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Sarah Fowler is a human female born on one of the Lunar Colonies.

Along with Michael and his only child, Fowler and her three children manage to escape the Eastern Alliance-dominated Lunar colony via the Lunar Shuttle Avion. Their destination is Paradeen, where her father, John Russel Fowler, and his two androids, Hector and Vector, built a house for them to reside in. Their plan is to get there, destroy the ship, and live out the rest of their lives without worrying about the Eastern Alliance. This plan might have worked without a hitch were they not encountered by the patrol of Apollo and Starbuck.

Sarah harbors negatively dismissive views on technology, due to the fact that she and her children were hindered by their inability to breathe in heavier atmospheres (thanks to Terran enhancements of those who wished to settle the Lunar colonies.) Due to this, she despises and feared all those who favor technology; though she doesn't seem to be able to back up her viewpoints due to an ignorant bias.

When they are intercepted by Apollo and Starbuck, she is the first to be revived from suspended animation by Michael, who knows that they are not where they are supposed to be. After Michael's glorified asthmatic episode, he and Sarah are placed in chambers set to their atmosphere pressure. With the help of Galactica's sympathetic crew, they are sent on to their destination, programmed automatically into the Avion's onboard computer.

After landing on Paradeen, and meandering about the surroundings, she discovers that her father died of natural causes. Later on, it is revealed to the Colonials (Cassiopeia, Starbuck and Apollo) that they were not related to one another at all. She proves to be over-protective of her children, doing her best to curtail all knowledge of Terra, for she didn't want her children knowing much about a planet they can never go back to.

She attempts a few advances on Apollo, expressing a wish to be his lover. She expresses to him her fear of Michael, due to his views about technology. Later on she admits that she was the one who damaged all the equipment onboard the two Vipers, though they can be salvaged to assemble enough working controls for one Viper. By doing thus, she presumes that she would maroon Apollo on Paradeen, so that he could spend the rest his life with her and her children. Michael chastises her while his mind is on the disappearance of Starbuck, who is lost in the catacombs of Paradeen City.

During the night, she and baby Walker are captured by the Leiter's Eastern Alliance's officers. She manages to reveal little, and is responsible for delaying the Eastern Alliance and effecting the escape of Baby Walker.

After the situation is resolved and the Easter Alliance enforcers are captured, she decides that she likes Michael and wants to stay with him ^{(TOS: "Greetings From Earth")}.

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Sarah Fowler

Michael (in relationship only)

Charity

Todd

Walker

Melanie

Notes

• The last name of Sarah is assumed, given by the evidence provided by John Fowler's tombstone.
• Actress Kelly Harmon is the sister of actor Mark Harmon and sister-in-law to Mork and Mindy star Pam Dawber.
• Ms. Harmon might be remembered more to some for her series of 1990's-era commercials for the "Tic Tac" candies.

Sarah
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Sarah Kathleen Rush (born September 20, 1955) is an American actress best known for portraying Flight Corporal Rigel in the original Battlestar Galactica. Born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Rush was crowned Coal Queen in 1972 and later starred in and narrated the 2005 documentary The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania, which won the 2006 Heartland Film Festival Award.

Career

Rush graduated from Waynesburg Central High School in 1973, where she actively participated in school plays. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater summa cum laude from Pennsylvania State University and subsequently became a member of the Actors Studio in Midtown Manhattan, New York.

After graduation from Penn State, Rush moved to New York on a scholarship from Samuel Gallu for "Most Promising Actor." Within two weeks, she signed a contract with Universal Studios as a contract player for three and a half years. During her training period, she studied acting with renowned instructors Uta Hagen and Milton Katselas, and later with Herbert Berghof. Rush has credited the late Don Adams as her acting mentor and best friend.

On Broadway, she understudied for Kathleen Turner in the play "Toyer," which was performed at the Kennedy Center.

Battlestar Galactica

While working as a contract player for Universal, Rush auditioned for Battlestar Galactica. She recalls the memorable audition experience:

When I think about the audition, I have to laugh! I was a contract player at Universal, and I think that certainly helped me to get the role. However, I remember walking in to a huge office in the Black Tower at Universal, and along with Glen Larson, there were about seven other people. It was pretty amazing to see all these folks in one room, looking at me! Anyway, I had one line, something like "100 microns and closing, 99 microns and closing. . . Red alert!" I said these lines into my fist, as if it were a microphone. I have always been very serious about acting, and so I took it very seriously.

