Sarah Wayne Callies

• Name — Sarah Wayne Callies • Education — Dartmouth College (BA) National Theatre Conservatory (MFA) • Occupation — Actress • Children — 2 • Years Active — 2003–present

Her parents Valerie Wayne and David Callies were both professors at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Callies moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, with her family when she was one year old. Throughout her youth, she expressed an interest in acting through participating in various school plays at the independent Punahou School. After graduating from high school, Callies entered Dartmouth College where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama in 1999, with a minor in women's studies and a senior fellowship in Indigenous theology. In conjunction with her studies, Callies remained involved in theatre. She continued her education at the National Theatre Conservatory, where she obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2002.

Callies moved to New York in 2003 and then quickly landed her first television role as Kate O'Malley, a recurring part on the short-lived CBS show Queens Supreme. • Illustration — Callies at Comic-Con in 2012

After making various guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Dragnet (2003), and NUMB3RS, Callies gained a starring role on Fox's Prison Break as Sara Tancredi. She played the role in the first two seasons, but her character was killed off for the third season before being brought back for the fourth season. According to Prison Breaks executive producer Matt Olmstead, although the writers, the network, Callies herself, and he all wanted her to stay on the show, the character was written out due to contract disputes. She stated through a spokesperson to TV Guide in fall 2007: • Illustration — Callies at the Edmonton Expo 2013 However, in March 2008, Olmstead stated that the character of Sara is still alive and would return in season four. Though the character Sara Tancredi appeared to have a violent death, Olmstead stated "...we realized that there was actually a way she could still be alive." Executive Producer Matt Olmstead admitted the fans' overwhelming response to her death had influenced the decision to bring the character, and Callies, back to the show.

In 2010, Callies was cast in the major role of Lori Grimes on the AMC post-apocalyptic drama series The Walking Dead, based on the comic-book series of the same name. The drama became the highest-rated show in AMC's history. Callies played the role from the show's pilot until the third season.

Callies starred in her first feature, the independent film The Celestine Prophecy, in 2006. She also starred in the horror film Whisper alongside Josh Holloway the following year. In April 2010, she appeared on the Fox Television drama House as a patient of the week, whose open marriage fascinates House and the team. In August 2010, Callies' first screenplay, an adaptation of Campbell Geeslin's children's book Elena's Serenade, was optioned by French production company Fulldawa Films. Callies starred in the Nigerian movie Black Gold (2011) and one of the female lead roles in the Canadian thriller Faces in the Crowd (2011). In 2015, she co-starred with Nicolas Cage in Uli Edel's thriller film Pay the Ghost. In 2016, she returned to television in the lead role of Katie Bowman in Colony.

Callies is married to Josh Winterhalt, whom she met at Dartmouth College. On January 23, 2007, her publicist announced that the couple were expecting their first child. Their daughter was born in July 2007. Their second child, an adopted son, was born in 2013.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — Queens Supreme — Kate O'Malley — Recurring role; 5 episodes • Dragnet — Kathryn "Kate" Randall — Episode: "The Brass Ring" • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Jenny Rochester — Episode: "Privilege" • Tarzan — Jane Porter — Main role; 9 episodes • 2004 — data-sort-value="Secret Service, The" |The Secret Service — Laura Kelly — Unsold television pilot • 2005 — Numbers — Kim Hall — Episode: "Counterfeit Reality" • 2005–2009, 2017 — Prison Break — Sara Tancredi — Main role (seasons 1–2, 4–5); 73 episodes • 2009 — Prison Break: The Final Break — Television film • 2010 — House — Julia — Episode: "Open and Shut" • Tangled — Chloe / Sally — Unsold television pilot • 2010–2013, 2018 — data-sort-value="Walking Dead, The" | The Walking Dead — Lori Grimes — Main role (seasons 1–3); 28 episodes, Uncredited voice role (Episode: "What Comes After") • 2016–2018 — Colony — Katie Bowman — Main role; 36 episodes • 2017 — data-sort-value="Long Road Home, The" | The Long Road Home — Leann Volesky — Main role; 6 episodes • Robot Chicken — Lori Grimes — Voice role; Episode: "The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking" • 2018–2022 — Letterkenny — Anita Dyck — Recurring role; 5 episodes (seasons 6, 8, 10–11) • 2019 — Unspeakable — Margaret Sanders — Main role; 8 episodes • 2020 — Council of Dads — Robin Perry — Main role; 10 episodes • 2023 — The Company You Keep — Birdie Nicoletti — Main role; 10 episodes • 2026 — Sole Survivor of Flight 119 — Lisa Foster — Television film

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2023 — The Walking Dead: Destinies — Lori Grimes — Voice role

• Year — Title — Role — Venue — Notes • 2013 — The Guardsman — The Actress — Eisenhower Theater — May 25, 2013 – June 23, 2013

• Television • Year — Title — Notes • 2018 — Colony — 3x09 - "The Big Empty" • 2019 — Unspeakable — Episode 5 - "Compensation (1988–1993)" • 2020–2021 — The Good Doctor — 4x04 - "Not the Same" • 4x13 - "Spilled Milk" • 5x06 - "One Heart" • 2022 — Family Law — 2x08 - "Family History" • 2023 — Firefly Lane — 2x12 - "Time After Time" • 2x13 - "Can't Fight This Feeling" • 2023–2025 — Fire Country — 1x09 - "No Good Deed" • 2x09 - "No Future, No Consequences" • 3x07 - "False Alarm" • 4x03 - "The Tiny Ways We Start to Steal" • 2024 — The Irrational — 2x07 - "Stan by Me" • 2025–2026 — Sheriff Country — 1x08 - "Death & Taxes" • 1x11 - "The Aftermath"

Sarah Wayne Callies is recorded as voice actor, television director and actor.