Sarah Lancaster
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Sarah Lancaster is an American
actress. Since the show's inception in 2007, she has co-starred in the NBC
comedy-spy series Chuck
, as the title character's sister, Ellie Bartowski
.
Lancaster's first role on television was in 1994 as Rachel in the NBC series Saved by the Bell: The New Class
. From 2004–2006, Lancaster appeared as Madison Kellner on The WB's Everwood
. She is also widely known for her recurring guest role on NBC
's Scrubs
as JD's love-interest and fan-favorite, Lisa the Gift-Shop Girl. From 2006–2007, Lancaster played the role of Marjorie in ABC
's TV series What About Brian
.
, with a younger brother, Daniel. As a teenager, her parents, Barbara and Michael, relocated to Mission Viejo, California
, where Sarah took up film/TV acting classes with R. J. Adams
at The Actors Workshop
.
Her skill impressed a talent agent, who helped the then-eighth grader to secure her first series-regular role on Saved by the Bell: The New Class
in 1993. During this time, she was tutored on the set and took college courses at the University of California, Irvine
to expedite her graduation from high school, after which she moved to Los Angeles
to further her acting career.
She has appeared on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
, Dawson's Creek
, That '70s Show
, Scrubs
, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
. She also landed two recurring roles: on The WB
series, Everwood
, as Ephram's love interest Madison Kellner; and on David E. Kelley
's FOX
series, Boston Public
. In 2005 she starred in the TV movie Living With the Enemy
.
Lancaster has also worked as a jealous girlfriend-turned-serial killer in the movie Lovers Lane
, and as the blackjack dealer, Veronica Harold, on CBS
's short-lived Dr. Vegas
.
United States
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actress. Since the show's inception in 2007, she has co-starred in the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
comedy-spy series Chuck
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
, as the title character's sister, Ellie Bartowski
Ellie Bartowski
Eleanor Faye "Ellie" Bartowski Woodcomb, M.D., Ph.D., is the older sister of title character Chuck Bartowski on the television series Chuck. She is portrayed by actress Sarah Lancaster.-Biography:...
.
Lancaster's first role on television was in 1994 as Rachel in the NBC series Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise...
. From 2004–2006, Lancaster appeared as Madison Kellner on The WB's 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,...
. She is also widely known for her recurring guest role on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
as JD's love-interest and fan-favorite, Lisa the Gift-Shop Girl. From 2006–2007, Lancaster played the role of Marjorie in ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's TV series What About Brian
What About Brian
What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007...
.
Biography
Lancaster was born and raised in Overland Park, KansasOverland Park, Kansas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 149,080 people, 59,703 households, and 39,702 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,627.0 people per square mile . There were 62,586 housing units at an average density of 1,102.9 per square mile...
, with a younger brother, Daniel. As a teenager, her parents, Barbara and Michael, relocated to Mission Viejo, California
Mission Viejo, California
Mission Viejo is a city located in southern Orange County, California, U.S. in the Saddleback Valley. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States, and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado, in its size...
, where Sarah took up film/TV acting classes with R. J. Adams
R. J. Adams
R. J. Adams is a film/television actor, acting coach, documentary filmmaker and radio personality.-Beginnings:...
at The Actors Workshop
The Actors Workshop
The Actors Workshop is one of southern California's oldest film acting programs and is generally associated with the Sanford Meisner and Charles Conrad techniques.-Overview:...
.
Her skill impressed a talent agent, who helped the then-eighth grader to secure her first series-regular role on Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise...
in 1993. During this time, she was tutored on the set and took college courses at the University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
to expedite her graduation from high school, after which she moved to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
to further her acting career.
She has appeared on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...
, Dawson's Creek
Dawson's Creek
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...
, That '70s Show
That '70s Show
That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
, Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
. She also landed two recurring roles: on The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
series, 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,...
, as Ephram's love interest Madison Kellner; and on David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley
David Edward Kelley is an American television writer and producer, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal and Harry's Law, as well as several films. Kelley is one of the only screenwriters to have had a show created by him run on...
's FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
series, Boston Public
Boston Public
Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
. In 2005 she starred in the TV movie Living With the Enemy
Living With the Enemy
Living With The Enemy is a 2005 film starring Sarah Lancaster as Allison Conner, a young woman who meets a handsome software billionaire, Phillip Lauder , while attending a technology conference with her boss. A romance quickly develops between the two, Phillip proposes, and they quickly marry...
.
Lancaster has also worked as a jealous girlfriend-turned-serial killer in the movie Lovers Lane
Lovers Lane (1999 film)
Lovers Lane is a 1999 American slasher film starring Erin J. Dean, Riley Smith, Sarah Lancaster and Anna Faris.-Plot:Thirteen years ago, on Valentine's Day at the local lovers lane, Dee-Dee and Jimmy are making out in their car when a maniac wielding a steel hook attacks them...
, and as the blackjack dealer, Veronica Harold, on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
's short-lived Dr. Vegas
Dr. Vegas
Dr. Vegas is a television drama starring Rob Lowe and Joe Pantoliano that ran on CBS in 2004. It aired in Ireland on TG4, and on Challenge in the UK as part of its "Player" gambling strand. In Slovakia, Markíza began airing the show on February 20, 2008....
.
Personal life
Lancaster is married to attorney Matthew Jacobs. She gave birth to their first child, Oliver Michael, on June 29, 2011.Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1996 | Saved by the Bell: The New Class Saved by the Bell: The New Class Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise... |
Rachel Meyers | 79 episodes |
| 1997 | Unhappily Ever After Unhappily Ever After Unhappily Ever After is an American sitcom that aired for 100 episodes on The WB network from January 11, 1995, to May 23, 1999, for a total of four and a half seasons... |
Alice | Episode: "B-Minus Blues" |
| 1997 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem... |
Jean | Episode: "Dante's Inferno" |
| 1997 | Night Man Night Man Night Man is an American action/adventure/sci-fi series that aired in syndication from September 15, 1997 to May 17, 1999. The series is loosely based on a comic book published by Malibu Comics and was created by Steve Englehart and developed for television by Glen A... |
Gloria | Episode: "In the Still of the Night" |
| 1998 | Pacific Blue Pacific Blue (TV series) Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes... |
Julianne Taylor | Episode: "Best Laid Plans" |
| 1998 | Conrad Bloom | Pretty Girl | Episode: "The Spazz Singer" |
| 1999 | Sorority | Skylar Sinclair | TV movie |
| 1999 | Rescue 77 Rescue 77 Rescue 77 is an American television series about the professional and personal lives of paramedics in Los Angeles, California. The show aired in the spring of 1999 on Monday nights on the WB network.... |
Episode: "A Bumpy Ride" | |
| 1999 | Michael Landon, the Father I Knew | Leslie Landon | TV movie |
| 1999 | Undressed Undressed Undressed is an American anthology series that aired on MTV from July 26, 1999 to September 5, 2002. The series was created and executive produced by British director Roland Joffé.-Synopsis:... |
Liz | 3 episodes |
| 2000 | Zoe Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane is an American teen sitcom starring Selma Blair, David Moscow, Michael Rosenbaum, and Azura Skye that premiered in 1999 on The WB network... |
Eileen | Episode: "The Customer Is Always Vic" |
| 2000 | Dawson's Creek Dawson's Creek Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons... |
Shelley | Episode: "Stolen Kisses" |
| 2000 | Rocket's Red Glare Rocket's Red Glare Rocket's Red Glare is an American made-for-TV movie released in 2000 starring Robert Wagner, Marilu Henner, and Ryan Merriman.... |
Carol | TV movie |
| 2000 | Teacher's Pet | Tracy Carley | |
| 2000 | Lovers Lane | Chloe Grefe | |
| 2000 | Cruel Intentions 2 Cruel Intentions 2 Cruel Intentions 2 is the 2000 American comedy-drama prequel to Cruel Intentions and was released direct-to-video. It was written and directed by Roger Kumble, who was also responsible for the first film. The film stars Robin Dunne, Sarah Thompson, Amy Adams, and Keri Lynn Pratt... |
