Sarah Bolger

Sarah Bolger (born 28 February 1991)^[1][2][3] is an Irish actress. She starred in the films In America (2003), Stormbreaker (2006), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), The Moth Diaries (2011), The Lazarus Effect (2015), Emelie (2015), and A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019). On television, she portrayed Princess Mary Tudor in The Tudors (2008–2010), for which she won an IFTA award, and Princess Aurora in Once Upon a Time (2012–2015). Bolger also appeared on the series Into the Badlands (2015–2017) and starred on Mayans M.C. (2018–2023).

Sarah Bolger
Bolger in July 2019
Born	(1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 33) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present

Early life and education

Bolger was born in Dublin to father Derek, a butcher and mother Monica, a housewife. She grew up in the Southside suburb of Rathfarnham.^[1][4] Her younger sister, Emma, also acted and has since pursued academia.^[5]

Bolger attended Loreto High School Beaufort from 2003 to 2009 and took classes at Ann Kavanagh's Young People's Theatre.^[6][7]

Career

Bolger starred in In America with her sister, Emma. From 2008 to 2010, she portrayed Princess Mary Tudor in The Tudors.^[1] Bolger starred in Stormbreaker alongside Alex Pettyfer. She also starred in the film adaptation of the children's novel The Spiderwick Chronicles. She filmed a pilot called Locke & Key.^[8]

Bolger guest starred as Princess Aurora in the second, third, and fourth seasons of the fairy tale drama, Once Upon a Time.^[9]

Bolger played the female lead role, Umi, in the English version of the 2011 Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill, and starred as Lucy in As Cool as I Am in 2013. In 2014, she made an appearance on TV series, Mixology.^[10] Bolger co-starred in David Gelb's thriller film The Lazarus Effect.^[11]

In 2015, she starred in the AMC (TV channel) martial arts show Into the Badlands and the Freddie Steinmark biopic My All American. In 2016, she starred as the title character in the horror film Emelie.

In March 2017, it was reported by Deadline Hollywood that Bolger was to star in the crime-thriller A Good Woman Is Hard to Find directed by Abner Pastoll.^[12] Filming completed in December 2017,^[13] with the film released in 2019.^[14][15]

Other projects

In January 2011, Bolger was selected to be in photographer Kevin Abosch's project "The Face of Ireland"^[16] alongside other Irish celebrities including Sinéad O'Connor, Neil Jordan, and Pierce Brosnan.^[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	A Love Divided	Eileen Cloney
2003	In America	Christy
2005	Tara Road	Annie
2006	Stormbreaker	Sabina Pleasure
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Mallory Grace
2009	Iron Cross	Kashka
2011	The Moth Diaries	Rebecca
	From Up on Poppy Hill	Umi Matsuzaki	Voice role (English dub); Japanese title: Kokuriko-zaka kara
2013	Crush	Jules
	As Cool as I Am	Lucy Diamond
2014	Kiss Me	Zoe
2015	My All American	Linda Wheeler
	The Lazarus Effect	Eva
	Emelie	Emelie
2017	Halal Daddy	Maeve Logan
2019	End of Sentence	Jewel
	A Good Woman Is Hard to Find	Sarah
2021	We Broke Up	Bea
TBA	Control	TBA	Filming
TBA	Cry from the Sea	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	A Secret Affair	Helena Fitzgerald	Television film
2002	The World of Tosh		TV series
2004	The Clinic	Janey Quinn	2 episodes
2006	Stardust	Lorraine Keegan	Miniseries
2008–2010	The Tudors	Mary Tudor	Recurring role (seasons 2–3); main role (season 4); 23 episodes
2012–2015	Once Upon a Time	Princess Aurora	Recurring role (seasons 2–4); 16 episodes
2014	Mixology	Janey	Episode: "Tom & Maya"
2015–2017	Into the Badlands	Jade	Main role (seasons 1–2)
2016	Agent Carter	Violet	Episodes: "The Lady in the Lake", "A View in the Dark", "The Atomic Job"
2018–2019	Counterpart	Anna Silk	Recurring role
2018–2023	Mayans M.C.	Emily Thomas	Main role[18]
TBA	Rematch	Helen Brock	Post-production

