Sara West is an Australian actress, director and screen writer.
32 Facts About Sara West
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Sara West began her career with roles in short films and television roles.
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In 2017, West played Lyndal in the film, Don't Tell and was nominated for an AACTA Award.
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Sara West appeared in the main roles of the 2016 film Bad Girl, as Amy Anderson and the 2019 film, Awoken playing the medical student Karla.
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Sara West plays Brooke in ABC TV drama series Troppo.
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In 2023, Sara West joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours, playing Cara Varga-Murphy.
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Sara West writes and directs films and has won awards at the 2014 and 2018 South Australian Screen Awards.
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Sara West grew up in the Murray River area of South Australia.
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When Sara West was at high school, her mother encouraged her to take drama classes.
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Sara West studied at the Flinders Drama Centre at Flinders University, Adelaide.
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Sara West later moved to Sydney to continue perusing further work.
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Sara West then appeared in the Seven Network series Winter.
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Around this time, Sara West began securing further work in theatre productions.
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In 2013, Sara West directed the short film titled River Water.
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Sara West developed her writing skills with the Australian Theatre for Young People.
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Sara West wrote the theatre play The Trolleys, and was the recipient of their 2014 Foundation Commission Award.
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In 2015, Sara West played the main role of Liza Minnelli in Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, a television drama mini-series that was broadcast on Seven Network.
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Sara West recalled her shock when her agent got her an audition for the role.
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Sara West stated that she really related to the role because they were both ambitious in their early careers.
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Sara West was nominated for the 2016 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer for her role as Minnelli.
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In 2016, Sara West played the main character Amy Anderson in the film Bad Girl, alongside Samara Weaving, who played the other main role of Chloe Buchanan.
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Sara West played "a self-described bookworm" called Tanya, in two episodes of the second season of the American comedy series Ash vs Evil Dead, which was broadcast via Starz.
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In 2017, Sara West played the role of Lyndal in the film, Don't Tell.
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Sara West was nominated for the 2017 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Don't Tell.
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In 2018, Sara West wrote and directed the short films titled Mutt and Disco Dykes for the streaming service SBS on Demand.
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Sara West's character is portrayed as pregnant and attempts to protect her brother from a police investigation.
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In 2019, Sara West played the main role of Karla in the horror film Awoken.
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In 2021, Sara West played the title role of Iggy in AB Morrison's web-series Iggy and Ace.
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In 2022, Sara West joined the cast of ABC TV drama series Troppo, playing the character Brooke.
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In 2023, Sara West joined the cast of the Australian soap opera, Neighbours, playing the role of Cara Varga-Murphy who is in a same-sex relationship.
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Sara West stated she was "honoured" to join the cast and hoped the inclusion of her character's family would "help better reflect the beautiful LGBTQIA+ community" that she proudly comes from.
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Sara West reprised her role as Brooke in the second series of Troppo.