Sarah Allen is a Canadian
actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. She studied acting at the
National Theatre School of Canada and graduated in 2002.
''Being Human''
Allen is perhaps best known for playing vampire Rebecca Flynt on
SyFy's ''
Being Human''. For the role, she watched some of the original BBC version of the series and also researched
vampire
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mythology
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About her character Rebecca, Allen has said: "She definitely starts the series with a cross to bear.. you know, really angry and kind of 'guard up', but I think she makes a real effort to try to be good. She does make an effort to be good, and she wants to be, and she fails constantly, but I think that even
erattempts in changing Bernie, the little boy, to a vampire...
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done with good intentions...she really wanted to care for someone."
About Rebecca's relationship with Aidan, she has said: "She keeps on fumbling through her existence as a vampire. She keeps trying to get involved with Aidan's life and just keeps messing up."
She also mentioned once that having to drink fake blood on ''
Being Human'' was like "drinking a tube of toothpaste".
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
Sarah Allen at The South African TV Authority
1980 births
Living people
Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
National Theatre School of Canada alumni
21st-century Canadian actresses
People from Nelson, British Columbia
Actresses from British Columbia
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