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Mallory Grace
2010	BioShock 2	Eleanor Lamb

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2003	In America	Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2004	In America	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award	Best Young Actor/Actress	Nominated
		Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Most Promising Performer	Nominated
		Independent Spirit Award	Best Supporting Female	Nominated	[19]
		Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Performance by Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female	Nominated
		Satellite Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama	Nominated
		Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated	[20]
2009	Herself	Berlin International Film Festival	Shooting Stars Award	Won	[21]
	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Irish Film & Television Awards	Actress in a Supporting Role – Film	Nominated	[22]
	Herself	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Rising Star Award	Nominated	[22]
2010	The Tudors	Irish Film & Television Awards	Actress in a Supporting Role – Television	Won	[23]
2011	The Tudors	Irish Film & Television Awards	Actress in a Supporting Role – Television	Nominated	[24]
2018	Halal Daddy	Irish Film & Television Awards	Actress in a Leading Role – Film	Nominated	[25][26]

References

1. Daly, Susan (25 April 2009). "Sarah Bolger: 'Now that I'm 18... everyone's asking me about sex'". Irish Independent. Dublin, Ireland. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. @SarahBolger (28 February 2016). "What a beautiful birthday gift from all my wonderful friends! Thank you all 85 thousand of you!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via Twitter.
3. @SarahBolger (28 February 2017). "Thank you all, for the beautiful birthday wishes" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via Twitter.
4. Barter, Pavel (21 June 2020). "Battles of the Sarah Bolger". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2021.(subscription required)
5. Lynch, Donal (3 July 2017). "Method to her gladness". Independent.ie. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
6. Webb, Sarah (8 March 2008). "Teen idol". Irish Independent. Dublin, Ireland. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
7. "Tudors actress Sarah Bolger discusses her religious side". Irishcentral.com. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
8. "Sarah Bolger Joins Locke & Key". Dread Central. 16 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
9. Mitovich, Matt Webb (5 July 2012). "Exclusive: Wake Up! Once Upon a Time Has Cast Sarah Bolger as Sleeping Beauty". TVLine. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
10. "Sarah Bolger Joins 'Mixology', 'Returned' Adds Mark Hildreth, Leslie Bibb In 'Boy'". Deadline Hollywood. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
11. "The Lazarus Effect Gives Rise to an Official Poster". Dread Central. 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
12. "Sarah Bolger In Talks To Star In Crime Thriller 'A Good Woman Is Hard To Find'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
13. "Sarah Bolger, Andrew Simpson Board Abner Pastoll's 'A Good Woman Is Hard to Find' (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
14. Hoad, Phil (23 October 2019). "A Good Woman Is Hard to Find review – gritty Northern Ireland crime thriller". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
15. Miska, Brad (23 September 2019). "Exclusive 'A Good Woman is Hard to Find' Clip Barges into a Woman's House [Video]". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
16. Sarah Bolger Source Archived 13 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
17. Kevin Abosch – TFOI Archived 5 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
18. Andreeva, Nellie (10 March 2017). "'Mayans MC': Sarah Bolger To Co-Star In FX's 'Sons Of Anarchy' Spinoff Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
19. Susman, Gary (3 December 2003). "Here are the Independent Spirit Award nominees". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
20. "Nominations announced for the 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild. 15 January 2004. Archived from the original on 21 August 2004.
21. "Sarah Bolger nominated for Shooting Star award". RTÉ. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
22. "Irish Film & Television Awards Winners Announced". The Irish Film & Television Network. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
23. "IFTA Winners 2010". The Irish Film & Television Academy. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
24. "IFTA Winners 2011". The Irish Film & Television Academy. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
25. Fetherston, Sinann (19 February 2018). "Sarah Bolger wore Irish design to the IFTA red carpet". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
26. "IFTA Film & Drama Awards Ceremony Winners 2018". The Irish Film & Television Academy. 15 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

External links

• Sarah Bolger at IMDb
• Sarah Bolger at the TCM Movie Database
• Sarah Bolger at AllMovie
• Sarah Bolger at Rotten Tomatoes