Sarah Drew
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Sarah Drew is an American actress. She is known for her role as Hannah Rogers in Everwood
(2004–2006) and for her role as Dr. April Kepner
on Grey's Anatomy
(2009–present).
and raised in Stony Brook, New York
on Long Island
. Her mother, Dr. Jeannie Drew, is Head of Science at the Riverdale Country School, Bronx, NY. Her father, Rev. Charles Drew, is the senior pastor at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in New York City. Her second cousin is actor Benjamin McKenzie
. Drew began acting in school plays, community theater with Take One Theatre Arts, and Summerstock.
Drew received a Bachelor's degree in Drama from the University of Virginia
in 2002.
Drew and her husband, Peter Lanfer, a Lecturer at UCLA and visiting faculty at Dartmouth, reside in Los Angeles. Drew is good friends with fellow Everwood star Emily VanCamp
. On May 20, 2011, Drew was a judge at the UCLA Spring Sing
.
Drew and Lanfer are expecting their first child in January 2012.
, playing the character Stacy Rowe. She also voiced that same character in the Daria animated television movies Is It Fall Yet?
and Is It College Yet?
In 2001, Drew made her professional stage debut as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey. She made her Broadway
debut in 2003 in Vincent in Brixton
, which later took her to London's West End. She made the move to television with a guest-starring role in the series Wonderfalls
, and was in the feature film Radio, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. She appeared in the theatrical feature American Pastime
, as Katie Burrell, the daughter of a Japanese relocation camp sergeant.
On June 9, 2010 she was promoted to a series regular on Grey's Anatomy
.
Everwood
Everwood is an American drama television series that initially aired in the United States on The WB. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado, and was filmed in Ogden, South Salt Lake, and Draper, Utah, except the series pilot which was filmed in Canmore, Alberta,...
(2004–2006) and for her role as Dr. April Kepner
April Kepner
April Kepner is a fictional character from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by Sarah Drew. She was a recurring character in the show's sixth season, before being promoted to a series regular in season seven...
on Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
(2009–present).
Personal life
Drew was born in Charlottesville, VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...
and raised in Stony Brook, New York
Stony Brook, New York
Stony Brook is a hamlet located in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, which is on the North Shore of Long Island...
on Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
. Her mother, Dr. Jeannie Drew, is Head of Science at the Riverdale Country School, Bronx, NY. Her father, Rev. Charles Drew, is the senior pastor at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in New York City. Her second cousin is actor Benjamin McKenzie
Benjamin McKenzie
Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan , better known as Benjamin McKenzie, is an American actor and producer. He is best known for playing Ryan Atwood in the television series The O.C. and for playing Ben Sherman in Southland. He appeared in the films Junebug and 88 Minutes which earned him a Sarasota Film...
. Drew began acting in school plays, community theater with Take One Theatre Arts, and Summerstock.
Drew received a Bachelor's degree in Drama from the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
in 2002.
Drew and her husband, Peter Lanfer, a Lecturer at UCLA and visiting faculty at Dartmouth, reside in Los Angeles. Drew is good friends with fellow Everwood star Emily VanCamp
Emily VanCamp
Emily Irene VanCamp is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles on the WB series Everwood as Amy Abbott and on the ABC series Brothers & Sisters as Rebecca Harper...
. On May 20, 2011, Drew was a judge at the UCLA Spring Sing
UCLA Spring Sing
Spring Sing is UCLA's oldest and greatest musical tradition, an annual music competition held in May at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. The competition brings together UCLA students to perform as solo artists, duets, bands, and a cappella groups in front of an audience of over 7,000 UCLA students, alumni,...
.
Drew and Lanfer are expecting their first child in January 2012.
Career
In 1997, while still in high school, Drew lent her voice to the animated television series DariaDaria
Daria is an American animated television series produced by Paramount Television, and created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her...
, playing the character Stacy Rowe. She also voiced that same character in the Daria animated television movies Is It Fall Yet?
Is It Fall Yet?
Is It Fall Yet? is the first of two movie-length installments featured in MTV's animated series Daria.The two telemovies, Is It Fall Yet? and Is It College Yet?, chronicled, respectively, the summer hiatus between the school years of seasons four and five, and the second served as the show's...
and Is It College Yet?
Is It College Yet?
Is It College Yet? is the second of two movie-length installments featured in MTV's animated series Daria. The first music video for "Breaking Up the Girl" by Garbage premiered as part of the film, featuring a Daria montage, and the song was promoted as the "theme song" for College; the song used...
In 2001, Drew made her professional stage debut as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey. She made her Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
debut in 2003 in Vincent in Brixton
Vincent in Brixton
Vincent in Brixton is a 2003 play by Nicholas Wright. The play premiered at London's National Theatre. It transferred to the Playhouse Theatre and later to Broadway....
, which later took her to London's West End. She made the move to television with a guest-starring role in the series Wonderfalls
Wonderfalls
Wonderfalls is a comedy-drama television series that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004.The show centres on Jaye Tyler , a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop...
