Biography

Winner of Kurdistan International Independent Film Festival (KIIFF) 'Best Supportive Actress' award for her role in Face The Music and star of Pest Kontrol, which took home LA's Best Short Film Award, Sarah Jane (SJ) Starr continues to build an impressive and diverse screen career alongside her acclaimed theatre work. A classically trained ballet dancer in a past life (!), SJ is a 2013 NIDA graduate. Her CV reads like a who's who of successful independent theatre productions - from her recent sell-out performance in KXT's world premiere of Mercury Poisoning to Gods and Little Fishes, the 2020 winner of the Silver Gull Play Award. This exceptional production was also nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Independent Production.

SJ's other theatre credits include The Approach by Mark O'Rowe (Flight Path Theatre), As You Like It (Sport For Jove), Dead Skin (KXT), Picnic at Hanging Rock (New Theatre), The Killing of Sister George (G. Bod Theatre, King Street Theatre), and The Night Alive (Old Fitz). She toured nationally with the hit production Fawlty Towers Live and travelled to Tokyo for a stand-out performance in Honchos Meeting in Cowra.

A versatile and dedicated performer for both stage and screen, SJ's TV, film, and voiceover credits include Home and Away (Channel 7), Skinford (Stan), Girt By Fear (web series), and a variety of TVCs for MG Cars, Domain, Gaviscon, Hitachi, and Cetaphil.

Sarah Jane enjoys playing the viola in her spare time.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sarah Jane Starr