When I finished, I looked up at everyone, and after a moment of total silence, we all started laughing!!!!! Glen Larson was so kind to me, and I am so grateful that he gave me the job.

Rush has said that many fans related to her character, viewing her as "the girl next door" in contrast to the more "exotic" and "gorgeous" actresses on the show. She has said, "I liked that people seem to kind of feel like I was a friend, and they could relate to my character." She also noted that the cast and crew of Battlestar Galactica felt like a family, and that she has remained close with many of them over the years.

Early Theater Work

One of Rush's significant early breaks was being cast as Emily in a theater production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder. The production starred Eddie Albert as the Stage Manager and was directed by Gower Champion, who had previously directed celebrated Broadway productions including Hello, Dolly! and 42nd Street. Champion later told Rush that "there was something about me that haunted him, which is why he cast me."

Rush has also performed in notable theatrical productions including Alma in Summer and Smoke at a theater in Pittsburgh, expressing her passion for Tennessee Williams as a playwright, and The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman play about the life of Emily Dickinson.

Following her role on Galactica, Rush secured her biggest part for Universal as Amanda Kent in The Seekers, the third and final adaptation of John Jakes' Kent Family Chronicles books for television in 1978-79. This production featured several other Galactica cast members from previous segments, including Lorne Greene, John Colicos, and Herb Jefferson Jr.

In 2002, Rush appeared in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed film Catch Me If You Can, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, in the role of Secretary.

Rush has worked on various television projects, including a pilot directed by Peter Horton called Big Girls Don't Cry, based on the film Mermaids, which was considered as a series for CBS. She also appeared in the Disney film Max Keeble's Big Move and had roles in independent films including Fangs and Destiny. She has also had guest roles on television shows such as Friends, Monk, The Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, Happy Days, and The Incredible Hulk.

Theater Work

One of Rush's significant early breaks was being cast as Emily in a theater production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder. The production starred Eddie Albert as the Stage Manager and was directed by Gower Champion, who had previously directed celebrated Broadway productions including Hello, Dolly! and 42nd Street. Champion later told Rush that "there was something about me that haunted him, which is why he cast me."

Rush has also performed in notable theatrical productions including Alma in Summer and Smoke at a theater in Pittsburgh, expressing her passion for Tennessee Williams as a playwright, and The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman play about the life of Emily Dickinson.

Documentary Work

Post-Galactica Career

Rush's most significant recent project was the 2005 documentary The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania, produced by Patricia Heaton and directed by David Hunt, Heaton's husband. The documentary, which won the 2006 Heartland Film Festival Award, followed Rush as she returned to her hometown of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania (population 556) for the 50th anniversary of the Coal Queen Pageant in August 2003. The film served as both narrator and subject, as Rush was herself crowned Coal Queen in 1972 at age 16.

Personal Life

Rush experienced a challenging period in the late 1980s to early 1990s, during which she was married and divorced, lost her mother, and helped care for ill family members, which resulted in a pause in her acting career.

In 1999, Rush married guitarist Fred Bova after friends had attempted to bring them together for two years. Rush returned to Los Angeles in the early 1990s after her challenging period in New York, where she has continued her acting career and found greater personal happiness. She and her husband Fred were also in the process of adoption, as Rush expressed a strong desire to become a mother. The couple has a daughter, Amanda Grace Bova.

Rush has noted that her father's cousin was the legendary actor James Dean (1931-1955), which served as an early influence on her desire to pursue acting. Her grandparents were from Shrewsbury, England, and she has expressed a strong desire to visit Ireland, stating a particular ambition to see a play at The Abbey Theatre.

Production Notes

Rigel Character Design

Rush designed the distinctive braided hairstyle for her character Rigel, which she initially believed was appropriate for the role. However, the style was ultimately removed by production staff. During filming, an incident occurred when the hairdresser removed the braids and cameras began rolling before Rush had an opportunity to brush her hair, creating an unintended look for the character.

