Sarah Snook: 7 things you didn’t know about the ‘Heirs’ actress

He became popular thanks to Shiv Roy’s role successionthe four-season HBO series that kept the world on screen from 2018 to 2023,actress Sarah Snook now an international star. Let’s find out together some curious facts about his personality, family and career.

Here are 7 curious facts about Sarah Snook that you (probably) didn’t know.

#1 – She’s Australian

Born in Adelaide, Australia.December 1, 1987 Sarah Snook is the daughter of a pool salesman and elderly caregiver who divorced when she was very young. The youngest of three sisters, he first attended St. John’s Grammar School in Belair and, after receiving a scholarship to Scotch College, Torrance Park, received a degree from the Syndey National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2008.

2. She always wanted to be an actress.

The passion for acting has always accompanied the actress. In fact, it looks like he decided to start taking lessons. after seeing one of his sisters act in the school play. He stated that he would like to take lessons and play, and he did.

No. 3. She could be the heroine of Austinia.

Before accepting the role of Shiv Roy and a four-year adventure as the only daughter of a dysfunctional family successionSarah Snook she was signed to play Ann Elliot in the adaptation Belief Jane Austen. According to Snook herself, the production version was quite faithful to the book. Unfortunately, almost simultaneously with the adaptation Belief Netflix was announced starring Dakota Johnson, and the project that Snook had started working on was shelved.

#4 – First he turned down the role of Shiv Roy in succession

We are accustomed to know Shiv Roy as a “power” in the universe succession. The key character, often multifaceted and never predictable, was the centerpiece of the show’s four seasons. Of course, it should be added that it is not easy to be a woman in a universe created (almost exclusively) for men and by men. This is exactly what the actress thought when she was offered the role and for a while he thought about turning it off.

“If the world is interested in one a handful of white men talking business and I’m the only woman in the group, I’ll be out of the way.”

Luckily, of course, Sarah Snook changed her mind after talking to the show’s writer and creators after realizing just how fat Shiv would be.

#5 – Should have played Lisbeth in Millennium – Men who hate women

A remake was released in 2011 men who hate women directed by David Fincher. The main characters are famous actors Rooney Mara and David Craig. It seems that the final choice for the role of the main character, as Sarah Snook herself said, was between her and actress Rooney Mara.

“After all, it was between me and Rooney Mara. Everything could have gone differently, because everyone tells you this. Well, I didn’t get the part. That’s all. Although, actually, from a philosophical point of view, I was then almost happy that I did not get the role. I was very young and very green, and it was easy to surprise me. I think I would be a very different actress today if I actually got this role at such a young age.”

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6. She proposed to her husband.

Sarah Snook is married to actor and comedian Dave Lawson. The two were friends for a long time before they discovered they had feelings for each other. They’ve lived and traveled together since 2014, although they’ve never been closer than just friends, plus they’ve never been single at the same time. However it was Covid that brought them closer and ignited. So Sarah asked him to marry her in December 2020 and they got married in February 2021 in the garden of Sarah’s house.

The couple announced they were expecting their first child on the red carpet at the series’ Season 4 premiere. successionin 2023.

#7 – She loves to travel

In fact, this is nothing new these days – many people find traveling around the world exciting and fun. Looks like Sarah Snook is no exception. Immediately after filming the first season succession

for example, the actress packed her bags and enjoyed a long vacation in Europe between Croatia, Italy and France.

#8 – He won his first awards for playing Shiv Roy.

Her portrayal of Shiv Roy earned Sarah several notable nominations. In 2020 and 2022, she received nominations for both Lead and Supporting Role in a Drama Series at the Critics’ Choice Awards and Emmy Primetime Awards. In 2022, she won the prestigious Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie in succession.

In 2023, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress.