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name: "Sarah Burns"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sarah-burns"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 July 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-17T01:59:40.724810+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Sarah Burns

Actor. Born 26 July 1981 in Long Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 July 1981, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2007–2011
- **Also known as:** 사라 번즈, سارة بيرنز

## Biography

Sarah Burns is an American actress and comedian. Born on Long Island, New York, she has performed improvisational comedy regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City.

She is known for playing Krista Jacobs in the HBO series *Enlightened* (2011–2013). Her film roles include Hailey in *I Love You, Man* (2009), Harper in *Going the Distance* (2010), Janine Groff in *Life as We Know It* (2010) and Anne in *Slow Learners* (2015). Television appearances include Emily Sinclair in *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), Gabrielle in *Big Little Lies* (2017) and Detective Mae Dunn in *Barry* (2018–2023). She was a series regular in the second season of *Married* (2015) and appeared in *Drunk History*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Enlightened* (2011), Fi1m 84, as Krista Jacobs — [page](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md)
- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Summer — [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Party Down* (2009), Actor

## Also known for

- *Life As We Know It* (2010), Janine Groff
- *I Love You, Man* (2009), Hailey
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), Emily Sinclair
- *Big Little Lies* (2017), Gabrielle
- *New Girl* (2011), Deb
- *Barry* (2018), Detective Mae Dunn
- *Enough Said* (2013), Female Hiker #1
- *Going the Distance* (2010), Harper

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