Mia Sara

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Born: 19 June 1968
Birthplace: Brooklyn Heights, New York
Best Known As: Co-star of Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Name at birth: Mia Sarapocciello

Sara was a hit as Matthew Broderick's girlfriend in the 1986 high school comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off. She started her career on the TV soap opera All My Children and advanced to leading roles in movies like the dreamy myth Legend (1985, with Tom Cruise) and Timecop (1994, with Jean-Claude Van Damme). She played the heroine Ondine in the 2001 TV miniseries Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story.

In 1996 Sara married Jason Connery, son of actor Sean Connery.

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Born: Jun 19, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor
Active: '80s-'90s
Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
Career Highlights: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Legend, The Pompatus of Love
First Major Screen Credit: Legend (1985)

Biography

American actress Mia Sara started out in TV commercials and in a brief recurring role on the daytime soaper All My Children. Her first film, lensed in England, was 1985's Legend, in which she played a fairy tale ingenue opposite Tom Cruise. Few of her later films are worthy of mention, though she was effectively cast as Matthew Broderick's girlfriend and prankish co-conspirator in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Banking on her slight resemblance to actress Merle Oberon, Sara adequately filled the role of the Oberon counterpart in the 1987 TV movie Queenie. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Mia Sara
Born	Mia Sarapocciello June 19, 1967 (1967-06-19) (age 42) Brooklyn Heights, New York
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Jason Connery (1996–2002)

Mia Sarapocciello (born June 19, 1967 in Brooklyn Heights, New York), better known as Mia Sara, is an American actress, best known for her roles as Ferris Bueller's girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as Jean Claude Van Damme's wife Melissa Walker in Timecop, and as Lili, playing opposite Tom Cruise in Legend.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Quotes
5 Trivia
6 Filmography
7 References
8 External links

Early life

Sara was born in Brooklyn Heights in New York. Her father was a photographer and artist, and her mother a stylist and also a photographer. She attended St. Ann's School, both elementary and high school, graduating in 1985.^[1]

Career

Sara got her first major role as Princess Lili, playing opposite Tom Cruise in Legend. Her popular role came as Ferris's girlfriend in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. She also appeared in the miniseries Queenie, a roman-à-clef on actress Merle Oberon, as well as 1992's A Stranger Among Us, directed by Sidney Lumet. For Timecop, she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Her television roles have included playing Annie Knox in the science fiction series Time Trax and Dr. Harleen Quinzel in the short-lived WB Network superhero show Birds of Prey.

Personal life

Sara has two Wheaten Terriers. She enjoys flying and holds a Private Pilot license. In March 1996, Sara was married to Jason Connery, the son of Sean Connery, with whom she performed in Bullet to Beijing. In June 1997, they had a son, Dashiell Quinn Connery. The couple divorced in 2002.^[2] She is currently involved with Brian Henson, son of Muppet creator Jim Henson, with whom she has a daughter.

Quotes

"I was always a foot in the mouth Mia."

Trivia

Mia Sara said that Matthew Broderick actually tickled her feet and knees at the set of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" in the taxicab scene, to make her laugh naturally.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Legend	Princess Lili
1986	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Sloane Peterson
1987	Queenie	Queenie Kelly	TV Miniseries
1988	Shadows in the Storm	Melanie
	Apprentice to Murder	Alice Spangler
	Any Man's Death	Gerlind
	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Sara Fletcher	1 episode: "Twisted Sisters"
1989	Big Time	Fran	TV Movie
1989	Till We Meet Again	Delphine de Lancel	TV Miniseries
1990	Daughter of Darkness	Katherine Thatcher	TV Movie
1991	A Climate for Killing	Elise Shipp	Aka "A Row of Crows"
1991	By the Sword	Erin Clavelli
1992	A Stranger Among Us	Leah
1993	Time Trax	Annie Knox	2 episodes
	Blindsided	Chandler Strange	TV Movie
	Call of the Wild	Jessie Gosselin
1994	Caroline at Midnight	Victoria Dillon	Aka "Someone's Watching"
1994	Timecop	Melissa Walker	Won — The "Best Supporting Actress" Saturn Award
1995	The Set-Up	Gina Sands
	The Maddening	Cassie Osborne
	Bullet to Beijing	Natasha Gradetsky	TV Movie
	Black Day Blue Night	Hallie Schrag
1995–1996	Chicago Hope	Annie Rueman	2 episodes
1996	Strangers	Ginny	1 episode
	The Pompatus of Love	Cynthia
	Undertow	Willie Yates	TV Movie
1997	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Mara	TV Movie
1998	Hard Time	Myler	TV Movie
1999	Dazzle	Miss Martinet
2000	Little Insects	Princess Dayzie	Voice only
2001	Turn of Faith	Annmarie De Carlo
	The Impossible Elephant	Molly Connor	Aka "The Incredible Elephant"
	Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story	Ondine	TV Miniseries
2002	Lost in Oz	Loriellidere	TV Series
2002–2003	Birds of Prey	Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn
2003	Hoodlum & Son	Ellen Heaven
2005	CSI: NY	Cala Winger	1 episode
2006	Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Beautiful Passenger	1 episode
2007	Tinseltown	Lena	TV Series

References

^ "Mia Sara Biography (1967–)". Filmreference. http://www.filmreference.com/film/7/Mia-Sara.html. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
^ "JASON CONNERY — The Official Site". Jason Connery. http://www.jasonconnery.com/bio.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

External links

Mia Sara at the Internet Movie Database
Mia Sara at TV.com

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