Sarah Bolger
Sarah Bolger is an Irish actress. She is famously known for her roles in the films The Spiderwick Chronicles, In America, Stormbreaker and Emelie. She is also known for her role in the TV series The Tudors, for which she won an IFTA award, and for her appearances as Princess Aurora in Once Upon a Time.
She 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. She made an appearance on TV series, Mixology in 2014. She co-starred in David Gelb’s thriller film The Lazarus Effect.
In 2015 she also starred in the AMC martial arts show Into the Badlands and the Freddie Steinmark biopic My All American. She starred as the title character in the horror film Emelie in 2016 and the crime-thriller A Good Woman Is Hard to Find directed by Abner Pastoll.
Sarah Bolger Age
Bolger was born in Dublin, Ireland on 28th February, 1991. She is 28 years old as of 2019.
Sarah Bolger Family
Sarah is the daughter of Derek and Monica Bolger. Her father is a butcher. She has a younger sister who is also an actress, Emma Bolger.
Sarah Bolger PhotoSarah Bolger Dating
Sarah Bolger is currently in a relationship with Julian Morris. The two started dating in Jul 2012. However nothing much is know about their relationship. Sarah however has had various other on and off relationships. In 2007, she was in a relationship with Freddie Highmore. The two were still kids then with Freddie being 15 and Sarah 16. They couldnt have a love affair and hence the two broke up in 2008. In 2009, though she never really revealed her boyfriend, she said he was not Irish
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Films
Year | Title | Role | |
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2018 | End of Sentence | Jewel | |
2018 | A Good Woman Is Hard to Find | Sarah | |
2017 | Halal Daddy | Maeve Logan | |
2015 | My All American | Linda Wheeler | |
2015 | The Lazarus Effect | Eva | |
2015 | Emelie | Emelie | |
2014 | Kiss Me | Zoe | |
2014 | Starbright | Pamela | |
2013 | Crush | Jules | |
2013 | As Cool as I Am | Lucy Diamond | |
2011 | The Moth Diaries | Rebecca | |
2011 | From Up on Poppy Hill | Umi Matsuzaki | |
2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mallory Grace | |
2006 | Stormbreaker | Sabina Pleasure | |
2005 | Premonition | Azura | |
2005 | Tara Road | Annie | |
2003 | In America | Christy | |
1999 | A Love Divided | Eileen Clone |
Television
Year | Title | Role | |
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2018 | Counterpart | Anna Silk | |
2018 | Mayans M.C. | Emily Thomas | |
2016 | Agent Carter | Violet | |
2015–2017 | Into the Badlands | Jade | |
2014 | Mixology | Janey | |
2012–2015 | Once Upon a Time | Princess Aurora | |
2008–2010 | The Tudors | Mary Tudor | |
2006 | Stardust | Lorraine Keegan | |
2004 | The Clinic | Janey Quinn | |
2002 | The World of Tosh | ||
1999 | A Secret Affair | Helena Fitzgerald |
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On a show like this, you can’t just be the girlfriend or the wife and actually survive. You have to be more than that.
BOLGER: Absolutely! And we’re not. One of the wonderful things, even from the audition, is that these characters were not written as, “Emily Thomas, girlfriend of,” “Emily Thomas, wife of,” or “Emily Thomas, love interest.” It was, “Emily Thomas, power player.” These are women who are not necessarily attached to anyone. Their story points are their own, and that is incredible. That makes me so proud to be a part of this piece.
Why do you think it’s taken her this long to start to ask questions about what’s going on, in her own life? Why does she want more control of her situation now?
Sarah Bolger: Eight years ago, the love of her life, the person who she thought was going to be the man she would end up with, went to jail. He ruined everything, in her eyes. He messed up everything they had planned. So, when you meet her eight years later, she has to command her own life. The choices she’s now making define her, but define a woman she never thought she’d be. She ends up surrounding herself with people who probably are nothing like the relationship she had before, and who are polar opposite, in terms of demeanor, in terms of power, in terms of financial, and in terms of future. I think she has to erase the past. She has to make choices to secure a future for herself, even though it’s not the woman she ever thought she’d be. I think Emily is creating her new self, as we meet her, and she’s figuring that out, like we all are. It’s going to be a really rocky, beautiful journey.
She also seems like she’s wanted to live in the dark a little bit.
Sarah Bolger: Absolutely! I think we all do that.
But then, you also can’t un-know what you’re made aware of.
Sarah Bolger: I think ignorance is bliss, in a lot of unique scenarios, and Emily’s scenario is unique enough that she’s been told it’s safer to be in the dark. But the thing about Emily is that she’s too bright. She needs information. She craves it. What was maybe romantic or sexy about not knowing the ins and outs is now so much a part of her world. Her world has crashed apart and she needs to know everything. She can no longer be in the dark, she can no longer be naïve, she’s no longer an ingenue. She’s like, “Give me the information and let me deal with that.” That’s the woman she is, innately.
It seems like this world and this character would feel very foreign to you. Especially early on, what did you find yourself connecting with?
Sarah Bolger: I started acting when I was really young. I came to the States and didn’t know anyone, and I spoke with a weird Irish accent. And Emily moved to this Southern California Mexican border town, where she doesn’t speak Spanish, she doesn’t know anyone, she’s super pale, and she doesn’t fit in. You have to change yourself and be a little bit of a chameleon. She learned Spanish. I learned to speak with an American accent. You decide to change yourself so that you can blend in, feel local, and feel a part of something. I, Sarah Bolger, have been a constant nomad, my entire life. I think Emily moved around a lot, and when she settled, it was important to her to feel involved. She was so connected to EZ because of his familial bonds. She probably came from something a little bit more cold and distant.
