Bio: Sarah Gadon was born in a quiet residential area in Toronto, Ontario, to a teacher mother and a psychologist father. She grew up with the support and encouragement of her parents and older brother, James, and with this was inspired to go headlong into acting and dance alike. Sarah spent much of her adolescence training as a performer as a Junior Associate at the National Ballet School of Canada and as a student at the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts. She also studied cinema at the prestigious University of Toronto.She is known for her roles in the films A Dangerous Method (2011), Antiviral (2012), Enemy (2013), and Indignation (2016), and the mini-series 11.22.63 (2016).
Tivia: Filmed three consecutive films directed by David Cronenberg: A Dangerous Method (2011), Cosmopolis (2012) and Maps to the Stars (2014). In between films, she also filmed Antiviral (2012), directed by David's son Brandon Cronenberg.She was awarded the Birks Canadian Diamond, together with Emily Hampshire, by Telefilm Canada and Birks Diamonds to "recognize the accomplishments of up-and-coming Canadian talent who allow our country to be celebrated on the international stage".Does ballet & modern dance.Dean's List Scholar in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto.Was on the honor roll at her arts academy.Sarah's paternal grandfather was of French-Canadian descent; the family surname was originally "Gaudon", and is of French origin. Sarah's paternal grandmother was born on Alderney, an island which is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, and had English and Irish ancestry. Sarah's mother's family is Italian, with roots in Abruzzo.