Sarah Wayne Callies is an American actress. She is known for starring as Sara Tancredi in Fox's Prison Break, Lori Grimes in AMC's The Walking Dead, and more recently, as Birdie Nicolletti in ABC's The Company You Keep. She has also starred as Katie Bowman in USA Network's Colony and Robin Perry in NBC's Council of Dads and has had film roles in Whisper (2007), Black Gold (2011), and The Show (2017).
Callies was born in La Grange, Illinois. Her parents Valerie Wayne and David E. Callies were both professors at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Callies moved to Honolulu, Hawaii with her family when she was one year old. Throughout her youth, she expressed an interest in acting through participating in various school plays at the independent Punahou School. After graduating from high school, Callies entered Dartmouth College where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama in 1999, with a minor in women's studies and a senior fellowship in Indigenous theology. In conjunction with her studies, Callies remained involved in theatre. She continued her education at the National Theatre Conservatory, where she obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2002.Callies moved to New York in 2003 and then quickly landed her first television role as Kate O'Malley, a recurring part on the short-lived CBS show Queens Supreme. Her first starring role was as Detective Jane Porter on The WB's Tarzan.
| Date of Birth | 1st June 1977 |
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| Age | 47 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Country | United States of America |
| Current City | La Grange |
| Birth Place | La Grange |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Language | American English |
| Reference | IMDB |
| Spouses | Josh Winterhalt |
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| Children | Keala Winterhalt |
| Education |
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| Dartmouth College |
| Occupation | television actor, film actor, stage actor, voice actor, film director |
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