Emily also feels like she could be an only child.
Sarah Bolger: Exactly! Not that that has been decided on, but I do believe that’s true.
What’s it like to work with a veteran like Edward James Olmos?
Sarah Bolger: He’s incredible. He’s the father Emily never had. He’s such a warm actor. He has this deep baritone to his voice that’s really quite lovely. It’s amazing that she still has this relationship with her ex’s family. She probably feels more connected to his family than anyone.
It wasn’t his father’s fault that all of this happened.
Sarah Bolger: It’s no one’s fault. That’s the thing. Those things are never really anyone’s fault. You get thrown into the wrong situation, and it’s a plethora of things.
You also got to read with JD Pardo, pretty early on in this process. What was it like to get to start building that dynamic, from the very beginning?
Sarah Bolger: We also did the pilot a long time ago. We did the pilot about a year ago, maybe longer, so we’ve been building that relationship. We went out a bunch of times, and grabbed coffee or a drink, because for the most part, the show is set in present day. There’s only a few of those flashbacks. So, for those present-day moments, we have this huge history. We have thousands of moments that we’ve built together. In the pilot, there’s a huge moment where her life changes, in one of the flashbacks, so we had to hang out a lot and set the groundwork. We’re getting there, slowly but surely.
How much about were you informed of? Did you have any of that information going into this, or did you have to just keep adapting, as you learned what was really going on?
Sarah Bolger: We really have only gotten [information] from episode to episode. We don’t get to know too far in the future. What the showrunners have allowed us to do is really build the characters we want, and then they see things in us, that we’re bringing to each episode, and they go, “Oh, I like that. Let’s develop that.” They give us the opportunity to be able to develop the moments and relationships that they see sprinkled throughout. It’s wild because we never know what’s going to happen, with each episode.
Emily is stuck in this secret world that she can’t tell anyone about. As a character, does she have anybody that she can have girl time with?
Sarah Bolger: No, I don’t believe so.
Does she have anybody that she can confide in?
Sarah Bolger: No. I think she probably did grow up as an only child and she is more secure with the idea of working things out herself than depending on other people. I think her history has told her that everyone she’s depended on has gone away.
Do you think that she’s happy with the life she has now, or do you think she idealizes the life she could have had?
Sarah Bolger: I think she likes the life she has now. I think she looks at her life with no regrets. That’s who she is. That’s built into her DNA. She’s all in, all the time. And I’m never saying that there’s not a moment that she doesn’t doubt or question or dream of what could have been, but I think that’s wasted time. Emily has such a pragmatic approach to things. She went to law school and got some sort of law degree before the show began, so there are elements of her that have a very logical, strategic mind. But she’s in it now, and she has to be in it. That’s part of her everyday now, for better or for worse. But I do think she loves whom she’s with.
Have you found it harder to do the accent or to learn Spanish?
Sarah Bolger: Neither are hard on their own. When I have to switch back and forth, it’s not hard to go from the American accent to speaking Spanish, but then speaking Spanish and going back into the American accent is hard. I practice it so much. I talk to myself in the mirror, all the time. It’s like speaking multiple languages. I’m taking Spanish lessons now, but for the most part, I don’t speak Spanish. I only know the basics of Spanish now. It’s hard, and I want to get the right accent. It’s so romantic and beautiful.
Has being a part of this show, playing this character in this world, changed you as an actress?
Sarah Bolger: Kurt and Elgin have made me look at choices I’ve made and make bold choices that are more daring. I try to bring all of the realism that I can into these scenarios that are so crazy and outlandish, but this shit happens to people. It’s a roller coaster and it’s hard work, but every day has been a joy.
The characters you’ve been playing for a while are so different. Is that something that you had to work really hard to find, or do you just feel really lucky that those roles have come your way?
Sarah Bolger: I think a handful of the roles that I’ve gotten to play are characters whom I’ve lived, that are like younger versions of me, but who are maybe more naïve and a little bit wilder than when I was. And I’ve gotten to play 16 and 17 when I was a little bit older, so I got to pull from experience. I played a doctor on Counterpart, so that was about studying and watching documentaries, and reading, and trying to learn. But this woman is like no one I really know, so I’m pulling from not only the writing, which is spectacular, but the woman I dream to be like. It’s a weird mix. There are movies I watch, or some actor I have in my head who embodies that, but this girl is the better version of me. I almost live vicariously through acting Emily. She cries and she feels stuff, but she’s not afraid of that.
I have to admit that, years ago, I saw the Fox pilot that you did for Locke and Key, and it’s one of my favorite pilots that I’ve ever seen for a TV show.
Sarah Bolger: They’re making that now at Netflix. I loved that pilot, too. Mark Romanek is an amazing director. He’s the most visual.
What do you remember about that experience?
Sarah Bolger: I remember it being the most high-powered set that I’d ever been on. The writers wrote Transformers, and Josh Friedman, Mark Romanek and Steven Spielberg produced it. It just felt so massive. I felt so lucky. It was big and expensive, and there was lots of CGI. I’m really proud to remain in the FOX family.
It’s so funny to see it go from that pilot to then maybe a movie to then maybe a TV series at Hulu, and now going to Netflix.
Sarah Bolger: I know! Isn’t that crazy? It’s destined to be made, it’s so good. I’m still in touch with Joe Hill, all the time. He’s incredible.
SOURCE: http://collider.com
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