Sarah Wayne Callies

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Sarah Wayne Callies
Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi in Prison Break.
Birth name	Sarah Anne Callies
Born	June 1, 1977 La Grange, Illinois
Notable roles	Dr. Sara Tancredi in Prison Break

Sarah Wayne Callies (born June 1, 1977) is an American actress who currently has a starring role as Dr. Sara Tancredi in the successful Fox Network television drama Prison Break.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Born Sarah Anne Callies on June 1, 1977 in La Grange, Illinois, Callies moved to Honolulu, Hawaii with her family when she was one. Throughout her youth, Callies expressed an interest in acting through participating in various school plays at Punahou School.

While her parents are professors at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, Callies did not follow in their footsteps. Instead, she chose to pursue a career in acting. After graduating from high school, Callies entered Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. In conjunction with her studies, she continued her involvement in theatre.^[1] In 1999, she graduated with an undergraduate emphasis in Feminist Studies and a Senior Fellowship in Indigenous Studies.^[2] Callies continued her education at Denver's National Theater Conservatory where she obtained her Master of Fine Arts degree in 2002.^[3] That same year, Callies married her husband, Joshua Winterhalt whom she met at Dartmouth College. They moved to New York City where she got her first television role on NBC's Queens Supreme.

[edit] Career

Callies' first role on television was as "Kate O'Malley", a recurring role on Queens Supreme. This unbelievably pretty woman's starring role was as "Detective Jane Porter" on Tarzan, a short-lived Warner Bros. television series.

After making various guest appearances on Law & Order: SVU, Dragnet and NUMB3RS, Callies landed a starring role on Fox's Prison Break as "Dr. Sara Tancredi". Alongside her television projects, Callies has also starred in two feature films - Universal Pictures' Whisper and an independent, The Celestine Prophecy.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	More information
2007	Whisper	Roxanne	IMDb profile
2006	The Celestine Prophecy	Marjorie	IMDb profile
2005 – present	Prison Break	Dr. Sara Tancredi	FOX TV series
2005	NUMB3RS	Secret Service Agent Kim Hall	Ep.1-07: “Counterfeit Reality” (2005-03-11)
2004	The Secret Service	Agent Laura Kelly	ABC TV pilot (unaired)
2003	Tarzan	NYPD Det. Jane Porter	WB TV series
2003	Dragnet	Kathryn “Kate” Randall	Ep.1-06: “The Brass Ring” (2003-03-09)
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jenny Rochester	Ep.4-17: “Privilege” (2003-02-21)
2003	Queens Supreme	Kate O'Malley	Ep.1-03: “Flawed Heroes” (2003-01-24) Ep.1-06 – 1-09 (all four unaired)