Sarah Carter

• Name — Sarah Carter • Birth Name — Sarah Carter • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — * Actress • writer • director • Years Active — 2000–present • Children — 1

Sarah Carter was born in Toronto and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was a student in the prestigious Royal Winnipeg Ballet and an accomplished member of the debate team. She competed in various countries including Austria, the United Kingdom, and Argentina. After graduating high school at Balmoral Hall School in Winnipeg, Carter moved to Switzerland where she studied fine arts for one year. She subsequently attended Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. Later, Carter took time off from acting, spending time in India and Cuba, where she worked in an orphanage. On June 19, 2011, Carter was one of thirty-five climbers who scaled Mount Shasta to raise money for the Breast Cancer Fund, for which she is a spokesperson. She has also hiked the West Coast Trail. Carter is married to Kevin Barth, whom she wed in 2014. They have a daughter born in 2017. In 2024, Carter announced that she became an American citizen.

Carter's early television career included appearances in Wolf Lake, Dark Angel, and Undeclared, and she was also cast in Final Destination 2. She also appeared in three episodes of Smallville, in which she played Alicia Baker, who has a romantic relationship with Clark Kent (Tom Welling). In 2006, Carter starred in the film DOA: Dead or Alive, playing the character Helena Douglas, a fighter who enters a martial arts contest. Carter's later television career has included playing the character Madeline Poe, a rookie prosecutor in Shark between 2006 and 2008, appearing in all 38 episodes of the series. In 2009, she also appeared in CSI: NY, as the character Haylen Becall, a forensic school graduate. Carter became a regular character, Maggie May, on the TNT series Falling Skies, which debuted in June 2011. An apocalyptic alien invasion story, season 2 began on June 17, 2012 and concluded on August 19, 2012. Season 3 premiered June 9, 2013. On the heels of Falling Skies airing its series finale in 2015, Carter booked a recurring arc on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 as a potential love interest to Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin).

Carter released a solo album, Before Three, in December 2009. She is part of the duo SanguinDrake, founded in 2010. As of 2012 December, the band has released four self-produced music videos on their website. On May 12, 2012, SanguinDrake released their first album Pretty Tricks.

Carter wrote and produced her feature directing debut film, In Her Name, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. The film won an Audience Award, and was released in June 2024 by Tribeca Films, Giant Pictures, and Drafthouse Films.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — Cold Squad — Libby Logan — Episode: "Root Cause" • 2001 — data-sort-value="Immortal, The" | The Immortal — Ellie — Episode: "The Good Squire" • Los Luchadores — Maria Valentine — Main role (16 episodes) • Trapped — Claire Thorensen — Television film • Wolf Lake — Brianna — Episode: "The Changing" • Dark Angel — Katarina — Episode: "Boo" • 2002 — Undeclared — Evie — Episode: "The Perfect Date" • data-sort-value="Sausage Factory, The" | The Sausage Factory — Valerie — Episode: "Hang Ups" • 2003 — Black Sash — Allie Bennett — Main role (8 episodes) • data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone — Amber — Episode: "Sunrise" • data-sort-value="Date with Darkness, A" | A Date with Darkness — Sarah — Television film • 2004–2005 — Smallville — Alicia Baker — 3 episodes • 2005 — Boston Legal — Tracey Green — Episode: "It Girls and Beyond" • Entourage — Cassie — Episode: "The Sundance Kids" • Numb3rs — Nadine Hodges — 3 episodes • 2006–2008 — Shark — Madeleine Poe — Main role (38 episodes) • 2008 — Confessions of a Go-Go Girl — Angela Lucas — Television film • Dirty Sexy Money — Wrenn Darcy — 2 episodes • data-sort-value="Cleaner, The" | The Cleaner — Liz — Episode: "Standing Eight" • 2009 — CSI: NY — Haylen Becall — 3 episodes • 2010 — White Collar — Pierce — Episode: "Home Invasion" • 2011 — Salem Falls — Addie Peabody — Television film • 2011–2015 — Falling Skies — Margaret "Maggie" May — Main role (50 episodes) • 2013 — data-sort-value="Toyman Killer, The" | The Toyman Killer — Kate Kovic — Television film • 2014 — One Starry Christmas — Holly Jensen — Television film • 2015 — Rogue — DEA Agent Harper Deakins — Main role (20 episodes) • Buried Secrets — Sarah Winters — Television film • Hawaii Five-0 — Lynn Downey — 4 episodes • 2018 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Lilah Finch — Episode: "Accredo" • 2019 — data-sort-value="Flash, The" | The Flash — Grace Gibbons / Cicada II — 6 episodes • 2025 — data-sort-value="Family Business: New Orleans, The" | The Family Business: New Orleans — Sheriff Clay — Main role (8 episodes)

Sarah Carter is recorded as actress and film director.