Sarah Carter
Sarah Sanguin Carter is a Canadian actress, writer and director. She is known for her recurring role as Alicia Baker in the superhero series Smallville, Madeleine Poe in Shark, and main role as Maggie May in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies.
Personal life
Sarah Carter was born in Toronto and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was a student in the prestigious Royal [Winnipeg Ballet] and an accomplished member of the debate team. She competed in various countries including Austria, England, and Argentina.After graduating high school at Balmoral Hall School in Winnipeg, Carter moved to Switzerland where she studied fine arts at Neuchâtel Junior College for one year. She subsequently attended Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. Later, Carter took time off from acting, spending time in India and Cuba, where she worked in an orphanage.
On June 19, 2011, Carter was one of thirty-five climbers who scaled Mount Shasta to raise money for the Breast Cancer Fund, for which she is a spokesperson. She has also hiked the West Coast Trail.
Carter is married to Kevin Barth, whom she wed in 2014. They have a daughter born in 2017. In 2024, Carter announced that she became an American citizen.
Career
Acting
Carter's early television career included appearances in Wolf Lake, Dark Angel, and Undeclared, and she was also cast in Final Destination 2. She also appeared in three episodes of Smallville, in which she played Alicia Baker, who has a romantic relationship with Clark Kent. In 2006, Carter starred in the film DOA: 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 in Shark between 2006 and 2008, appearing in all 38 episodes of the series. In 2009, she also appeared in CSI: NY, as the character Haylen Becall, a forensic school graduate.
Carter became a regular character, Maggie May, on the TNT series Falling 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 of Falling Skies airing its series finale in 2015, Carter booked a recurring arc on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 as a potential love interest to Steve McGarrett.