Sadie Alexandru

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Sadie Alexandru
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Born
Sarah Jocelyn Alexandru

(1977-12-02) December 2, 1977 (age 46)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1999present
Notable workScarlett on Madmen
Spouse
Mike Dolan
(m. 2013)
Children1

Sadie Sarah Jocelyn Dolan Alexandru (born December 2, 1977) is an American actress and model. Alexandru is best known for playing Scarlett, secretary for media buyer Harry Crane on AMC's drama series Mad Men .

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Early life

Sadie Alexandru was born in New York City and had a passion for ballet from her younger days. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting from The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. She also studied at the London Academy of Theater under Patron Dame Judi Dench, and at the William Esper Studio in New York City. Alexandru took up permanent residency in Los Angeles, California in January 2006. Her LA training includes: on-camera studies at the Steve Eastin Studio and stunt training at the Academy of Theatrical Combat. [1]

Career

Alexandru is well known for the original “What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas” commercial. She's landed 24 national commercials including ads for Comcast, Jared Jewelers, Swiffer, Coors, Wendy's, Merck, Turbo Tax, Staples, 1-800-Flowers, Milky Way, Hasbro and Bud Light.

Alexandru's first major show was the popular soap opera All My Children and her character's name was Sylvia. She was also a recurring guest star in CBS's long running soap opera As the World Turns and in ABC comedy Carpoolers . Her television credits also includes Cinemax's thriller noir "Femme Fatales , upcoming musical Kittens in a Cage, Laura Prepon's Neighbros. [2]

In 2012, Alexandru made her debut in the fifth season of AMC's critically acclaimed Emmy Award winning series Mad Men as the new sassy SCDP secretary, Scarlett. [3]

Her film credits include the popular action film "Gamer", "Broken Horses" and "Lucy in the Sky Diamond." She is playing the lead role of Firoozeh in the upcoming epic, "Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage." Sadie also co-produced and played the role of Natalie Cloonan in the critically acclaimed independent film "Act Naturally," which won the Audience Award for Best Feature-Length Narrative in 2012 at both the Los Angeles United Film Festival and its sister festival, the San Francisco United Film Festival. [4]

She is also recognized for her theater works which include the Ovation Award-nominated hit "Love Sucks". [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
20088 BallMichelleShort
2009Plus OneSallyShort
2009 Gamer Society Victim
2010Straw ManEmilyShort
2010Bare KnucklesMaxine
2011Act NaturallyNatalie Cloonan
2011ExpulsionLizShort
2012Lucy in the Sky with DiamondWaitressShort
2013Starting from ScratchJade
2013Dinner with AnaRenataShort
2014Sinbad: The Fifth VoyageFiroozeh
2015 Broken Horses Santion's Wife
2016Curse of the Phantom ShadowGas Pump Girl
2017TasteJuneShort
2017Get You BackKathryn
2019Act Super NaturallyNatalie Cloonan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 All My Children SylviaEpisode: "1.7723"
2002 As the World Turns Tanya ColeEpisode: "1.11833"
2008 Carpoolers JoggerEpisode: "First Fight"
2012 Femme Fatales JanelleEpisode: "One Man's Death"
2012–2013 Mad Men Scarlett Episodes: "Christmas Waltz", "Commissions and Fees", "The Phantom", "To Have and to Hold"
2014, 2016, 2018 The Fosters Colleen JacobsEpisodes: "Padre", "Trust", "Mother's Day"
2015Kittens in a CageJackieEpisodes: "Ain't Even Got a Mustache", "Have Another Muffin, Nancy"

Video Game

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Aleksandra ValentinaVoice

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