Sarah Sutherland
Birth nameSarah Jude Sutherland
Birth dateFebruary 18, 1988 (age 38)
Birth placeLos Angeles, California, U.S.
CitizenshipUnited States · United Kingdom · Canada
ParentsKiefer Sutherland
Camelia Kath
RelativesDonald Sutherland
(paternal grandfather)
Shirley Douglas
(paternal grandmother)
Tommy Douglas
(great-grandfather)
Alma materTisch School of Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Sarah Jude Sutherland (born February 18, 1988) is an American actress known for her role as Catherine Meyer in Veep.

Early life

Sutherland was born in Los Angeles, California, to Kiefer Sutherland and his first wife, Camelia Kath. She is the granddaughter of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, and great-granddaughter of Canadian politician Tommy Douglas.[1] As a teen, Sutherland trained at the Crossroads Drama Conservatory in Los Angeles, before heading to New York to study at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[2] In her final semester, she wrote and acted in a one-woman play, The Skin of a Grape.[1]

Career

Sutherland won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for season 6 of Veep.[3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012–2019VeepCatherine MeyerTV series (43 episodes)
2013Beneath the Harvest SkyEmma
2013InnocenceJen
2014The NewsroomMaryEpisode: "Oh Shenandoah"
2015ChronicNadia Wilson
2017Tim & Eric's Bedtime StoriesDaynaEpisode: "The Demotion"
2018What They HadMary
2020The Kid DetectiveLucy
2021Like a House on FireDara

References

  1. ^ "The 'Veep'-'24' Connection: Yes, That's Kiefer's Kid Playing Julia's Daughter". 1 May 2014.
  2. ^ "The First Daughter". 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ "SAG Awards: 'Veep' Wins Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series"