Sarah Ruth Snook (born 1 December 1987) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Shiv Roy in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), for which she won two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.[1][2]
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Born | Sarah Ruth Snook 1 December 1987 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Education | National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2009–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Snook received two AACTA Awards for her leading roles in the films Sisters of War (2010) and Predestination (2014). She also appeared in the films Not Suitable for Children (2012), These Final Hours (2013), Jessabelle (2014), The Dressmaker (2015), Steve Jobs (2015), The Glass Castle (2017), An American Pickle (2020), Pieces of a Woman (2020), Run Rabbit Run (2023), and The Beanie Bubble (2023).
On stage, Snook starred in the West End revival of The Picture of Dorian Gray (2024) for which she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. Her other theatre credits include roles in King Lear (2009), The Master Builder (2016) and Saint Joan (2018).
Early life and education
editSarah Ruth Snook[3] was born on 1 December 1987[4] in Adelaide, South Australia, and grew up in the suburb of Eden Hills. She has two older sisters.[5] Her father, a swimming-pool salesman, and her mother, an aged care provider, divorced when she was young.[6] She attended St John's Grammar School in Belair and won a drama scholarship to Scotch College in Torrens Park.[6] Her first paying job was as a fairy at children's birthday parties.[6]
In 2008, she graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art.[7]
Career
edit2009–2017: Early work
editWhile at NIDA, Snook performed in stage productions of Macbeth and Gallipoli. She subsequently appeared in King Lear with the State Theatre Company of South Australia in 2009.[8] She garnered further success with roles in a string of Australian films, including Sisters of War (2010), Not Suitable for Children (2012), These Final Hours (2013),[9] and Predestination (2014).[10] Snook won two AACTA Awards for her performances in Sisters of War and Predestination. She also earned recognition for starring in the supernatural horror film Jessabelle (2014). Snook then portrayed Andrea Cunningham in Danny Boyle's biopic Steve Jobs (2015), starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet. That same year, she acted in Jocelyn Moorhouse's period drama The Dressmaker, also starring Winslet and Judy Davis, for which she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She appeared in the biopic The Glass Castle (2017), starring Brie Larson and based on the 2005 novel of the same name.
In 2016, Snook appeared in an episode of the Netflix science fiction anthology series Black Mirror, titled "Men Against Fire", alongside Malachi Kirby, Madeline Brewer, and Michael Kelly. Also that year, she made her West End debut playing the role of Hilde Wangel in a revival of Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder opposite Ralph Fiennes at the Old Vic.[11] Paul Taylor from The Independent hailed Snook's performance writing, "Sarah Snook, the young Australian star, is a disarmingly direct, deep-voiced and uninhibited as Hilde in an assured [and] striking performance".[12] Snook returned to the stage in 2018, where she portrayed Joan of Arc in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan.[13][14][15] Her performance was hailed by John Sand of the Sydney Morning Herald, who described her performance as "beyond riveting" and said that "Snook catches the untamed bravado of a teenager fired with passion".[16]
2018–2023: Breakthrough with Succession
editFrom 2018 to 2023, Snook gained prominence for her lead role as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy in the HBO drama series Succession. The role earned her widespread critical acclaim[17] and numerous accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and two Golden Globe Awards.[1]
In 2020, Snook appeared in the comedy film An American Pickle, opposite Seth Rogen, and in Kornél Mundruczó's marital drama film Pieces of a Woman. In December 2021, she replaced Elisabeth Moss as the lead in the horror-thriller film Run Rabbit Run, directed by Daina Reid.[18] In January 2022, Snook was cast alongside Zach Galifianakis and Elizabeth Banks in the comedy drama film The Beanie Bubble, which was co-directed by Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash.[19] In 2022, Snook narrated the Netflix documentary film Kangaroo Valley.
