Sarah Swift is a Meisner-trained actor and writer, originally from Toronto, Ontario. She is a proud graduate of the William Esper Studio where she studied under the renowned Bill Esper.

Sarah has appeared Off-Broadway, in films & television, and inhabited some of Shakespeare’s luminous leading ladies, such as Titania, Olivia, and Desdemona. She is known for playing Mrs. Kavanaugh opposite Matt Damon in the viral Cold Open sketch on Saturday Night Live, which to date has received over 32 million views on YouTube.

Recent projects include the film, “Bad Fences,” in which she plays an unhinged woman pushed to her mental limits by a nosy neighbor; the think-piece thriller, “Love in a Bottle,” and the CBS drama, “FBI” (dir. Joanna Kerns).

Sarah strongly believes that more representation of natural aging is needed in the industry, and she is passionate about telling the stories of women at all stages of life.

In her spare time, Sarah is an avid researcher of history and genealogy, and her work has been published in the Journal of the American Revolution. For information on hiring Sarah for ancestry purposes, please click here.

Sarah is based in Manhattan, New York City. Keep scrolling for performance media and materials.