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Sarah Maria Lafferty is an actress & producer based in Dublin. She was born in Sligo, but grew up in Mayo. Sarah co-founded and runs Felix Culpa Theatre Company, while her agent is Geraldine Dunne of Centre Stage Agency.
At the 76th Edinburgh Fringe, Sarah co-produced and starred in Derek Murphy's play 'The Bad Daters' alongside Brian Gallagher. The show was 5-star reviewed by 'The Reviews Hub' and the script got a 5-star rating from 'Mumble Theatre'. At the 75th Edinburgh Fringe, Sarah produced and starred in a Brendan Ellis play called 'The Woman He Lived With' for a two-week run which got a feature in The Scottish Sun and it was selected by The National as a top-20 'must see' show.
Her breakthrough TV role was as nurse Aoife de Búrca in Martin Dwan's docudrama on RTÉ 1 called 'Seven Women'. On CBS, Sarah played Tonya McKinley in season 3, episode 15 of 'Bloodline Detectives'. On BBC for the Travel Show, she spoke at Sweny's Pharmacy about the 100th anniversary of Ulysses. Sarah co-produced and starred in a Jason Figgis short film called 'In Our Day' which was officially selected at the 14th Waterford Film Festival.
As part of a nationwide tour, Sarah narrated the world première of Kathy Fahey’s original music & dance extravaganza called ‘Fáinne Óir’ to a sell-out crowd of 1,200 people at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar. At the Smock Alley theatre, Sarah starred and produced a sell-out show of Derek Murphy's play 'Inside Danny's box' which also starred Úna Crawford, John Cronin, Rex Ryan and Bryan Murray. At Avatar studio, she co-starred in a voice-over project which was written and directed by Maureen Selwood. As a member of the Players Society in Trinity College, Sarah performed regularly at the Beckett Theatre. During this time, she also co-founded Felix Culpa Theatre Company with Annie Murphy which produced six sell-out shows of Enda Walsh's 'Sucking Dublin' at the New Theatre.
In New York on Broadway, Sarah narrated the US première of Kathy Fahey’s original music & dance extravaganza called ‘Fáinne Óir’ to a sell-out crowd of 800 people at Symphony Space. Sarah also acted Off-Broadway, where she starred with Zach Gaffin in the Cell Theatre, and she acted alongside Maria Deasy in Bar Thalia. At Ripley-Grier studios, she starred with Gary Gregg in John Kearns’ play, 'Boann and the Well of Wisdom'. Sarah played 'Hanna Sheehy Skeffington' in a one-woman show called 'Reminiscences of an Irish Suffragette' which was produced by 'Fallen Angel' and directed by Aedín Moloney.
In London, Sarah studied acting at the London School of Dramatic Art. She made her West End debut in Adam Meggido's 'Some Voices' at the Soho Theatre, while she later played 'Carla' in Martin Derbyshire's 'the History of Cardenio' at the Courtyard Theatre. During this time, Sarah was the Irish World's theatre critic and she reviewed premières of the esteemed Peter Brook, Caryl Churchill and Martin McDonagh. She also interviewed 'Olivier' and 'Tony' winning actor Jim Norton and IFTA winning director John Crowley.
Back in Ireland, Sarah acted alongside Jack Walsh in 'A play on Ulysses' in Blackrock which was directed by Nastaise Leddy and Iris Park to celebrate Bloomsday. At Electric picnic, she acted in Derek Murphy's play 'Dyin' for it' which was produced by John Kearns. Sarah's first ever role was at the age of seven as Princess Elizabeth in an Irene Fleming production at the Hawk's Well theatre in Sligo. When she moved to Mayo, Sarah got to work with acclaimed playwright Seosamh Mac Gabhann and she was the lead actress in four All-Ireland winning Irish language productions at the Mullingar Arts Centre and at an Taibhdhearc. For the play 'Páistí ar Strae', Sarah won the Actor of the Day award at an Cumann Scoildrámaíochta.
Sarah is a member of the ADEI (Association for Drama in Education in Ireland) and she is on the educational advisory board of the Ark Theatre in Dublin.
