Sara Thompson

Sara Thompson was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She trained as an actor at the New York Film Academy.

In addition to acting, Thompson is also a dancer, having danced since she was three years old. She is classically trained in multiple genres, such as contemporary, hip hip, ballet and jazz and has competed in dancing competitions internationally, at one point winning a silver medal from a world championship in Poland for contemporary dance. Thompson stopped dancing professionally and competitively at the age of eighteen.Thompson made her acting debut in 2008 at the age of twelve, when she appeared in the film Make it Happen. She subsequently made further appearanced in feature films, landing minor roles in Lovesick (2016), I Still See You (2018) and Night Hunter (2018) and a major role in the film The Return (2020).

Her first major television role was Molly Ross in the legal drama series Burden of Truth. She later appeared in the post-apocalyptic science fiction series The 100 as Josephine Lightbourne, one of the series' villains. She landed the role after Richard Harmon her co-star from The Return, who plays Murphy on The 100, told her that they needed someone for the role and she would be perfect for it. She sent her audition tape and was eventually cast for the role.

In October 2021, Thompson appeared in Peacock TV series One of Us Is Lying as Vanessa Clark.