Sarah Butler (born February 11th, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Jennifer Hills in the 2010 to 2015 I Spit on Your Grave film series. Her last appearance was the title character in the 2020 TV movie Woman on the Edge.
Early life Born on February 11th, 1985 in Puyallup, Washington, Butler was interested in the arts while growing up; she sang in choirs, entered singing competitions, and performed in high school and community theatre. She graduated from Rogers High School in 2003. Butler relocated to Los Angeles to study theatre at the University of Southern California, and then played Princess Belle in Beauty and the Beast, for a year and a half at Disneyland. She dropped out of college, focused on finding a talent agent, and began auditioning for work in television and film.
Career Butler guest-starred on the television series CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. She was cast in the film A Couple of White Chicks at the Hair Dresser and the 2008 Syfy TV horror film Flu Bird Horror. She had a role that year on the web series Luke 11:17, directed by Don Stark. She also had a recurring role on the web series I Heart Vampires.
Butler won the lead in the 2010 rape and revenge thriller I Spit on Your Grave, a remake of the 1978 cult film of the same title. Although initially put off by the film's nudity and violence, the film's strong character arc and "feminist edge" helped convince her to take the role. Butler starred as Jennifer Hills, a novelist who is brutally gang raped while staying at a cabin in the woods; her character then seeks revenge on her rapists.
Butler began filming the psychological thriller The Stranger Within, in Mallorca, Spain in November 2011. Butler then joined the cast of the independent thriller Treachery, which began filming in Los Angeles in June 2012. In 2013, Butler starred in the horror film The Demented, and the anthology film Tom Holland's Twisted Tales, playing a bomb disposal expert in the segment "Boom". In 2014, she played a murder victim in the episode "Once Upon a Time in the West" of the ABC television drama Castle.
In 2015, Butler reprised her role as Jennifer Hills in I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine, a sequel to 2010's I Spit on Your Grave. In 2016, Butler co-starred in the 2016 Lifetime TV film Nightmare Nurse. and played a comedian in Debra Eisenstadt's film Before The Sun Explodes, which premiered at the South by Southwest film festival. Butler guest starred on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, playing Danielle in the episode "You Haven't Done Nothin'". In 2017, she starred with Charles Shaughnessy in Moontrap Target Earth, produced by the makers of the 1989 sci-fi film Moontrap. She also starred in the Lifetime TV film Infidelity in Suburbia as Laura, a woman who begins an extramarital relationship. Butler also appears in the film Doubting Thomas. in 2018, Butler joined the cast of writer/director Chris Blake's indie horror film All Light Will End, alongside Andy Buckley, John Schuck and Sam Jones III.
Personal life On June 10, 2021, she married musician Mel Elias, after seven years of dating.
Filmography +Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 A Couple of White Chicks at the Hair Dresser Marc's assistant 2010 I Spit on Your Grave Jennifer Hills 2012 The Philly Kid Amy 2013 Treachery Cecilia 2013 The Demented Sharley 2013 The Stranger Within Sarah 2013 Twisted Tales Jolene Anthology film, segment: "Boom" 2014 Free Fall Jane 2015 I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine Jennifer Hills / Angela Jitrenka 2016 Before The Sun Explodes Holly 2017 Moontrap: Target Earth Scout 2018 All Light Will End Dianna 2018 Doubting Thomas Jen 2018 Point Defiance Detective Barnes 2019 Drowning Claire 2020 Revenge for Daddy Lisa
+Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 Love's a Trip Contestant 2008 Flu Bird Horror Eva Television film 2008 Luke 11:17 Sandy Web series 2008 CSI: Miami Kim Walderman Episode: "Bombshell" 2009 CSI: NY Alison Redman Episode: "Green Piece" 2009–2010 I Heart Vampires Paige Web series 2014 Average Joe Hostess Episode: "The Birthday Blow-Out" 2014 Castle Whitney Williams Episode: "Once Upon a Time in the West" 2015 CSI: Cyber Chelsea Episode: "L0m1s" 2016 Nightmare Nurse Brooke Television film 2017 Infidelity in Suburbia Laura Halpern Television film 2017 Woman on the Run Nomi Gardner Television film 2017 NCIS Nicole Episode: "Ready or Not" 2018 Counterfeiting in Suburbia Karen Cartwright Television film 2020 Woman on the Edge Karen Croft Television film
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