Sara West

Sara is a Sydney based actor and writer who has worked with some of Australia's leading theatre and television companies. Her credits include Belvoir Theatre's London tour of The Wild Duck (dir: Simon Stone), Malthouse Theatre/Griffin Theatre Company's Ugly Mugs (dir: Marion Potts), Sydney Theatre Company's Travelling North (dir: Andrew Upton), Griffin Theatre Company's Dreams in White (dir: Tanya Goldberg) and Belvoir Theatre's Babyteeth (dir: Eamon Flack). Nick Matthews' One Eyed Girl was Sara's feature film debut followed shortly by Simon Stone's The Daughter. She was the recipient of a Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the SASAs for her own short film River Water and is a soon to be published playwright as the winner of the 2014 ATYP Foundation Commission for her children's play The Trolleys. For television, Sara has worked on ABC's Anzac Girls and Network 7's Winter alongside Rebecca Gibney - in early 2015 Sara played Liza Minnelli in Shine Australia's TV biopic Peter Allen - Not the Boy Next Door. As of 2024, Sara has a regular role in Network 10's internationally successful drama series Neighbours.