Sarah Butler (actress) explained

Sarah Butler
Birth Name:Sarah Elizabeth Butler
Birth Date:February 11, 1985
Birth Place:Puyallup, Washington, U.S.
Nationality:American
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2004–present
Children:1

Sarah Elizabeth Butler (born February 11, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Jennifer Hills in the I Spit on Your Grave film series.

Early life

A native of Puyallup, Washington, Butler was interested in the arts while growing up; she sang in choirs, entered singing competitions, and performed in high school and community theatre. She graduated from Rogers High School in 2003.[1] Butler relocated to Los Angeles to study theatre at the University of Southern California, and then played Princess Belle in Beauty and the Beast, for a year and a half at Disneyland. She dropped out of college, focused on finding a talent agent, and began auditioning for work in television and film.[2]

Career

Butler guest-starred on the television series and . She was cast in the film A Couple of White Chicks at the Hair Dresser and the 2008 Syfy TV horror film Flu Bird Horror.[3] She had a role that year on the web series Luke 11:17, directed by Don Stark.[4] She also had a recurring role on the web series I Heart Vampires.[5]

Butler won the lead in the 2010 rape and revenge thriller I Spit on Your Grave, a remake of the 1978 cult film of the same title. Although initially put off by the film's nudity and violence, the film's strong character arc and "feminist edge" helped convince her to take the role.[6] Butler starred as Jennifer Hills, a novelist who is brutally gang raped while staying at a cabin in the woods; her character then seeks revenge on her rapists. Directed by Steven R. Monroe, the film was released on October 8.[7]

Butler began filming the psychological thriller The Stranger Within, alongside Estella Warren and William Baldwin in Mallorca, Spain in November 2011. The film was also scheduled to shoot in Copenhagen, Denmark and New York City.[8] Butler then joined the cast of the independent thriller Treachery, starring Michael Biehn, which began filming in Los Angeles in June 2012.[9] In 2013, Butler starred in the horror film The Demented, with Michael Welch and Kayla Ewell,[10] and the anthology film Tom Holland's Twisted Tales, playing a bomb disposal expert in the segment "Boom".[11] In 2014, she played a murder victim in the episode "Once Upon a Time in the West" of the ABC television drama Castle.[12]

In 2015, Butler reprised her role as Jennifer Hills in , a sequel to 2010's I Spit on Your Grave.[13] Butler co-starred with Lindsay Hartley and Traci Lords in the 2016 Lifetime TV film Nightmare Nurse.[14] She also played a comedian in Debra Eisenstadt's film Before The Sun Explodes, which premiered at the 2016 South by Southwest film festival.[15] Butler guest starred on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, playing Danielle in the episode "You Haven't Done Nothin'".[1] In 2017, she starred with Charles Shaughnessy in Moontrap Target Earth, produced by the makers of the 1989 sci-fi film Moontrap.[16] She also starred in the Lifetime TV film Infidelity in Suburbia as Laura, a woman who begins an extramarital relationship. [17] Butler also appears in the film Doubting Thomas.[18] Most recently, Butler joined the cast of writer/director Chris Blake's indie horror film All Light Will End, alongside Andy Buckley, John Schuck and Sam Jones III.[19]

Personal life

On June 10, 2021, she married musician Mel Elias, after seven years of dating.[20]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007A Couple of White Chicks at the Hair DresserMarc's assistant
2010 I Spit on Your GraveJennifer Hills
2012 The Philly KidAmy
2013 TreacheryCecilia
2013 The DementedSharley
2013The Stranger WithinSarah
2013 Twisted TalesJoleneAnthology film, segment: "Boom"
2014Free FallJane
2015Jennifer Hills / Angela Jitrenka
2016Before The Sun ExplodesHolly
2017Scout
2018All Light Will EndDianna
2018Doubting ThomasJen
2018Point DefianceDetective Barnes
2019Looking for Mr. WonderfulLisapost-production
2019DrowningClairepost-production
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Love's a Trip Contestant
2008 Flu Bird Horror EvaTelevision film (Sci-Fi)
2008 Luke 11:17SandyWeb series
2008 Kim WaldermanEpisode: "Bombshell"
2009 Alison RedmanEpisode: "Green Piece"
2009–2010I Heart VampiresPaigeWeb series
2014Average JoeHostessEpisode: "The Birthday Blow-Out"
2014CastleWhitney WilliamsEpisode: "Once Upon a Time in the West"
2015ChelseaEpisode: "L0m1s"
2016Nightmare NurseBrookeTelevision film (Lifetime)
2017Infidelity in SuburbiaLaura HalpernTelevision film (Lifetime)
2017Woman on the RunNomi GardnerTelevision film (LMN)
2017NCISNicoleEpisode: "Ready or Not"
2018Counterfeiting in SuburbiaKaren CartwrightTelevision film