Millicent Davies | Scenes deleted; made-for-video; originally Episode #1.2 of the unaired TV series Manchester Prep |
| 2001 | Dharma & Greg Dharma & Greg Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002.It starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who married instantly on their first date despite being complete opposites... |
Wendy | Episode: "Wish We Weren't Here" |
| 2002 | Boston Public Boston Public Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place... |
Chrissy Fields | Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Five" Episode: "Chapter Forty-Two" |
| 2002 | Off Centre Off Centre Off Centre is an American sitcom that aired on The WB network from October 14, 2001 to October 31, 2002. Created by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Danny Zuker, the series was heavily promoted as "from the guys who brought you American Pie".-Synopsis:... |
Kendall | Episode: "Love Is a Pain in the A**" |
| 2002 | That '70s Show That '70s Show That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979... |
Melanie | Episode: "Over the Hills and Far Away" |
| 2002 | Half & Half Half & Half Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship... |
Merce | Episode: "The Big in with the in Crowd Episode" Episode: "The Big Upsetting Set-Up Episode" |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor... |
Riverbend Woman | |
| 2002–2003 | Scrubs Scrubs (TV series) Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes... |
Lisa | Episode: "My Monster" Episode: "My New Old Friend" |
| 2003 | 7th Heaven 7th Heaven 7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007... |
Veronica | Episode: "Stand Up" |
| 2003 | Six Feet Under | Alternate Daughter | Episode: "Perfect Circles" |
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Mrs. Mercer | Episode: "Precious Metal Precious metal A precious metal is a rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical element of high economic value.Chemically, the precious metals are less reactive than most elements, have high lustre, are softer or more ductile, and have higher melting points than other metals... " |
| 2003–2006 | 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,... |
Madison Kellner | 20 episodes |
| 2004–2006 | Dr. Vegas Dr. Vegas Dr. Vegas is a television drama starring Rob Lowe and Joe Pantoliano that ran on CBS in 2004. It aired in Ireland on TG4, and on Challenge in the UK as part of its "Player" gambling strand. In Slovakia, Markíza began airing the show on February 20, 2008.... |
Veronica Harold | 10 episodes |
| 2005 | Living With the Enemy Living With the Enemy Living With The Enemy is a 2005 film starring Sarah Lancaster as Allison Conner, a young woman who meets a handsome software billionaire, Phillip Lauder , while attending a technology conference with her boss. A romance quickly develops between the two, Phillip proposes, and they quickly marry... |
Allison Conner Lauder | TV movie |
| 2006 | Four Kings Four Kings Four Kings is a sitcom introduced as a part of NBC's winter 2006 programming but cancelled before the end of the season. It aired at 8:30pm on Thursdays. It starred Seth Green, Josh Cooke, Todd Grinnell and Shane McRae... |
Heather | Episode: "One Night Stand Off" |
| 2006 | Scrubs Scrubs (TV series) Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes... |
Gift Shop Girl | Episode: "My Urologist" |
| 2006–2007 | What About Brian What About Brian What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007... |
Marjorie Seaver | 17 episodes |
| 2007–present | Chuck Chuck (TV series) Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central... |
Ellie Bartowski-Woodcomb | 76+ episodes |
| 2008 | Smother Smother (film) Smother is a 2008 comedy film starring Diane Keaton as a mother who is over-attached to her adult son. The movie is directed by Vince Di Meglio.- Plot :... |
Holly | |
| 2009 | Hawthorne Hawthorne (TV series) Hawthorne is an hour-long medical drama on the TNT television network starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. It premiered on June 16, 2009. On Thursday, September 16, 2010 it was announced that Hawthorne has been renewed for a third season consisting of 10 episodes... |
Courtney | Episode: "No Guts, No Glory" |
| 2011 | Christine (uncredited) |