{{short description|American actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Sarah Rafferty | image = Sarah-rafferty-gesf-2018-5567.jpg{{!}}border | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|12|6}} | birth_place = New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S. | education = Hamilton College (BA)<br>Yale University (MFA) | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1990s–present | spouse = {{marriage|Aleksanteri Olli-Pekka Seppälä|2001}} | children = 2 }} '''Sarah Rafferty''' (born December 6, 1972)<ref>{{cite news |date=December 6, 2016 |title=December 6, birthdays for Andrew Cuomo, Johnny Manziel, Giannis Antetokounmpo |url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/12/06/december-6-birthdays-for-andrew-cuomo-johnny-manziel-giannis-antetokounmpo/ |url-access=subscription |website=Brooklyn Daily Eagle}}</ref> 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;<ref name="Greenwich">{{cite web |url=http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Town-Talk-2012/Perfectly-Suited/ |title=Perfectly suited |first=Chris |last=Hodenfield |work=Greenwich Magazine |date=2012 |access-date=February 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212041713/http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Town-Talk-2012/Perfectly-Suited/ |archive-date=December 12, 2015}}</ref> 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,<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |date=June 24, 2001 |title=Weddings; Sarah Rafferty, Santtu Seppala |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/style/weddings-sarah-rafferty-santtu-seppala.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> went on to study at the Yale School of Drama, where she received a Master of Fine Arts.<ref name="Greenwich" />
==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,<ref name="NYT" /> and have two daughters.<ref name="Greenwich" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://health.yahoo.net/experts/celebrityhealthminute/sarah-rafferty-fitness-suits-her |title=Sarah Rafferty: fitness 'suits' her |date=January 21, 2013 |first=Gina |last=Roberts-Grey |work=Yahoo Health |access-date=February 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413215403/http://health.yahoo.net/experts/celebrityhealthminute/sarah-rafferty-fitness-suits-her |archive-date=April 13, 2013}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2000 |''Mambo Café'' |Amy | |- |2002 |''Speakeasy'' |Nurse | |- |2004 |''Soccer Dog: European Cup'' |Cora Stone | |- |2006 |''Falling for Grace'' |Sydney | |- |2006 |''The Devil Wears Prada'' |Liz |Deleted scene |- |2009 |''Four Single Fathers'' |Julia | |- |2011 |''Small, Beautifully Moving Parts'' |Emily | |- | 2016 | ''All Things Valentine'' | Avery | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1998 |''Trinity'' |Sarah |Television film |- |1999 |''Law & Order'' |Jennifer Shaliga |Episode: "Ambitious" |- |2001 |''Walker, Texas Ranger'' |Laura Pope |Episode: "Desperate Measures" |- |rowspan=3| 2002 |''Third Watch'' |Kelly |Episode: "Crash and Burn" |- |''CSI: Miami'' |Melissa Starr |Episode: "Breathless" |- |''{{sortname|The|District}}'' |Sally |Episode: "Small Packages" |- |rowspan=5| 2003 |''Without a Trace'' |Dr. Patty Morrison |Episode: "The Friendly Skies" |- |''Six Feet Under'' |Rachel Mortimer |Episode: "The Eye Inside" |- |''{{sortname|The|Practice}}'' |Judy Wilson |Episode: "Heroes and Villains" |- |''Tremors'' |Dr. Casey Matthews |Episodes: "Flora or Fauna", "Graboid Rights", "Water Hazard" |- |''Good Morning, Miami'' |Lila |Episode: "The Ex Games" |- |rowspan=4| 2004 |''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' |Terry Minden |Episode: "Eleven Angry Jurors" |- |''Charmed'' |Carol |Episode: "The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell" |- |''Second Time Around'' |Daphne Fitzgerald |Episodes: "Pilot", "Secrets" |- |''8 Simple Rules'' |Danielle |Episode: "A Very C.J. Christmas" |- |2006 |''Pepper Dennis'' |Callie |Episode: "Heiress Bridenapped: Film at Eleven" |- |rowspan=2| 2007 |''Football Wives'' |Kelly Cooper |Television film |- |''What If God Were the Sun?'' |Rachel |Television film |- |2008 |''Samantha Who?'' |Kayla Kaminski |Episode: "So I Think I Can Dance" |- |rowspan=3| 2009 |''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' |Sandra Dunbar / Sandra O'Bannon |Episode: "Passion" |- |''Numb3rs'' |Margo |Episode: "7 Men Out" |- |''Bones'' |Katie Selnick |Episode: "The Foot in the Foreclosure" |- |2010 |''Brothers & Sisters'' |Gloria Pierson-Davenport |Episode: "A Righteous Kiss" |- |2011–2019 |''Suits'' |Donna Paulsen |Main role, 132 episodes |- |2016 |''All Things Valentine'' |Avery Parker |Television film |- |2020 |''Grey's Anatomy'' |Suzanne |Recurring role |- |2021–2022 |''Chicago Med'' |Dr. Pamela Blake |Recurring role |- |2023–present |''My Life with the Walter Boys'' |Dr. Katherine Walter |Main role |}
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