Fan Reception

Rush has expressed appreciation for the lasting impact of her Battlestar Galactica work, particularly recounting a meaningful encounter with a fan:

One of the best compliments I received was from a fellow who had become a member of the club. He said that he remembered an episode I was in from his childhood days, and he remembered me very specifically, including my lines. He wanted to watch it again to see if he remembered it correctly, and he had. He said that he had remembered me because I had been truthful and honest and brought real humanity to the moment in the scene.

I was so touched by that, because even though Battlestar Galactica's time frame is set in extraordinary circumstances with amazing technological effects, people are human and real and experience true feelings. That's actually one of the reasons I would love to do a science fiction show again, to bring that humanity in the midst of the vastness of Space.

Rush has described the fans of the series as "wonderful and loyal," and enjoys hearing their personal stories about the show's impact on their lives.

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Sarah AlchemerSarah DeakinsSarah Porter

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Sarah Alchemer is the captain of an Eversun passenger liner sometime prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.

Background

Alchemer is the captain of an unnamed Eversun passenger liner who has Sharon Valerii, a cadet at the Academy en route back to Caprica, awakened. She delivers news that the Troy colony suffers a dome failure, and that her parents are deceased ^{(TRS: "Daybreak, Part I")}.

Unbeknownst to Alchemer, the Cylon sleeper agent Valerii begins her "life" aboard this ship aided by Gina Inviere, having been placed there, along with Tory Foster, by Number One.

Notes

• Alchemer's scenes were excised from "Daybreak," and survive only on home video releases as deleted scenes. An earlier deleted scene shows Number One bringing a "partied out" Tory Foster aboard, having also been "planted" into Colonial society for its eventual Fall.

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Sarah Deakins is an American-Canadian actress, writer, and director from the United States who portrayed Cheryl Roslin in the Re-imagined Series.

Career

Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin to British parents, Deakins spent the first year of her life in Chicago before her family relocated to Canada. A graduate of the University of Victoria theater program, she has extensive stage and screen credits spanning over two decades in the entertainment industry.

Deakins's television appearances include roles in numerous Canadian-filmed genre productions. In the Battlestar Galactica Re-imagined Series, she portrayed Cheryl Roslin, the younger sister of President Laura Roslin, appearing in the series finale Daybreak, Part I. Her other genre television work includes Stargate Atlantis (with Tyler McClendon), Stargate SG-1 (with Bruce Dawson), Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (with Michael Hogan), First Wave (with Sebastian Spence and Roger Cross), Seven Days (with Malcolm Stewart), and the second incarnation of The Outer Limits (with Roger Cross, Jeremy Guilbaut, and Ty Olsson).

Film and Writing Career

Beyond acting, Deakins has established herself as an accomplished writer and director. She was heavily influenced by her artist stepmother's struggle with mental illness, which has informed her creative work focusing on disenfranchised and marginalized characters. In an interview, she noted her passion for creating more meaningful and complex roles for women, stating a desire to "write the stories that I was dying to play and that I wasn't getting the opportunity to play."

Her directorial debut, the short film Late, was selected for the Cannes Film Festival as part of Telefilm Canada's Not Short On Talent Program. The film earned her a nomination for Best Actress in a Short Film at the Leo Awards and won the Brian Linehan Actors Award.

Her subsequent short film Greece, produced by Brightlight Pictures, has collected over 25 awards on the international festival circuit. The film, which explores the fleeting nature of love, earned multiple accolades including the Award of Excellence for Short Film and Women Filmmakers at The Accolade Competition, and Best Shorts Competition Winner recognition.

Deakins created, wrote, and directed the half-hour pilot Yellow for an anthology series called In Person, which is currently in development with Brightlight Pictures. She described the series' mission as "telling the stories of women who might not otherwise be heard," focusing on "ordinary people having extraordinary moments." The pilot Yellow was inspired by a real-life experience her mother had.

Her feature film script Violet achieved significant recognition, placing in the top 40 of the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowship competition and winning top prizes in both the Outstanding Screenplay Competition and the Golden Script Competition. When asked about her proudest career moment, Deakins identified her ability to provide opportunities for her collaborators, particularly women.

