# Sarah Rafferty > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sarah_Rafferty > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sarah_Rafferty.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Rafferty > Source revision: 1357295197 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/New_Canaan%2C_Connecticut), U.S. | education = [Hamilton College](/source/Hamilton_College) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[Yale University](/source/Yale_University) ([MFA](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts)) | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1990s–present | spouse = {{marriage|Aleksanteri Olli-Pekka Seppälä|2001}} | children = 2 }} '''Sarah Rafferty''' (born December 6, 1972){{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](/source/Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle)}} is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Paulsen on the [USA Network](/source/USA_Network) legal drama ''[Suits](/source/Suits_(American_TV_series))'' and for her role as Katherine Walter on the American teen drama ''[My Life with the Walter Boys](/source/My_Life_with_the_Walter_Boys)'', for which she received a Children's and Family Emmy Award nomination in the [Outstanding Supporting Performer](/source/Children's_and_Family_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Performer) category. She currently co-hosts a podcast with her fellow ''Suits'' co-star [Patrick J. Adams](/source/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](/source/Riverside%2C_Connecticut) neighborhood of [Greenwich, Connecticut](/source/Greenwich%2C_Connecticut);{{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}} she studied at [Phillips Academy](/source/Phillips_Academy) in [Andover, Massachusetts](/source/Andover%2C_Massachusetts), graduating in 1989. Majoring in English and Theatre at [Hamilton College](/source/Hamilton_College), she studied theatre in the United Kingdom at the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) during her junior year and, after graduating [magna cum laude](/source/magna_cum_laude) from Hamilton in 1993,{{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](/source/The_New_York_Times)}} went on to study at the [Yale School of Drama](/source/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](/source/venture_capital) firm. They married on June 23, 2001, at the [St. Mary Church in Greenwich, Connecticut](/source/St._Mary_Church_(Greenwich%2C_Connecticut)), and have two daughters.{{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](/source/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}} ==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2000 |''Mambo Café'' |Amy | |- |2002 |''[Speakeasy](/source/Speakeasy_(2002_film))'' |Nurse | |- |2004 |''Soccer Dog: European Cup'' |Cora Stone | |- |2006 |''[Falling for Grace](/source/Falling_for_Grace)'' |Sydney | |- |2006 |[''The Devil Wears Prada''](/source/The_Devil_Wears_Prada_(film)) |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](/source/Law_%26_Order)'' |Jennifer Shaliga |Episode: "Ambitious" |- |2001 |''[Walker, Texas Ranger](/source/Walker%2C_Texas_Ranger)'' |Laura Pope |Episode: "Desperate Measures" |- |rowspan=3| 2002 |''[Third Watch](/source/Third_Watch)'' |Kelly |Episode: "Crash and Burn" |- |''[CSI: Miami](/source/CSI%3A_Miami)'' |Melissa Starr |Episode: "Breathless" |- |''{{sortname|The|District}}'' |Sally |Episode: "Small Packages" |- |rowspan=5| 2003 |''[Without a Trace](/source/Without_a_Trace)'' |Dr. Patty Morrison |Episode: "The Friendly Skies" |- |''[Six Feet Under](/source/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series))'' |Rachel Mortimer |Episode: "The Eye Inside" |- |''{{sortname|The|Practice}}'' |Judy Wilson |Episode: "Heroes and Villains" |- |''[Tremors](/source/Tremors_(TV_series))'' |Dr. Casey Matthews |Episodes: "Flora or Fauna", "Graboid Rights", "Water Hazard" |- |''[Good Morning, Miami](/source/Good_Morning%2C_Miami)'' |Lila |Episode: "The Ex Games" |- |rowspan=4| 2004 |''[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation](/source/CSI%3A_Crime_Scene_Investigation)'' |Terry Minden |Episode: "Eleven Angry Jurors" |- |''[Charmed](/source/Charmed)'' |Carol |Episode: "The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell" |- |''[Second Time Around](/source/Second_Time_Around_(TV_series))'' |Daphne Fitzgerald |Episodes: "Pilot", "Secrets" |- |''[8 Simple Rules](/source/8_Simple_Rules)'' |Danielle |Episode: "A Very C.J. Christmas" |- |2006 |''[Pepper Dennis](/source/Pepper_Dennis)'' |Callie |Episode: "Heiress Bridenapped: Film at Eleven" |- |rowspan=2| 2007 |''[Football Wives](/source/Football_Wives)'' |Kelly Cooper |Television film |- |''[What If God Were the Sun?](/source/What_If_God_Were_the_Sun%3F)'' |Rachel |Television film |- |2008 |''[Samantha Who?](/source/Samantha_Who%3F)'' |Kayla Kaminski |Episode: "So I Think I Can Dance" |- |rowspan=3| 2009 |''[Law & Order: Criminal Intent](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_Criminal_Intent)'' |Sandra Dunbar / Sandra O'Bannon |Episode: "Passion" |- |''[Numb3rs](/source/Numbers_(TV_series))'' |Margo |Episode: "7 Men Out" |- |''[Bones](/source/Bones_(TV_series))'' |Katie Selnick |Episode: "The Foot in the Foreclosure" |- |2010 |''[Brothers & Sisters](/source/Brothers_%26_Sisters_(2006_TV_series))'' |Gloria Pierson-Davenport |Episode: "A Righteous Kiss" |- |2011–2019 |''[Suits](/source/Suits_(American_TV_series))'' |Donna Paulsen |Main role, 132 episodes |- |2016 |''All Things Valentine'' |Avery Parker |Television film |- |2020 |''[Grey's Anatomy](/source/Grey's_Anatomy)'' |Suzanne |Recurring role |- |2021–2022 |''[Chicago Med](/source/Chicago_Med)'' |Dr. Pamela Blake |Recurring role |- |2023–present |''[My Life with the Walter Boys](/source/My_Life_with_the_Walter_Boys)'' |Dr. Katherine Walter |Main role |} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{commons category}} * {{twitter|sarahgrafferty|Sarah Rafferty}} * {{IMDb name|1423048}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rafferty, Sarah}} Category:1972 births Category:Actresses from Connecticut Category:American film actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Living people Category:People from New Canaan, Connecticut Category:David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni Category:20th-century American actresses Category:21st-century American actresses Category:Phillips Academy alumni Category:Hamilton College (New York) alumni Category:People from Riverside, Connecticut --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sarah Rafferty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Rafferty) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Rafferty?action=history)). 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