{{short description|Scottish actress, activist (b. c. 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox person |image =Paulasage.JPG |imagesize = |caption =Paula Sage receives her BAFTA award with Brian Cox |birth_name =Paula Sage |birth_date ={{birth date and age|1980|11|28|df=yes}} |birth_place =Cumbernauld, Scotland |years_active =2003-present }}
'''Paula Sage''' (born 28 November 1980) is a Scottish actress, Special Olympics netball player, and advocate for people with Down syndrome.
==Early life== Sage was adopted as an infant. Her parents are Alan and Mary Sage. Her father is a university lecturer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saner|first=Emine|date=2004-08-13|title='It's brilliant being an actress!|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/its-brilliant-being-an-actress-6970572.html|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Evening Standard|language=en}}</ref> She attended primary school and high school in Cumbernauld, and attended the Merkland school in Kirkintilloch.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2005-09-14|title=The Flying Scotswoman|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/sep/14/socialcare.guardiansocietysupplement1|access-date=2020-07-30|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Sage's performance in the 2003 British film ''AfterLife'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=McGlone|first=Jackie|date=28 December 2003|title=A talent that moves to tears|language=en|work=The Sunday Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/a-talent-that-moves-to-tears-c5325f3lbjs|access-date=2020-07-30|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> playing Roberta Brogan,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hoggard|first=Liz|date=2003-10-25|title=Liz Hoggard on disabled film star Paula Sage|language=en-GB|work=The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/oct/26/features.review|access-date=2020-07-30|issn=0029-7712}}</ref> brought her a BAFTA Scotland award for best first time performance and Best Actress in the Bratislava International Film Festival, 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Bratislava_International_Film_Festival/2004 | title = Bratislava International Film festival 2004 | website = IMDb | accessdate = 2007-11-05 }}</ref> Her character is sister to Kevin McKidd's character, and daughter to Lindsay Duncan's. In review, critic Liz Hoggard found "the most remarkable thing about the film is the purity of Sage's performance."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hoggard|first=Liz|date=2003-10-26|title=Different class|pages=101|work=The Observer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56341283/different-classliz-hoggard/|access-date=2020-07-30|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
''AfterLife'' also won the Audience Award at the 2005 Edinburgh International Film Festival. It also won Sage a role as Donna McCabe in BBC Scotland's ''River City'' soap.<ref name=":0" />
Sage won a silver medal as a member of the British netball team at the Special Olympics.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=1 September 2004|title=Special Olympic Athlete Stars in Movie|url=http://www.specialolympics.org/Special+Olympics+Public+Website/English/Press_Room/Global_News_Archive/2004+Global+News+Archive/Special+Olympics+athlete+stars+in+movie.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222183221/http://www.specialolympics.org/Special%2BOlympics%2BPublic%2BWebsite/English/Press_Room/Global_News_Archive/2004%2BGlobal%2BNews%2BArchive/Special%2BOlympics%2Bathlete%2Bstars%2Bin%2Bmovie.htm|archive-date=22 December 2007|accessdate=2007-11-05|website=Special Olympics Global News}}</ref> She is an ambassador for Down's Syndrome Scotland and Mencap, and a patron of the Ann Craft Trust. She was the first person with Down syndrome to be a Mencap ambassador.<ref name=":0" /> She worked part-time at a travel agency and cafe in Glasgow.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cowie|first=Eleanor|date=21 December 2005|title=I think more people like me should go in for acting|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12447099.i-think-more-people-like-me-should-go-in-for-acting-having-downs-syndrome-doesnt-mean-you-cannot-act-paula-sage-tells-eleanor-cowie-why-shes-returning-to-tv-in-river-city-and-of-her-hopes-for-the-future/|access-date=2020-07-30|website=HeraldScotland|language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name}} * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2004_32_fri_01.shtml Paula Sage interview] on ''Woman's Hour'' (13 August 2004). * [https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/stars-of-the-film-shirley-henderson-and-paula-sage-arrive-news-photo/829124402 A 2004 photograph of Paula Sage and Shirley Henderson], at Getty Images.
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