Sara Canning is a Canadian and American actress. She played in many film projects. Fame brought her the role of Jenna Sommers, the aunt of the main character of the telenovela "The Vampire Diaries".
From early childhood, Sarah Canning learned to find a common language with people. The family had to move very often. This skill helped the girl quickly adapt to a new place.
The road to vocation
The biography of the future performer began in 1987. The only child in the family was born in the Canadian city of Gander on July 14. The girl easily made new friends, disposed those around her.
Young Canning was fond of creativity from early childhood. In addition, the girl was gifted with figure skating abilities. She has taken part in many competitions in her chosen sport. All interests were supplanted by a love of acting.
Due to the frequent lack of money, Sarah got used to dressing in a practical and modest manner. The girl often chased with the boys on a skateboard, and did not communicate with her friends. The appearance did not occupy all the thoughts of the future actress.
After graduating from school, the girl went to get education at the University of Albert. She chose journalism and art history as a specialty. A year later, Sarah realized that she was wrong with the choice. Leaving her studies, the girl entered the Vancouver Art School. She worked as a waitress at a local cafe to pay for her studies and help her family. After completing the course, Canning began working as an actress at the Edmonton Theater.
In it, the performer played her first role in the production of "1984" based on the work of the same name by Orwell. In addition to stage activities, the girl tried her hand at cinema. In 2008 she was offered a job as Kat in the TV serial Smallville. Then came the minor heroines in Kick On Goal 3 and Kayla XY.
Iconic roles
The first significant film role was Nicky Hilton from the picture "Princess for the Paparazzi". After her, the actress began to be recognized. A year later, an invitation came to the drama "Kidnapped in broad daylight" based on real events. The actress played Anne Slati. According to the script, the heroine is kidnapped by a criminal. For six terrible days, the girl lived in captivity. Despite this, she managed to help the police find the kidnapper.
The image in the film "Black Field" became a new success. The work won the Best Acting Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Simultaneously with this project, the pilot episode of the mystical television series "The Vampire Diaries" was filmed. Three weeks later, Sarah learned that work was beginning on a new series.
In Canning's personal life, things were not easy. The girl's first choice was the banker Michael Morris. The couple became husband and wife in 2008. Sarah's husband passed away due to illness three years after marriage. The actress closed herself off and completely stopped communicating with the opposite sex.
Private life has become a closed topic for journalists. Sarah prefers evenings with a book at home to clubs and noisy parties. The actress loves to spend her free time with benefit. She loves to watch TV programs besides reading. The celebrity calls the vacation on the seaside the best vacation.
In music he loves rock and jazz. Sarah has repeatedly admitted that she is not yet ready for a long-term relationship, because most of her life is occupied by work.
In September 2009, the American mystical serial project "The Vampire Diaries" was released. The center of the plot was the love triangle between the beautiful Elena Gilbert and two vampire brothers. In the form of the aunt of the main character, Sarah Canning appeared before the fans.
Jenna returned to Mystic Falls after the death of Jeremy and Elena's parents to take custody of her nephews. Her relationship with Elena is more like friendship. Jenna and her niece get along well with each other.
Jeremy introduced Sommers to a new history teacher, Alaric Saltzman. Young people start dating. Jenna after a while became a vampire and died. Her heroine was present only in the first seasons, but the audience remembered and fell in love with the charming lady.
New works
The film activity of the actress is not interrupted. Hannah Beaumont, the main character, she became in the film 2012 "Hannah's Law". According to the plot in the town of Abilene in 1866, the bounty hunter went on the trail of the leader of the gang, who cracked down on her parents and younger brother. Hannah, who wants revenge, dreams of bringing the criminals to justice. Suddenly, she finds out that her brother is alive.
She played the main characters in the movie "Edward". Flora Stone is the wife of the key character. The film shows the story of the man who created the world's first video recording. In 2017, the actress starred in two projects. Her works are "Lemony Snicket: 33 Misfortunes" and "Planet of the Apes: War". In the image of Gretel, Sarah was on the screen in the serial project "Once Upon a Time".
In the 2018 film Level 16, Sarah got the role of Miss Brixil. According to the plot, Vivien, the main young heroine, had to end up in a boarding school, which most of all resembles a prison. Students are taught in this institution to always be perfect. At the last, sixteenth level of the course, the most diligent can be adopted by status families. All the girls spend the day in diligent study, in the evenings they talk about virtues. Everything seems normal if you don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Vivienne decided to look in and discovered the terrible truth.