, and was in the feature film Radio, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. She appeared in the theatrical feature American Pastime
American Pastime
American Pastime is the fourteenth album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1976 . Their only studio album not to feature the band's three founding vocalists backed up by their long-time band, it sold poorly and the band broke up soon afterwards...
, as Katie Burrell, the daughter of a Japanese relocation camp sergeant.
On June 9, 2010 she was promoted to a series regular on Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Radio | Mary Helen | |
| 2005 | Serena | ||
| 2006 | Locked Upstairs | Jo | Short film |
| 2007 | American Pastime American Pastime (film) American Pastime is a 2007 film set in the Topaz War Relocation Center, a Utah camp which housed thousands of people during the Japanese American internment during World War II.... |
Katie Burrell | |
| 2007 | Judit | Short film | |
| 2008 | Wieners | Karen | |
| 2010 | Tug Tug (film) Tug is a 2010 Comedy / Romance film by Abram Makowka. Shown at the Newport Beach Film Festival & the Waterfront Film Festival.- Plot :A small town guy tries to decide between staying with his current girlfriend or going back to his psycho ex... |
Ariel |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-2001 | Daria Daria Daria is an American animated television series produced by Paramount Television, and created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her... |
Stacy Rowe (voice) | 26 episodes |
| 2000 | Is It Fall Yet? Is It Fall Yet? Is It Fall Yet? is the first of two movie-length installments featured in MTV's animated series Daria.The two telemovies, Is It Fall Yet? and Is It College Yet?, chronicled, respectively, the summer hiatus between the school years of seasons four and five, and the second served as the show's... |
Stacy Rowe (voice) | TV movie |
| 2002 | Is It College Yet? Is It College Yet? Is It College Yet? is the second of two movie-length installments featured in MTV's animated series Daria. The first music video for "Breaking Up the Girl" by Garbage premiered as part of the film, featuring a Daria montage, and the song was promoted as the "theme song" for College; the song used... |
Stacy Rowe (voice) | TV movie |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls Wonderfalls Wonderfalls is a comedy-drama television series that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004.The show centres on Jaye Tyler , a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop... |
Bianca Knowles | Episode: "Karma Chameleon" |
| 2004-2006 | Everwood Everwood Everwood is an American drama television series that initially aired in the United States on The WB. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado, and was filmed in Ogden, South Salt Lake, and Draper, Utah, except the series pilot which was filmed in Canmore, Alberta,... |
Hannah Rogers | 38 episodes |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Jenny | Episode: "Static" |
| 2007 | Reinventing the Wheelers | Becky Conner | TV movie |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced... |
Becca Rice | Episode: "Responsible" |
| 2008 | Medium Medium (TV series) Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office... |
Suzie Keener | Episode: "Wicked Game: Part 1" Episode: "Wicked Game: Part 2" |
| 2008 | Privileged Privileged (TV series) Privileged is an American television drama that premiered on The CW Television Network in the USA and Citytv in Canada on September 9, 2008. The series stars former Reba star Joanna García and is based on the Alloy Entertainment book How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls by Zoey Dean... |
Caryn | Episode: "All About Insecurities" |
| 2008 | Front of the Class Front of the Class (film) Front of the Class is a 2008 American drama film based on the book by Brad Cohen, Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had, co-authored by Lisa Wysocky.... |
Nancy Lazarus | TV movie |
| 2008-2009 | Mad Men Mad Men Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each... |
Kitty Romano | 4 episodes |
| 2008 | Private Practice | Judy | Episode: "Know When to Fold" |
| 2009 | Private Practice | Judy | Episode: "Nothing to Fear" |
| 2009 | Inside the Box Inside the Box (TV series) Inside the Box is a television pilot created by Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice executive producer Shonda Rhimes for ABC in 2010. The pilot starred Indira Varma as Catherine Powell, an ambitious reporter that works for a television news station... |
Molly | TV movie |
| 2009 | Castle Castle (TV series) Castle is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009. The series is produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. On January 10, 2011, Castle was renewed for a fourth season... |
Chloe Richardson | Episode: "Nanny McDead" |
| 2009 | Numb3rs NUMB3RS Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes... |
Piper St. John | Episode: "Angels and Devils" |
| 2009 | In Plain Sight In Plain Sight In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program... |
Rachel Rosenzweig | Episode: "Aguna Matatala" |
| 2009 | Glee Glee (TV series) Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues... |
Suzy Pepper | Episode: "Ballad Ballad (Glee) "Ballad" is the tenth episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on November 18, 2009, and was written and directed by series creator Brad Falchuk. "Ballad" sees the glee club split into pairs to sing ballads to one another. Rachel is paired with club... " (2009) |
| 2009-present | Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in... |
Dr. April Kepner April Kepner April Kepner is a fictional character from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by Sarah Drew. She was a recurring character in the show's sixth season, before being promoted to a series regular in season seven... |
43+ episodes |
| 2010 | Supernatural Supernatural (TV series) Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they... |
Nora | Episode: "Swap Meat" |
| 2010 | Miami Medical | Emily | Episode: "What Lies Beneath" |
| 2010 | Seattle Grace: Message of Hope | Dr. April Kepner | TV series |