Sarah Rafferty

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Sarah Rafferty
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Rafferty in 2018
Born (1972-12-06) December 6, 1972 (age 52)
Education Hamilton College, New York (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1990s–present
Spouse
Aleksanteri Olli-Pekka Seppälä
(m. 2001)
Children2

Sarah Rafferty (born December 6, 1972) [1] is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Roberta Paulsen on the USA Network legal drama Suits and for her role as Katherine Walter on the American teen drama My Life with the Walter Boys , for which she received a Children's and Family Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Supporting Performer category. She currently co-hosts a podcast with her fellow Suits co-star Patrick J. Adams called Sidebar, with them watching through an episode of the legal drama with each podcast.

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Early life and education

Rafferty grew up as the youngest of four daughters in the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut; [2] she studied at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 1989. Majoring in English and Theatre at Hamilton College, she studied theatre in the United Kingdom at the University of Oxford during her junior year and, after graduating magna cum laude from Hamilton in 1993, [3] went on to study at the Yale School of Drama, where she received a Master of Fine Arts. [2]

Personal life

Rafferty's husband is Aleksanteri Olli-Pekka Seppälä, an American of Finnish descent, and the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at the Angeleno Group, a venture capital firm. They married on June 23, 2001, at the Roman Catholic church of St. Mary in Greenwich, Connecticut, [3] and have two daughters. [2] [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Mambo CaféAmy
2002 Speakeasy Nurse
2004Soccer Dog: European CupCora Stone
2006 Falling for Grace Sydney
2006 The Devil Wears Prada LizDeleted scene[ citation needed ]
2009Four Single FathersJulia
2011Small, Beautifully Moving PartsEmily
2016All Things ValentineAvery

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998TrinitySarahTelevision film
1999 Law & Order Jennifer ShaligaEpisode: "Ambitious"
2001 Walker, Texas Ranger Laura PopeEpisode: "Desperate Measures"
2002 Third Watch KellyEpisode: "Crash and Burn"
CSI: Miami Melissa StarrEpisode: "Breathless"
The District SallyEpisode: "Small Packages"
2003 Without a Trace Dr. Patty MorrisonEpisode: "The Friendly Skies"
Six Feet Under Rachel MortimerEpisode: "The Eye Inside"
The Practice Judy WilsonEpisode: "Heroes and Villains"
Tremors Dr. Casey MatthewsEpisodes: "Flora or Fauna", "Graboid Rights", "Water Hazard"
Good Morning, Miami LilaEpisode: "The Ex Games"
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Terry MindenEpisode: "Eleven Angry Jurors"
Charmed CarolEpisode: "The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell"
Second Time Around Daphne FitzgeraldEpisodes: "Pilot", "Secrets"
8 Simple Rules DanielleEpisode: "A Very C.J. Christmas"
2006 Pepper Dennis CallieEpisode: "Heiress Bridenapped: Film at Eleven"
2007 Football Wives Kelly CooperTelevision film
What If God Were the Sun? RachelTelevision film
2008 Samantha Who? Kayla KaminskiEpisode: "So I Think I Can Dance"
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sandra Dunbar / Sandra O'BannonEpisode: "Passion"
Numb3rs MargoEpisode: "7 Men Out"
Bones Katie SelnickEpisode: "The Foot in the Foreclosure"
2010 Brothers & Sisters Gloria Pierson-DavenportEpisode: "A Righteous Kiss"
2011–2019 Suits Donna PaulsenMain role, 132 episodes
2016All Things ValentineAvery ParkerTelevision film
2020 Grey's Anatomy SuzanneRecurring role
2021–2022 Chicago Med Dr. Pamela BlakeRecurring role
2023 My Life with the Walter Boys Dr. Katherine WalterMain role

References

  1. "December 6, birthdays for Andrew Cuomo, Johnny Manziel, Giannis Antetokounmpo" . Brooklyn Daily Eagle . December 6, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Chris Hodenfield. "Perfectly suited". Greenwich Magazine. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Weddings; Sarah Rafferty, Santtu Seppala". The New York Times . June 24, 2001.
  4. Gina Roberts-Grey (January 21, 2013). "Sarah Rafferty: fitness 'suits' her". Yahoo! Health. Retrieved February 19, 2013.