Who is Sarah Rafferty?

If you are a fan of the series “Suits”, you will certainly know all about Donna Paulsen, but if you want to know more about the actress who portrayed this character, let us introduce you to Sarah Gray Rafferty. Sarah was born under the zodiac sign of Sagittarius on 6 December 1972, in New Canaan, Connecticut USA – she holds American nationality although she comes from a family of Irish and German descent.

She has over 35 acting credits to her name, and besides the mentioned role, she’s guest-starred in numerous series, including “Bones”, “Charmed”, and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, and has starred in movies such as “Mambo Café”, “Speakeasy”, and “Falling for Grace”, among others.

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Early life and education

Sarah was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut by her parents, Mary Lee and Michael Griffin Rafferty, alongside her three sisters, Constance, Maura and Ann.

Sarah had an interest in arts from an early age, and she credits her parents for this passion, saying that her mother, who was Chairwoman of the English Department at Convent of the Sacred Heart School, and her father, who worked in finance but also enjoyed oil painting, were both role models to her.

Sarah attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and upon matriculating in 1989, she enrolled at Hamilton College, in Clinton, New York, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English and Theatre in 1993.

During her junior year at college, she studied abroad at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, then after graduating from Hamilton, Sarah continued her education at the Yale School of Drama, in New Haven, Connecticut, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1997.

Roles in movies

Sarah made her acting debut in the 1998 TV movie “Trinity”, followed by her role as Amy in “Mambo Café” in 2000, and then two years later, she was seen as a Nurse in “Speakeasy”, a drama written and directed by Brendan Murphy.

In 2004, Sarah was cast to play Cora Stone in the sports comedy “Soccer Dog: European Cup”, before she portrayed Sydney in “Falling for Grace” in ’06, and then in the following year, she starred in the TV movies “What If God Were the Sun?” and “Football Wives”.

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Sarah was seen as Julia in the comedy drama “Four Single Fathers” in 2009, and next she starred as Emily in “Small, Beautifully Moving Parts” in 2011, followed by her role as Avery Parker in the 2016 movie “All Things Valentine”.

Her most recent role was her portrayal in 2020 of Claire in “Browse”, also starring Lukas Haas and Bodhi Elfman.

Roles in series

Sarah made her first television appearance portraying Jennifer Shaliga in an episode of the series “Law & Order” in 1999, followed by her role as Laura Pope in “Walker, Texas Ranger” in 2001.

In the following year, Sarah guest-starred in “CSI: Miami”, “Third Watch”, and “The District”, while in 2003, she made appearances in “Without a Trace”, “Six Feet Under”, and “The Practice” before she was cast to play Doctor Casey Matthews in “Tremors”.

Sarah guest-starred in an episode or two of numerous series, including “Good Morning, Miami”, “8 Simple Rules”, “Samantha Who?”, and “Brothers & Sisters”, among others, before 2011, when she was cast to play her most notable role, for now, as Donna Paulsen in “Suits”, also starring Gabriel Macht, Meghan Markle, and Patrick J. Adams; the series was broadcast until 2019, and it has nine award nominations and won one.

In 2020, Sarah had a recurring role as Suzanne Britland in “Grey’s Anatomy”, and then, she was cast to play Doctor Pamela Blake in “Chicago Med”, and was seen in 13 episodes from 2021 until 2022, and currently Sarah is filming new series, entitled “My Life with the Walter Boys”, in which she will be seen as Doctor Katherine Walter.

Love life and marriage

Sarah hasn’t been the subject of any rumors and controversies concerning her love life and her sexual orientation, and it is widely known that she is a married woman.

She hasn’t spoken about her previous relationships before she met her future husband, Aleksanteri Olli-Pekka ‘Santtu’ Seppala, an American stock research analyst in the asset management unit of Lazard Freres & Company. Santtu is of Finnish descent, an Illinois, USA native, who is only knownto the public as the husband of the famous “Suits” actress.

The two married on 23 June 2001, with the wedding ceremony held at the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary in Greenwich, in the presence of their closest families and friends.

Sarah gave birth to their first daughter, Oona Gray, on 22 October 2007, and their second daughter, Iris Friday, in January 2012.

In one of her interviews, Sarah spoke about her marriage with Santtu saying: ‘I have an amazing spouse; we’re a team. He works, and I work, and we’re sort of doing this dance with each other so that we can be present to our kids. But I think the whole ‘balance’ thing is an illusion; we just embrace the imbalance.’

As of May 2022, Sarah and Santtu are married, and are raising their daughters together, in their residence in Los Angeles, California.

Interesting facts about Sarah

She isn’t a big fan of working out, so she has to have a trainer because that is the only way that she is going to do abs work.

Sarah thinks that doing Pilates made her taller.

She loves desserts, and as she said, she has ‘a sweet tooth’.

She enjoyed filming the series “Suits” in Canada, and once stated: ‘I like Canadians. Who doesn’t like Canadians? It’s amazing! They’re the friendliest people on earth.’

In 2017, Sarah made an appearance in several commercials for Lexus cars.

For over 20 years, she’s been a good friend of Gabriel Macht, her colleague from “Suits”.

Sarah’s Instagram account is being followed by over two million people.

Age, height, and net worth

Sarah is 49 years old, with natural red hair and hazel eyes; she weighs around 130lbs (58kgs) and is 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall, with vital statistics of 35-25-35. Sarah wears shoe size 8, and her dress size is 2.

According to sources, while she was filming “Suits” her salary at the beginning was around $25,000 per episode, however, it seems that Sarah negotiated a better deal for herself later on. The same sources estimate that as of May 2022, Sarah’s net worth is close to $5 million.