2024–present: Return to theatre
editIn 2024 Snook returned to the West End portraying all 26 roles in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.[20] Arifa Akbar of The Guardian praised Snook on her performance citing the complexity of the role writing, "It is a juggling act of high order for Snook. She must perform in real time, react to the recorded footage and manipulate the technology herself in some scenes. She speaks in dialogue but also narrates omnisciently. Some scenes require athleticism, others sudden stillness. It demands an exacting synchronicity and she gets it pitch perfect, powering through 26 characters."[21] The role earned her the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress.[22]
Also in 2024 it was announced that Snook would voice the protagonist in an upcoming stop-motion animated film Memoir of a Snail directed by Adam Elliot.[23]
Snook will transfer the Dorian Gray show to Broadway in 2025.[24]
Personal life
editIn 2020, Snook began dating Australian comedian Dave Lawson, who she married in the backyard of her Brooklyn home in 2021.[25] Snook gave birth to a daughter in May 2023.[26][27][28]
Acting credits
edit† | Denotes projects that have not yet been released |
Film
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2010 | Crystal Jam | Crystal | Short film | |
2011 | The Best Man | Isla | Short film | |
Sleeping Beauty | Flatmate | |||
2012 | Not Suitable for Children | Stevie | ||
2013 | These Final Hours | Mandy's Mother | ||
2014 | Predestination | Jane / John | ||
Jessabelle | Jessie Laurent | |||
2015 | The Dressmaker | Gertrude "Trudy" Pratt | ||
Oddball | Emily Marsh | |||
Holding the Man | Pepe Trevor | |||
Steve Jobs | Andrea "Andy" Cunningham | |||
2017 | The Glass Castle | Lori Walls | ||
2018 | Winchester | Marian Marriott | ||
Brothers' Nest | Sandy | |||
2020 | An American Pickle | Sarah Greenbaum | [29] | |
Pieces of a Woman | Suzanne | |||
2023 | Run Rabbit Run | Sarah | Also executive producer | |
The Beanie Bubble | Sheila Warner | |||
2024 | Memoir of a Snail † | Grace Pudel (Voice) |
Television
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2009 | All Saints | Sophie | Episode: "Curve Balls" | |
2010 | Sisters of War | Lorna Whyte | Television film | |
2011 | Packed to the Rafters | Jodi Webb | 2 episodes | |
Blood Brothers | Debbie Franklin | Television film | ||
My Place | Minna Muller | Episode: "Henry 1878" | ||
Spirited | Antonia | 10 episodes | ||
2013 | Redfern Now | Officer Sarah Donaldson | Episode: "Dogs of War" | |
2014 | The Moodys | Louise | Episode: "Happy Anniversary Kevin & Maree" | |
2015 | The Secret River | Sal Thornhill | Main role; 2 episodes | |
The Beautiful Lie | Anna | Main role; 6 episodes | ||
2016 | Black Mirror | Medina | Episode: "Men Against Fire" | |
2018–2023 | Succession | Siobhan "Shiv" Roy | Main role; 39 episodes | |
2019 | Robot Chicken | Rose the Horse / Midge (voices) | Episode: "Snoopy Camino Lindo in: Quick and Dirty Squirrel Shot" | |
2020 | Soulmates | Nikki | Episode: "Watershed" | |
2023 | Koala Man | Vicky (voice) | Main role; 8 episodes | |
TBA | All Her Fault | Marissa Irvine | Main role; also executive producer |
Theatre
editYear | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
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2009 | King Lear | Cordelia | State Theatre Company of South Australia | |
2016 | The Master Builder | Hilde Wangel | Old Vic, West End | |
2018 | Saint Joan | Joan of Arc | Sydney Theatre Company, Australia | |
2024 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Performer | Theatre Royal Haymarket, West End |
Awards and nominations
editReferences
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- ^ Late Night with Seth Meyers (12 August 2020). "Sarah Snook is ready to tape the third season of Succession". YouTube. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
I'm a proud Sagittarian. I am not born July 28. My birthday's the first of December. Someone made a Wikipedia page up for me, and they just decided that 28th of July was me... It's lucky that I'm only six months out; but, I feel like, if I was going to fake my own birthday, I should have gone, you know, three, four years, five years earlier.
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- ^ "The Master Builder, Old Vic, theatre review: Ralph Fiennes gives compelling study of a man going out of his mind". The Independent. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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- ^ "Saint Joan". Sydney Theatre Company. STC. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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External links
edit- Sarah Snook at IMDb