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This article is about the actress. You may be looking for the Video Game character, the TV Series character, the Rise of the Governor character, the Road to Woodbury character, the Social Game character, or the Survival Instinct character.

Sarah Wayne Callies is an American actress who portrayed Lori Grimes in The Walking Dead.

Biography

Sarah was born in Illinois, but was raised from the age of one in Honolulu, Hawaii. The daughter of two university professors, she is an academic herself, having graduated from Dartmouth College and receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from Denver's National Theater Conservatory.

Other Works

Filmography

  • The Secret Service
  • The Celestine Prophecy
  • Whisper
  • Bittersweet
  • Tangled
  • Lullaby for Pi
  • Black Gold
  • Faces in the Crowd
  • Foreverland
  • Black November
  • Into the Storm
  • Pay the Ghost
  • The Other Side of the Door

Television

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Dragnet
  • Tarzan
  • Numb3rs
  • Queens Supreme
  • Prison Break
  • House M.D.
  • Colony

Awards

  • Satellite Award for Best Cast - Television Series (The Walking Dead) in 2012, alongside her cast mates and staffs.

Trivia

  • Sarah Wayne Callies was in favor of Lori dying the same way the character died in the Comic Series. In an interview she stated, "I argued that it was necessary to kill Lori and I feel very strongly that for all of the other deviations we may have from the comic book, killing Lori does something to Rick that is vital for the story and can't be done any other way." [1]
  • Sarah's husband, Josh Winterhalt, is a martial arts instructor. They have one daughter, Keala, who was born in 2007.
  • Despite her character being killed off in episode four of Season 3,Sarah Wayne Callies continues to be credited for the remainder of the season. Although, Callies would make five more appearances as Lori throughout the rest of the season.
  • Sarah flew out to set (via helicopter) just to reprise her role in "Home".
  • In her movie, entitled; "Into The Storm". One of the characters commented the aftermath of a tornado rampage looks like a zombie apocalypse. referring to her work as Lori Grimes, in AMC's the Walking Dead.

External Links

References

  1. Lesley Goldberg 'The Walking Dead's' Sarah Wayne Callies: Lori 'Has To Die' The Hollywood Reporter (June 20th, 2012)
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