Mia Sara

Mia Sara (* 19th June 1967 in New York as Mia Sarapocciello ) is an American actress of Italian descent.

Career

Mia Sara began her career in 1985 at the age of 17, starring in the fantasy film Legend alongside Tom Cruise . A year later, she gained greater fame for her role as Sloane Peterson in the film Ferris Makes Blue , in which she played the friend of Matthew Broderick aka Ferris Bueller .

She then starred in the television film Queenie and appeared in 1994 on the side of Jean-Claude Van Damme in the film Timecop . For this role, Sara also received the Best Supporting Actress award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films .

Personal

Sara was born in Brooklyn , New York . Her father is a photographer and her mother a stylist and photographer. She has a younger sister. She attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn.

In March 1996 she married Jason Connery , son of Sean Connery , whom they met while filming the film The Palmer Files: The Red Death . In June 1997 their son was born. The marriage was divorced in 2002. Sara has a daughter with Brian Henson , the son of Jim Henson .

Awards

Saturn Award

• 1995: Best Supporting Actress for Timecop

Filmography (selection)

• 1985: Legend (Legend)
• 1986: Ferris goes blue (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
• 1987: Queenie (TV movie, 4 parts)
• 1988: Shadows in the Storm
• 1988: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1989: Till We Meet Again (miniseries)
• 1990: Daughter of Darkness (TV movie)
• 1991: The Duel of Masters (By the Sword)
• 1992: A Stranger Among Us (A Stranger Among Us)
• 1993: Time Trax - Back to the Future ( Time Trax , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1994: Moments of Death (Caroline at Midnight)
• 1994: Timecop
• 1995: The Psychopath (The Maddening)
• 1995: The Palmer Files: The Red Death ( Bullet to Beijing , TV movie)
• 1995: Days of Fear (Black Day Blue Night)
• 1995–1996: Chicago Hope - End Station Hope ( Chicago Hope , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1996: Strangers (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1996: Sturmhölle ( Undertow , TV movie)
• 1997: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (TV movie)
• 1998: Logan: A Cop Under Suspicion (Hard Time; TV movie)
• 2001: The Hunt for the Giants' Treasure ( Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story , TV movie)
• 2002: Lost in Oz (TV series)
• 2002–2003: Birds of Prey (TV series)
• 2003: Hoodlum & Son
• 2005: CSI: NY (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2006: Nightmares & Dreamscapes: After the Stories of Stephen King ( Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King , TV series, 1 episode)
• 2007: Tinseltown (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2011: The Witches of Oz ( The Witches of Oz , Miniseries)
• 2013: Pretty Pretty

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Mia Sara - Biography -. nytimes.com, accessed March 20, 2015 . 
2. ^ Mia Sara Biography (1967–) . Film reference . Retrieved July 27, 2009.

Web links

• Mia Sara in the Internet Movie Database (English)