Sarah Snook
Sarah Snook | |
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| Born | Sarah Ruth Snook 1 December 1987 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Education | National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2009–present |
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| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Full list |
Sarah Ruth Snook (/snuːk/; born 1 December 1987) is an Australian actress. Her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award.
A graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Snook started her career in her native Australia. She received early recognition for her roles in the films Sisters of War (2010), Not Suitable for Children (2012), These Final Hours (2013), Predestination (2014), Jessabelle (2014), The Dressmaker (2015), Steve Jobs (2015), and The Glass Castle (2017). For her critically acclaimed breakthrough role as Shiv Roy in the HBO comedy-drama series Succession (2018–2023), she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Beyond Succession, Snook appeared in further films including An American Pickle (2020), Pieces of a Woman (2020), Run Rabbit Run (2023), The Beanie Bubble (2023), and Memoir of a Snail (2024). Snook performed in the West End and Broadway productions, with the latter being her Broadway debut, of The Picture of Dorian Gray (2024–2025), for which she received the Laurence Olivier Award and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her other theatre credits include roles in King Lear (2009), The Master Builder (2016) and Saint Joan (2018).