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Sarah SnookAustralian actress
Date of Birth: 01.12.1987
Country:  Australia |
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Early Life and Education
Sarah Snook was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on December 1, 1987. She grew up with two older sisters. Her maternal grandmother was a British actress who had fled London for South Africa and then New Zealand during World War II. This grandmother passed on a substantial inheritance to her daughter, Anne, Sarah's mother, who used it to travel. On a trip to Papua New Guinea, Anne met and married Australian businessman Peter Snook. The couple settled in South Australia in the 1970s, where Peter ran a swimming pool business and Anne worked as a nurse in an aged care facility. They divorced shortly after the birth of their third daughter. From an early age, Sarah aspired to become an actress like her grandmother, inspired by fellow Australians Cate Blanchett, Naomi Watts, and Nicole Kidman. She displayed promising performing arts abilities in school and won a scholarship to study drama at Scotch College, where she also worked part-time as a fairy at children's parties. She went on to enroll in the acting program at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. In her final year, she met her idol, Cate Blanchett, and was impressed by the latter's down-to-earth nature. Snook graduated in 2008.
Film Career
Sarah Snook made her film debut in 2009, but it was her lead role in the 2010 drama "Sisters of War" that brought her widespread recognition. The film focused on Australian nuns and nurses who became Japanese prisoners of war during World War II. For this performance, she won her first AACTA Award, the Australian equivalent of the Oscar. Snook later appeared in a supporting role in the erotic drama "Sleeping Beauty" with Emily Browning and several other Australian films. Her second AACTA Award and international breakthrough came with the lead role in the sci-fi thriller "Predestination" alongside Ethan Hawke. The showrunners admitted that they had specifically sought out a lesser-known actress who reminded them of Cate Blanchett. Snook also made her Hollywood debut that year with the horror film "Jessabelle," in which she played a girl who moves into a mysterious, remote mansion after a car accident leaves her in a wheelchair. In 2015, Snook starred alongside Kate Winslet in two projects: the American biopic "Steve Jobs" and the Australian drama "The Dressmaker." A year later, she joined the third season of the British anthology series "Black Mirror" in the episode "Men Against Fire."
Subsequent roles included supporting parts in the biographical drama "The Glass Castle" with Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts, as well as the supernatural thriller "Winchester" with Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke. Snook's most critically acclaimed and popular project to date is the TV series "Succession" (2018-2023), in which she portrays Siobhan "Shiv" Roy, a member of the Roy family who vie for influence within their family corporation as its patriarch Logan (Brian Cox) declines in health. For her performance, Snook won a Golden Globe Award and received three Primetime Emmy nominations.
Personal Life
Sarah Snook met Australian comedian and television presenter Dave Lawson in 2014. He is nine years her senior and had been raising a son from a previous relationship. For several years, they remained close friends, dating other people and often traveling together. Snook even confessed in an interview that she had many male friends and that the transition from friendship to romance had always been a taboo for her. Her perception of Lawson changed during the 2020 lockdown. The friends found themselves confined to one house in Melbourne and fell in love, which came as a surprise to both: "Amidst all the chaos of the outside world, we realized that no matter what, it's the most fun hanging out together... There's been a lot of collective heartache and sadness, but in my personal life, I feel very fortunate."
On Halloween that year, Snook proposed to Lawson, and they married in the backyard of Sarah's rented house in Brooklyn in February 2021. The intimate ceremony was attended by only their neighbors, and another "Succession" star, actor Ashley Zuckerman, served as a witness. The Australian native first revealed the news to Vogue magazine in the fall. The couple now resides in their own Brooklyn apartment, which they purchased in early 2023 for $1.83 million. In March 2023, Snook's pregnancy became apparent when she attended the New York premiere of the fourth season of "Succession" with a noticeably rounded belly. The showrunners even incorporated this fact into the storyline. The actress later shared the first photo of her newborn daughter in May.
Current Projects
Sarah Snook has a lead role in the supernatural thriller "Reborn," which was released in 2023. The plot centers on Sarah, a fertility doctor who raises her daughter Mya (Lily LaTorre) alone. Mya exhibits unusual behavior and refers to herself as Alice, Sarah's dead sister.
