Sarah Jude Sutherland is a Canadian-American actress, best known for her role as Catherine Meyer in ''
Veep
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''.
Early life
Sutherland was born in
Los Angeles, California
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, to
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a British-Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series '' 24'' (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Glo ...
and his first wife, Camelia Kath. She is the granddaughter of Canadian actors
Donald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans over six decades. He has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films ''Citizen X'' (1995) an ...
and
Shirley Douglas
Shirley Jean Douglas (April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020) was a Canadian actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name made her recognizable in Canadian film, television and national politics.
Early life
Douglas was born A ...
, and great-granddaughter of Canadian politician
Tommy Douglas
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.
As a teen, Sutherland trained at the Crossroads Drama Conservatory in Los Angeles, before heading to New York to study at
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
's
Tisch School of the Arts
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Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
. In her final semester, she wrote and acted in a one-woman play, ''The Skin of a Grape.''
Career
Sutherland won a
for season 6 of ''
Veep
''Veep'' is an American political satire comedy television series that aired on HBO from April 22, 2012, to May 12, 2019. The series was created by Armando Iannucci as an adaptation of his sitcom ''The Thick of It''. The protagonist of ''Veep'' ...
.''
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century American actresses
American film actresses
American people of Canadian descent
American people of English descent
American people of German descent
American people of Scottish descent
American television actresses
People from Los Angeles
Sarah
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Tisch School of the Arts alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)