Sarah Rafferty (born December 6, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Paulsen on the USA Network legal drama Suits and for her role as Katherine Walter on the American teen drama My Life with the Walter Boys, for which she received a Children's and Family Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Supporting Performer category. She currently co-hosts a podcast with her fellow Suits co-star Patrick J. Adams called Sidebar, with them watching through an episode of the legal drama with each episode.
Early life and education Rafferty grew up as the youngest of four daughters in the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut; she studied at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 1989. Majoring in English and Theatre at Hamilton College, she studied theatre in the United Kingdom at the University of Oxford during her junior year and, after graduating magna cum laude from Hamilton in 1993, went on to study at the Yale School of Drama, where she received a Master of Fine Arts.
Personal life Rafferty's husband is Aleksanteri Olli-Pekka Seppälä, an American of Finnish descent and the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at the Angeleno Group, a venture capital firm. They married on June 23, 2001, at the St. Mary Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, and have two daughters.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2000Mambo CaféAmy2002SpeakeasyNurse2004Soccer Dog: European CupCora Stone2006Falling for GraceSydney2006The Devil Wears PradaLizDeleted scene2009Four Single FathersJulia2011Small, Beautifully Moving PartsEmily 2016 All Things Valentine Avery
Television Year Title Role Notes1998TrinitySarahTelevision film1999Law & OrderJennifer ShaligaEpisode: "Ambitious"2001Walker, Texas RangerLaura PopeEpisode: "Desperate Measures" 2002Third WatchKellyEpisode: "Crash and Burn"CSI: MiamiMelissa StarrEpisode: "Breathless"SallyEpisode: "Small Packages" 2003Without a TraceDr. Patty MorrisonEpisode: "The Friendly Skies"Six Feet UnderRachel MortimerEpisode: "The Eye Inside"Judy WilsonEpisode: "Heroes and Villains"TremorsDr. Casey MatthewsEpisodes: "Flora or Fauna", "Graboid Rights", "Water Hazard"Good Morning, MiamiLilaEpisode: "The Ex Games" 2004CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTerry MindenEpisode: "Eleven Angry Jurors"CharmedCarolEpisode: "The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell"Second Time AroundDaphne FitzgeraldEpisodes: "Pilot", "Secrets"8 Simple RulesDanielleEpisode: "A Very C.J. Christmas"2006Pepper DennisCallieEpisode: "Heiress Bridenapped: Film at Eleven" 2007Football WivesKelly CooperTelevision filmWhat If God Were the Sun?RachelTelevision film2008Samantha Who?Kayla KaminskiEpisode: "So I Think I Can Dance" 2009Law & Order: Criminal IntentSandra Dunbar / Sandra O'BannonEpisode: "Passion"Numb3rsMargoEpisode: "7 Men Out"BonesKatie SelnickEpisode: "The Foot in the Foreclosure"2010Brothers & SistersGloria Pierson-DavenportEpisode: "A Righteous Kiss"2011–2019SuitsDonna PaulsenMain role, 132 episodes2016All Things ValentineAvery ParkerTelevision film2020Grey's AnatomySuzanneRecurring role2021–2022Chicago MedDr. Pamela BlakeRecurring role2023–presentMy Life with the Walter BoysDr. Katherine WalterMain role
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