The Biography

Sarah-Jane Redmond (born August 22, 1970, in Cyprus) is a British-born Canadian actress and acting coach, 5′ 8″ (173 cm) tall, whose father was stationed in Cyprus during his service in the British Royal Air Force. Her family moved to the Lake District in England before emigrating to Canada when she was ten. She trained for six years at Dancemakers Studio in Toronto under Brian Foley, then studied at the William Davis Centre for Actors Study in Vancouver, and founded the Holy Barbarians theatre company after graduating. A dual Canadian and UK citizen fluent in ASL, she has taught acting at the New Image College of Fine Arts in British Columbia and directed theatre performances there. She is married (since 2007) and has one son, Lucas Noon-Redmond. She is best known as Lucy Butler on Chris Carter's Millennium (1997–1999, 22 episodes), as Inga Fossa (series regular) on Harsh Realm (2005), as Karin Matthews and Special Agent in Charge in The X-Files (TV and film), as Nell Potter on Smallville (2007–2010), and as Elaine Pownall (series regular, 21 episodes) on Siren (2018–2020, Freeform). Her most notable film credits include Miss Perkins in Disturbing Behavior (1998, with Katie Holmes), Gwen Stevens in Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002), Tibby's Mother in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Special Agent in Charge in The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008, with Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny), Barron's Wife in Case 39 (2009, with Renée Zellweger), and Helen in The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016, directed by Alexandre Aja). More recent television credits include Mrs. Kemper in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018, 4 episodes, Netflix), Denise Bukansky in Tribal (2021, 10 episodes), Kaylee Lee in The 100 (2019, 5 episodes), and recurring roles in The Irrational (2024). She has accumulated over 200 film and television credits across three decades.