Sarah Jones (born July 17, 1983) is an American actress, best known for her starring roles as
NASA
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astronaut Tracy Stevens in the
Apple TV+
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original
science fiction
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space
drama
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series
''For All Mankind'' and as Detective Rebecca Madsen in the
Fox
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Twelv ...
TV drama series ''
Alcatraz
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.''
Life and career

Jones was born in
Winter Springs, Florida
Winter Springs is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 38,342 at the 2020 census. According to the 2019 Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 37,312. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanfo ...
, and graduated from Winter Springs High School in 2001. She "grew up dancing" with the expectation that it would become her career, but she turned to acting as "the next best thing" after her dancing ended because of injuries. She had gotten her first break working as a dancer for the
MTV Movie Awards
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.
She began in acting with a role on ''
Medical Investigation
''Medical Investigation'' is an American medical drama television series that began September 9, 2004, on NBC. It ran for 20 one-hour episodes before its cancellation on March 25, 2005. The series was co-produced by Paramount Network Television ...
'', before going on to appear in other television credited roles that same year, including episodes of ''
Cold Case
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'' and ''
Judging Amy
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'', before she appeared in the 2007
Hallmark Channel
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movie, ''Murder 101: College Can Be Murder''.
["It's Evening in America". '' Vanity Fair''. May 2012. Page 157.]
Jones also appeared in a recurring role as Leah on the television show ''
Huff
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'', guest-starred in a 2006 episode of ''
Ugly Betty
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'' as Natalie Whitman, and ''
Big Love
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'' as Brynn. She played the youngest of three sisters who run a wedding planner business in
Fox
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Twelv ...
's 2007 short-lived
dramedy
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series ''
The Wedding Bells
''The Wedding Bells'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on Fox from March 2 to April 6, 2007. The series was greenlighted after the network became interested in a series centered on wedding planners. The network approached ...
''. She also appeared in two independent
movie
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s, ''
Still Green
''Still Green'' is an American drama film directed by Jon Artigo, written by Georgia Menides, produced by Menides, Doug Lloyd, and Andrea Ajemian, and starring Sarah Jones, Ryan Kelley, Douglas Spain, Noah Segan, Paul Costa, Brandon Meyer, As ...
'' and ''
The Blue Hour''. Jones won the Spirit of the Independent Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival for Best Ensemble for ''Still Green'' (2007), which she shared with
Ryan Kelley
Ryan Jonathan Kelley (born August 31, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in ''Mean Creek'', '' Prayers for Bobby'', as Ben Tennyson in '' Ben 10: Alien Swarm'', and as Deputy Jordan Parrish on '' Teen Wolf''.
Early life
Kel ...
,
Douglas Spain,
Noah Segan
Noah Gideon Segan (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in the films '' Looper'', '' Brick'', and ''Deadgirl''. He is known for his many collaborations with filmmaker Rian Johnson.
Early life
Segan was born ...
, Paul Costa and the rest of the cast of the film. She can also be seen in the
Cary Brothers
Cary Brothers (born 1974) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter originally from Nashville, Tennessee, United States. After moving to Los Angeles and becoming a regular performer at the influential Hotel Cafe venue, Brothers first gained ...
music video
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''
Who You Are''.
She portrayed Polly Zobelle, the scheming daughter and accomplice of
Ethan Zobelle in ''
Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club o ...
''.
In 2011, she had a featured guest starring role in the
FX crime drama
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''
Justified'' episode "The Life Inside". Other notable credits include a recurring role on ''
Big Love
''Big Love'' is an American drama television series that aired on HBO from March 12, 2006 to March 20, 2011. It stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a fundamentalist Mormon family in contemporary Utah that practices polygamy, with Jeanne T ...
'' and ''
Lone Star''. Jones then signed on to play the lead role of Det. Rebecca Madsen in the
J. J. Abrams show, ''
Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island () is a small island in San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military pri ...
''.
Jones has received wide recognition for her portrayal. She took part in a recreation of the chase scene in ''
Bullitt
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''. The show premiered on January 16, 2012. While the series itself was moderately received, her performance was generally praised by critics. Despite an impressive start, the series was officially cancelled by Fox on May 9, 2012, due to dropping viewership throughout its run. However, Jones was featured in a May 2012 spread for ''
Vanity Fair'' magazine, and she quickly returned to series television, being cast as a regular on ''
Vegas
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''.
She portrayed Alison in the
hulu
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original series ''
The Path'', and Amelia Davenport in the
USA Network
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TV series ''
Damnation
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In Ancient Egyptian religious tradition, citizens would recite ...
''.
In 2018, Jones was cast as Lynn in CBS drama pilot ''L.A. Confidential'', based on
James Ellroy
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, s ...
's 1990
novel of the same name.
In 2019, Jones starred as
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedi ...
astronaut Tracy Stevens in the
Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is an American subscription streaming service owned and operated by Apple Inc. Launched on November 1, 2019, it offers a selection of original production film and television series called Apple Originals. The service was announced ...
original
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...
space
drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
series
''For All Mankind''. In 2021, Jones reprised her role in Season 2.
Personal life
Jones was dating
Cary Brothers
Cary Brothers (born 1974) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter originally from Nashville, Tennessee, United States. After moving to Los Angeles and becoming a regular performer at the influential Hotel Cafe venue, Brothers first gained ...
in 2007. She was dating fellow ''Sons of Anarchy'' actor
Theo Rossi
John Theodore Rossi (born June 4, 1975) is an American actor and producer. He portrayed Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz on the FX series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014) and Hernan "Shades" Alvarez in ''Luke Cage'' (2016–2018). His film roles in ...
from 2010 until 2013. Jones describes herself as a feminist.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards
References
External links
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1983 births
Actresses from Florida
American film actresses
American television actresses
Living people
People from Winter Springs, Florida
21st-century American actresses
American feminists