Sarah Carter
Carter at the Falling Skies Panel MCM London Comic Con 2013
Born	Sarah Sanguin Carter (1980-10-30)October 30, 1980 (age 45) Toronto,Ontario, Canada
Occupations	Actress writer director
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Kevin Barth ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1

Sarah Sanguin Carter (born October 30, 1980) is a Canadian actress, writer and director. She is known for her recurring role as Alicia Baker in the superhero seriesSmallville (2004–2005), Madeleine Poe inShark (2006–2008), and main role as Maggie May in theTNT science fiction seriesFalling Skies (2011–2015).

Sarah Carter was born inToronto and raised inWinnipeg,Manitoba. She was a student in the prestigiousRoyal Winnipeg Ballet^[1] and an accomplished member of the debate team.^[1][2] She competed in various countries includingAustria,England, andArgentina.

After graduating high school, Carter moved toSwitzerland where she studied fine arts atNeuchâtel Junior College for one year.^[1] She subsequently attendedRyerson Theatre School in Toronto.^{[citation needed]} Later, Carter took time off from acting, spending time inIndia andCuba, where she worked in an orphanage.^[1]

On June 19, 2011, Carter was one of thirty-five climbers who scaledMount Shasta to raise money for the Breast Cancer Fund, for which she is a spokesperson.^[3] She has also hiked theWest Coast Trail.^[4]

Carter is married to Kevin Barth, whom she wed in 2014. They have a daughter born in 2017.^[5] In 2024, Carter announced that she became an American citizen.^[6]

Carter's early television career included appearances inWolf Lake,Dark Angel, andUndeclared, and she was also cast inFinal Destination 2. She also appeared in three episodes ofSmallville, in which she played Alicia Baker, who has a romantic relationship withClark Kent (Tom Welling). In 2006, Carter starred in the filmDOA: Dead or Alive, playing the character Helena Douglas, a fighter who enters a martial arts contest.

Carter's later television career has included playing the character Madeline Poe, a rookie prosecutor inShark between 2006 and 2008, appearing in all 38 episodes of the series. In 2009, she also appeared inCSI: NY, as the character Haylen Becall, a forensic school graduate.^[7][8]

Carter became a regular character, Maggie May, on theTNT seriesFalling Skies, which debuted in June 2011. An apocalyptic alien invasion story,season 2 began on June 17, 2012 and concluded on August 19, 2012.Season 3 premiered June 9, 2013. On the heels ofFalling Skies airing its series finale in 2015, Carter booked a recurring arc on CBS’Hawaii Five-0 as a potential love interest toSteve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin).^[9]

Carter released a solo album,Before Three, in December 2009. She is part of the duo SanguinDrake, founded in 2010.^[10] As of December 2012^[update], the band has released four self-produced music videos on their website. On May 12, 2012, SanguinDrake released their first albumPretty Tricks.

Carter wrote and produced her feature directing debut film,In Her Name, which premiered at the 2022Tribeca Film Festival.^[11] The film won an Audience Award,^[12] and was released in June 2024 byTribeca Films,Giant Pictures, andDrafthouse Films.^[13]

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• 21st-century Canadian actresses

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