Sarah Clarke

SARAH CLARKE reprised her role as Bella's mom from The Twilight Saga movies.

Clarke is best known for her role on Fox’s acclaimed television series "24," where she portrayed the role of Nina Meyers for three seasons. She starred opposite Keifer Sutherland and shocked over 10 million viewers when her character was exposed as the mole during the show’s first season. Clarke had a recurring role on the TNT series "Men Of A Certain Age" opposite Ray Romano; and also starred opposite Eric McCormack on the TNT series "Trust Me" about the cut-throat business of advertising in Chicago.

She starred in her first on-camera role in the short film Pas de Deux, in which she was recognized with the CINY Award (Cine Woman NY) for Outstanding Performance at the Brooklyn Film Festival. After making guest appearances on "Sex and the City" and "Ed," she landed her starring role on "24." That same year she made her move to the big screen in Fox Searchlight’s drama Thirteen. The film received the Best Director Award for Catherine Hardwicke at the Sundance Film Festival.

Other films soon followed: Killing Emmett Young starring Scott Wolf, Tim Roth and Gabriel Byrne; Human Error directed by Robert M. Young; Happy Endings directed by Don Roos; and The Lather Effect with Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, Ione Skye, and Connie Britton; before Clarke teamed up with Hardwicke again in the teenage vampire phenomenon Twilight where she played Kristen Stewart’s mother. She also co-starred in the independent feature Women in Trouble opposite Simon Baker, Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, Connie Britton, and Josh Brolin.

Clarke is a St. Louis, Missouri native who began her acting career in Bologna, Italy while pursuing her Italian degree. She continued her study after college in New York City at Circle in the Square Theater School.

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