex slasher The Retreat is a horror film several cuts above". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 4, 2022.


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