Who is Riele Downs?

If you were a fan of the Nickelodeon series “Henry Danger”, you must have noticed the character of Charlotte Page, a very clever girl who was Henry’s best friend, and if you ever wanted to know more about the actress who played this character, let us tell you all about Riele West Downs.

She’s an actress with over 20 credits to her name, and besides the mentioned role which brought her a nomination for the Kid’s Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Star in 2020, she’s perhaps known best for her role as Faith in the movie “The Best Man Holiday”, and she was also heard as a voice actor in the series “The Adventures of Kid Danger”.

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Early life, family, and education

Riele was born under the zodiac sign of Cancer on 8 July 2001, in Toronto, Ontario Canada; she holds Canadian nationality and comes from a family of African-Canadian and Native American (Cherokee Indian) descent. Since Riele hasn’t spoken about her father, it’s assumed that she was raised alongside her sister Reiya, by their mother Elle Downs. Both Reiya and Elle are actresses, perhaps known best for their roles in the series “Degrassi: Next Class”, as Shaylynn Powers and Mrs Powers, respectively.

Being raised by an actress, it isn’t surprising that Riele and her sister followed in their mother’s steps, and as Riele once shared, she was into acting from an early age, and when her mother noticed her talent, she booked her first gig at the age of three.

Speaking of Riele’s educational background, she was homeschooled, and matriculated high school together with her fellows from “Henry Danger” in 2019, then didn’t enroll in college but pursued her acting career.

Roles in movies

Riele made her acting debut as Mocha Latte in the 2004 movie “My Baby’s Daddy”, although her role was uncredited, then in the following year, she was seen as Amelia Mercer in “Four Brothers”, alongside Mark Wahlberg, Andre 3000 and Tyrese Gibson, followed by her role as a Neighbour’s Kid in the comedy “Confessions of a Porn Addict” in 2008.

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Riele next starred in the 2009 short movie “Chili & Cheese: A Condimental Rift”, and was then cast to play Karinna in the TV movie “Made…The Movie” in 2010, followed by her role in “A Russell Peters Christmas Special” before she co-starred as Faith in “The Best Man Holiday”, also starring her mother Elle, Monica Calhoun and Morris Chestnut, in 2013.

The same year, Riele was seen in the TV movie “Oh Christmas Tree!” and next as Arielle (13-16 Years) in the 2014 TV movie “The Gabby Douglas Story”, a biographic sports drama about the life of the first African-American gymnast, the Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games.

Riele was cast to play Kate in the family adventure comedy “Ruby Skye P. I: The Maltese Puppy”, and then she was seen as Sheila in “Nickelodeon’s Ho Ho Holiday Special” in 2015, and two years later starred in “Nickelodeon’s Sizzling Summer Camp Special” and “Tiny Christmas”, which were her most recent movie roles. Currently, Riele is filming a new movie, entitled “Darby Harper Wants You to Know”.

Roles in series

Riele made her first television appearance portraying Young Jamila Thompson in an episode of the series “ReGenesis” in 2008, followed by her guest-roles in “Da Kink in My Hair” in 2009, “Rookie Blue” in 2010, and the same year she was heard as the voice of Baby Ant in the animated series “Peep and the Big Wide World”.

In 2014, she was cast to play her most notable role to date, as Charlotte Page in “Henry Danger”, also starring Jace Norman and Cooper Barnes in this family action comedy, which had 20 award nominations, including one for the Primetime Emmy, and won 18. The series was broadcast until 2020, and concurrently, Riele reprised her role, and was heard as a voice actor in the animated series “Henry Danger Motion Comic” (2015-2016) and “The Adventures of Kid Danger” (2018), while she was also heard as Petra in the pilot episode of the series “S. A. L. E. M.” in 2020.

Love life and relationships

There have been various rumors concerning Riele’s love life, most of them about her dating her co-star from “Henry Danger”, Jace Norman, however, both of them stated that they are just close friends.

Riele prefers to keep her private life away from the public eye, and hasn’t spoken about her relationships, and even her social media accounts haven’t revealed any information regarding her potential boyfriend.

As of May 2022, Riele seems to be single, she hasn’t been married or engaged and doesn’t have children.

Hobbies and other interests

Besides acting, Riele enjoys dancing and visual arts, while in her spare time, she likes to read, drink tea, and meditate.

She is also a designer, and in one of her interviews, Riele shared that she began designing when she was in kindergarten, dreaming of wearing her designs one day, which she’s achieved.

‘One of my all-time favorites has been the creation I wore at the 2018 Kid’s Choice Awards; the bold blocks of color and the skirt with the train made me feel very superhero-esque’, said Riele for Glitter Magazine.

There is an Instagram account, under the name ‘designed by rie’ where you can see all of her creations.

Speaking of superheroes, Riele once said that she would love to portray a superhero or fantasy role one day, and would enjoy acting alongside famous actors such as Will Smith, Viola Davis, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, and Lupita Nyongo, adding that they are her idols when it comes to acting.

Riele is active on her social media platforms, such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook; her Instagram account has been followed by over 2.5 million people, and her Twitter has amassed nearly 150,000 followers, while her official Facebook page has been followed by over 800,000 fans. She’s also established her TikTok account, which has amassed nearly 20,000 followers, and all of her videos combined have gained nearly 30,000 likes.

Age, height, and net worth

Riele’s age is 20, she has curly black hair and brown eyes, weighs around 120lbs (55kgs), and is 5ft 5ins (1.65m) tall with vital statistics of 28-23-30.

According to sources, Riele’s salary was around $20,000 per episode of the series “Henry Danger”, so as of May 2022, her net worth has been estimated at close to $1.5 million.