Sally Wheeler | |
Birth Name: | Sally Wheeler Maier[1] |
Birth Date: | 19 May 1970 |
Birth Place: | Winter Haven, Florida, U.S. |
Occupation: | Stage and television actress |
Alma Mater: | Queens University of Charlotte University of Florida Florida State University |
Sally Wheeler Maier (born May 19, 1970)[2] is an American stage and television actress. She is known for playing the role of "Carrie Moore" in the American sitcom television series Two of a Kind.[3]
Wheeler was born in Winter Haven, Florida, the daughter of Irving, a lawyer, and Carolyn Wheeler, a singer,[4] and has three brothers. She first acted on stage at age nine. She graduated from Winter Haven High School, and later attended Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina. She also attended the University of Florida at Gainesville, where she earned a master's degree in drama and English, as well as earning a doctorate from Florida State University at Tallahassee.[5]
Wheeler began her career in New York, appearing in three commercials, an Off-Broadway play, and a play titled Gypsy.[6] In 1998, Wheeler appeared in a new ABC sitcom Two of a Kind, playing the role of "Carrie Moore", a college student who was the babysitter of Mary-Kate and Ashley (Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen).
After the series ended, Wheeler guest-starred in the television series Spin City. She appeared in three soap operas, such as, Another World, As the World Turns (as "Wendy") and Guiding Light.[7] Wheeler also appeared on stage in Detective Story and Fiddler on the Roof, and As You Like It. She performed at the Worth Street Theater Company, where she co-starred in the play In the Forest of Arden, playing the role of "Rosalind".[8] In 2008, Wheeler appeared in the comedy-drama TV series Lipstick Jungle, and in the police procedural series Blue Bloods in 2013.