Personal Life

In March 2020, Deakins was selected for the Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC) Career Advancement Module in Vancouver and subsequently received WIDC's Telefilm Talent to Watch Program nomination and mentorship award for her web series Happenstance. Her advice to aspiring filmmakers is to persevere through rejection: "If you get a 'no', just find another way. Don't listen to the 'no's... you have to just keep finding ways to tell your stories."

Deakins maintains residences in three cities, splitting her time between Los Angeles, Toronto, and Vancouver as she continues developing film and television projects.

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Sarah Porter is a politician from Gemenon, who is selected to represent her colony in the Quorum of Twelve ^{(TRS: "Colonial Day")}. During her tenure, Porter is an influential presence within the Quorum.

She initially supports the nomination of Tom Zarek as a candidate for the vice presidency. This is possibly a move to spite President Laura Roslin after she refuses a request from Porter for additional water supplies over and above the agreed quotas ^{(TRS: "Colonial Day")}. Being from Gemenon, she is very familiar with the Sacred Scrolls and was able to confirm President Roslin's claim that she was the dying leader mentioned in the Pythian Prophecy who would lead the fleet to Earth. This seems to have softened her political grudge against Roslin ^{(TRS: "Fragged")} to the point that she participates in the Laura Roslin faction aboard Astral Queen ^{(TRS: "Home, Part I")}.

Following the Fleet reunification, Porter clashes with Roslin when a Gemenon teenager, Rya Kibby, seeks to have an abortion ^{(TRS: "The Captain's Hand")}.

As of the Second Exodus from New Caprica, Porter no longer represents Gemenon in the Quorum ^{(TRS: "The Ties That Bind")}.

Sarah Afful

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Sarah Afful is a Canadian actress who portrayed an angry woman in the Caprica episode "Reins of a Waterfall."

Personal Life

Afful is a first-generation Canadian of Ghanaian descent who grew up in Vancouver. In a 2015 interview with CBC News, she discussed the challenges facing Black actresses in Canada, reflecting on Viola Davis's Emmy acceptance speech where Davis emphasized redefining "what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a leading woman, to be black."

Growing up, classical theater was not initially on Afful's radar, saying "It wasn't until I saw a postcard during university of this girl at the Globe [theatre in England] that I thought, 'Oh, black people can do Shakespeare.'"

Reflecting on her education at the University of British Columbia, Afful noted that the program taught her "learning to allow acting be a part of who I am and not a side thing," and praised her instructors for providing "the care that my teachers took to prepare me for life as an actor."

Career

Afful earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from the University of British Columbia in 2008. She received professional training at multiple institutions, including the Lyric School of Acting and the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre at the Stratford Festival.

Her early television and film work included roles in The Perfect Score (2004), Smallville, Eureka, American Dreams, and iZombie. More recently, she appeared in four episodes of The Moodys as Agape.

Theater Work

Afful has had an extensive theater career, particularly with the Stratford Festival, where she has performed for at least six seasons since completing the Birmingham Conservatory program. She has received the Mary Savidge Award and the Artistic Director's Award for her work at Stratford.

On choosing a speech from The Merchant of Venice for a "My Shakespeare" feature, she described its relevance to modern romance: "I chose this because as a younger woman in a time where love can be... you can become jaded. This is all about giving yourself over to another person and allowing your souls to unite."

Her credits include:

• Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto)
• The title role in Orlando (2018, Soulpepper Theatre)
• Alais in The Lion in Winter (Grand Theatre)
• Viola in Twelfth Night (2017, Stratford Festival)
• Lady Macduff in Macbeth (2016, Stratford Festival)
• Ann Deever in All My Sons (2016, Stratford Festival)
• Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (2015, Stratford Festival)
• Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost (Stratford Festival)
• Player Queen in Hamlet (Stratford Festival)
• Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing (Bard on the Beach)
• Octavia/Iras in Antony and Cleopatra (Bard on the Beach)

Director Martha Henry praised her performance in All My Sons, calling her "an actress of astonishing gifts and an even more astonishing heart – the perfect Ann Deever."

In 2022, she was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for "Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role" for her portrayal of Hermione Granger.

Voice Work and Audio

Afful has also worked in audio productions, including a recording of Days of Old with Neworld Theatre and CBC.

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