Sarah Rafferty
Sarah Rafferty (born December 6, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Paulsen on the USA Network legal drama Suits and for her role as Katherine Walter on the American teen drama My Life with the Walter Boys, for which she received a Children's and Family Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Supporting Performer category. She currently co-hosts a podcast with her fellow Suits co-star Patrick J. Adams called Sidebar, with them watching through an episode of the legal drama with each episode.
Also recorded as Sarah Gray Rafferty
Sarah Rafferty

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- Name
- Sarah Rafferty
- Born
- 6 December 1972
- Birthplace
- New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.
- Education
- Hamilton College (BA) Yale University (MFA)
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United States
- Known for
- Suits
- Languages
- English
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Key facts
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• Name — Sarah Rafferty • Born — 6 December 1972 • Birthplace — New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S. • Education — Hamilton College (BA) Yale University (MFA) • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1990s–present • Children — 2
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Sarah Rafferty (born 6 December 1972) is described as an actress in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Sarah Rafferty was born on 6 December 1972 in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Early life and education
Early life and education
Rafferty grew up as the youngest of four daughters in the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut; she studied at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 1989. Majoring in English and Theatre at Hamilton College, she studied theatre in the United Kingdom at the University of Oxford during her junior year and, after graduating magna cum laude from Hamilton in 1993, went on to study at the Yale School of Drama, where she received a Master of Fine Arts.
Personal life
Personal life
Rafferty's husband is Aleksanteri Olli-Pekka Seppälä, an American of Finnish descent and the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at the Angeleno Group, a venture capital firm. They married on June 23, 2001, at the St. Mary Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, and have two daughters.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1998 — Trinity — Sarah — Television film • 1999 — Law & Order — Jennifer Shaliga — Episode: "Ambitious" • 2001 — Walker, Texas Ranger — Laura Pope — Episode: "Desperate Measures" • 2002 — Third Watch — Kelly — Episode: "Crash and Burn" • CSI: Miami — Melissa Starr — Episode: "Breathless" • The — Sally — Episode: "Small Packages" • 2003 — Without a Trace — Dr. Patty Morrison — Episode: "The Friendly Skies" • Six Feet Under — Rachel Mortimer — Episode: "The Eye Inside" • The — Judy Wilson — Episode: "Heroes and Villains" • Tremors — Dr. Casey Matthews — Episodes: "Flora or Fauna", "Graboid Rights", "Water Hazard" • Good Morning, Miami — Lila — Episode: "The Ex Games" • 2004 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Terry Minden — Episode: "Eleven Angry Jurors" • Charmed — Carol — Episode: "The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell" • Second Time Around — Daphne Fitzgerald — Episodes: "Pilot", "Secrets" • 8 Simple Rules — Danielle — Episode: "A Very C.J. Christmas" • 2006 — Pepper Dennis — Callie — Episode: "Heiress Bridenapped: Film at Eleven" • 2007 — Football Wives — Kelly Cooper — Television film • What If God Were the Sun? — Rachel — Television film • 2008 — Samantha Who? — Kayla Kaminski — Episode: "So I Think I Can Dance" • 2009 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Sandra Dunbar / Sandra O'Bannon — Episode: "Passion" • Numb3rs — Margo — Episode: "7 Men Out" • Bones — Katie Selnick — Episode: "The Foot in the Foreclosure" • 2010 — Brothers & Sisters — Gloria Pierson-Davenport — Episode: "A Righteous Kiss" • 2011–2019 — Suits — Donna Paulsen — Main role, 132 episodes • 2016 — All Things Valentine — Avery Parker — Television film • 2020 — Grey's Anatomy — Suzanne — Recurring role • 2021–2022 — Chicago Med — Dr. Pamela Blake — Recurring role • 2023–present — My Life with the Walter Boys — Dr. Katherine Walter — Main role
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — Mambo Café — Amy • 2002 — Speakeasy — Nurse • 2004 — Soccer Dog: European Cup — Cora Stone • 2006 — Falling for Grace — Sydney • 2006 — The Devil Wears Prada — Liz — Deleted scene • 2009 — Four Single Fathers — Julia • 2011 — Small, Beautifully Moving Parts — Emily • 2016 — All Things Valentine — Avery
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