Notes and References

  1. News: Ernest . Jasmin . November 23, 2016 . Puyallup native Sarah Butler returns to discuss new film "Before the Sun Explodes" . . December 18, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202070610/http://www.tacomaweekly.com/citylife/article/orapen-a-roll . February 2, 2017 . dead . mdy-all .
  2. Web site: S. T. . Vanairsdale . The Verge: Sarah Butler Takes on the Notorious I Spit on Your Grave . October 4, 2010 . . October 15, 2010 .
  3. Web site: Sarah Butler Pictures at the Premiere Of "I Spit On Your Grave" . October 14, 2010 . . October 15, 2010 .
  4. Web site: Marc . Hustvedt . 'Luke 11:17′ is a Steamy Trip to Dark Side . September 22, 2008 . . October 15, 2010 .
  5. News: Brian . Truitt . Screaming sirens: Meet Danielle Harris and Sarah Butler . October 16, 2010 . . October 16, 2010 .
  6. News: Eric . Volmers . 'Wuss' actress Sarah Butler turns bad in remake of Spit on Your Grave . October 1, 2010 . . October 15, 2010 .
  7. News: Sarah Butler runs emotional and physical gauntlet for 'I Spit on Your Grave' . . October 8, 2010 . Truitt, Brian . October 15, 2010 .
  8. Web site: SeanD . November 18, 2011 . Exclusive: I Spit on Your Grave's Sarah Butler to Appear in The Stranger Inside . . December 10, 2011 .
  9. News: Dave . McNary . May 3, 2012 . Thesps line up for indie 'Treachery' . . May 3, 2012 .
  10. News: Olivia Flores . Alvarez . July 30, 2013 . Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: Filly Brown, Night Across the Street and More . . August 3, 2013 .
  11. Web site: Scott . Hallam . March 18, 2014 . Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (DVD) Review . Dread Central . May 14, 2014 .
  12. Web site: Alex . Garofalo . November 17, 2014 . 'Castle' Season 7 Spoilers: Rick And Beckett Solve A Case On Their Honeymoon In Episode 7; What Happened In 'Once Upon A Time In The West'? . . December 9, 2014 .
  13. Web site: John . Squires . August 31, 2015 . I Spit On Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine Taken by Anchor Bay . Dread Central . September 18, 2015 .
  14. News: Jack . Foley . February 26, 2016 . Gilroy actor Steven Good appears in TV film role . . March 3, 2016 .
  15. News: Michael . Agresta . March 15, 2016 . SXSW Film Review: Before the Sun Explodes . . March 18, 2016 .
  16. Web site: Debi . Moore . September 7, 2014 . Bruce Campbell Sci-Fi Chiller Moontrap Getting a 25th Anniversary Blu-ray; Sequel Coming Next Year . Dread Central . February 10, 2015 .
  17. Web site: Daniel S. . Levine . February 25, 2017 . 'Infidelity In Suburbia': Meet the Cast of Lifetime's New Movie . . March 5, 2017 .
  18. News: September 30, 2015 . Will McFadden Headlining Anthony O'Brien's 'Doubting Thomas' . . December 18, 2016 .
  19. Web site: All Light Will End, USA 2018. Horrorpedia. 2018-03-16. 2018-04-15.
  20. misssarahbutler . CQKYo2YhEWE . Seven years after meeting my match, our souls were rejoined in marriage on June 10, 2021 . 16 June 2021 .