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Sarah Burns

Sarah Burns

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 26, 1981 (44)
Birthplace Long Island, New York, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Sarah Burns is an American film and television actress and comedian, best known for playing Krista on HBO's Enlightened. Born on Long Island, New York, Burns has performed improvisational comedy regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City Burns is known for her appearances i ... n comedic films and television series. Her film roles include Anne in Slow Learners (2015) opposite Adam Pally, Hailey in I Love You, Man (2009), Harper in Going the Distance (2010) and Janine Groff in Life as We Know It (2010). She has also appeared in television productions including Damage Control (one episode; 2005), Flight of the Conchords (one episode; 2007), Party Down (one episode; 2010) and Ben and Kate (one episode; 2012). She had a costarring role in the short film Cried Suicide (2010), which was screened at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Her short film "The First Step" (2012) premiered at the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival. She appears as part of a recurring cast of sketch players for the Comedy Central television series Drunk History, which premiered in July 2013. In 2015, Burns was a series regular in second season of the FX comedy series Married. Burns was cast as Assistant District Attorney Emily Sinclair in Season Two of the show How to Get Away With Murder. In 2009, Entertainment Weekly named her one of the "25 Funniest Actresses in Hollywood". In June 2013, Entertainment Weekly named Burns one of "15 Actresses We're Rooting For" as part of its "Emmy Watch". In 2016, Burns appeared as Margie Turley in the Lorne Michaels-produced Brother Nature. In 2017, Burns appeared as Gabrielle in the HBO original miniseries Big Little Lies and in the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. In 2020, Burns appeared as Kaylie in the Netflix film Desperados as well as a major role in the Netflix series Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun.

Known For

Filmography

Unfrosted

Unfrosted

2024

as Mrs. Schwinn

Moving On

Moving On

2023

as Allie

Werewolves Within

Werewolves Within

2021

as Gwen

Desperados

Desperados

2020

as Kaylie

Eat Wheaties!

Eat Wheaties!

2020

as Kate Drew

Brutal Realty, Inc.

Brutal Realty, Inc.

2019

as Jean Dean

Unforgettable

Unforgettable

2017

as Sarah

Where You Are

Where You Are

2016

as Jen

Brother Nature

Brother Nature

2016

as Margie Turley

Slow Learners

Slow Learners

2015

as Anne Martin

Grandma

Grandma

2015

as Jill

Grandma

Grandma

2015

as Protestor

Gregory Go Boom

Gregory Go Boom

2013

as Rose

A.C.O.D.

A.C.O.D.

2013

as Margo

Enough Said

Enough Said

2013

as Female Hiker #1

Free Hugs

Free Hugs

2011

as Sydney

Monogamy

Monogamy

2010

as Ella

Life As We Know It

Life As We Know It

2010

as Janine Groff

Going the Distance

Going the Distance

2010

as Harper

I Love You, Man

I Love You, Man

2009

as Hailey

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Enlightened

as Krista Jacobs

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Oct 10, 2011

How to Get Away with Murder

as Emily Sinclair

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Sep 25, 2014

Married

as Abby

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 17, 2014

Barry

as Det. Mae Dunn

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Mar 25, 2018

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

as Claire

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Aug 04, 2017

Drunk History

as Various

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 09, 2013

American Vandal

as Angela Montgomery

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 15, 2017

Big Little Lies

as Gabrielle

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 19, 2017

Garfunkel and Oates

as Cheryl

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 07, 2014

Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun

as Pirate

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 11, 2020

Party Down

as Donna Mullens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 20, 2009

The New Normal

as Megan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 2012

Flight of the Conchords

as Summer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 17, 2007

Bill Burr Presents Immoral Compass

as Kimberly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 05, 2021

The Mindy Project

as Amy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 2012

New Girl

as Deb

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2011

Speechless

as Marci

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 2016

Barry

as Detective Mae Dunn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 25, 2018

The Eric Andre Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 20, 2012

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