Sarah Hay

This article is about the American actress and dancer. For the British folk artist, see Sarah Hayes.
Sarah Hay
Born 1987 (age 28–29)[1]
Princeton, New Jersey, United States[1]
Occupation ballet dancer
actress
Years active
  • 2010–present (professional ballet dancer)
  • 2015–present (actress)

Sarah Hay (born 1987) is an American actress and ballet dancer with the Semperoper in Dresden. Following her appearance as Claire Robbins in the Starz mini-series Flesh and Bone, she was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Satellite Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award.

Early life

Sarah Hay, born in 1987,[1] was brought up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her older brother, who is an opera singer,[2] and sister. Her grandmother was an art dealer in New York City, and her grandfather is a member of the New York Philharmonic.[2] Hay's parents are both amateur dancers and psychologists.[3] She began attending dancing classes at the age of three, and joined the School of American Ballet in New York City when she was eight, and later attended the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Ballet at the American Ballet Theatre.[4] She later explained that while she was popular at normal school, at the ballet school she was considered to be a "loser" because she wasn't from a wealthy background.[5] She described herself as a "troublemaker" during her childhood, and only decided to pursue ballet professionally when she was a teenager.[5]

Career

Ballet

Once she decided to become a professional ballet dancer, she sacrificed other pursuits, saying in a 2015 interview with the New York Post that she "had a few relationships fall apart because of it".[5] While others have described her as "workaholic", she prefers "motivated".[5] During her early dancing career, she discovered that certain teachers found her size DD breasts offputting, with one handing her a sports bra as she came off stage in the middle of a production, while others suggested that she should undergo breast reduction surgery. She added that she was always considered to be the "fat girl" or the "heavy girl" in American based companies.[5]

As a result, at the age of 22 she moved to Germany to join the Dresden based Semperoper ballet.[5][6] The director there believed in her dancing talent, and she credits him for her career advancement.[5] She is now a second soloist.[7]

Acting

She made her film debut in 2010 as a dancer in Black Swan, but she didn't consider herself to have made an acting appearance until she was cast in the Starz mini-series Flesh and Bone. Executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett and her team had seen more than a thousand ballet dancers for the main role part of Claire Robbins, and the choreographer for the series, Ethan Stiefel, had begun requesting ballet footage via email from more dancers. After returning footage, Hay was invited to New York for an audition and was given the part an hour later.[5]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1997 You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Ballet Party Stephanie
2015 Flesh and Bone Claire Robbins
2017 I'm Dying Up Here Tawny Lee

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Black Swan Corps De Ballet

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
2016 Golden Globe Award[8] Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Flesh and Bone Nominated
Satellite Award[9] Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Won
Critics' Choice Television Award[10] Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 3 Clott Kanter, Sharon (November 8, 2015). "Who Is Sarah Hay? Get to Know the Ballerina of Starz's New Drama Flesh & Bone". Instyle. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Blake, Meredith (November 6, 2015). "To capture dark world of dance, 'Flesh and Bone' used pro dancers and a 'Breaking Bad' writer". The Los Angeles Times.
  3. ↑ Miller, Julie (November 9, 2015). "The Story Behind Flesh and Bone's Taboo Plot Twist". Vanity Fair. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ Brown, Emma (November 6, 2015). "Discovery: Sarah Hay". Interview Magazine. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Spencer, Amy (December 2, 2015). "'Flesh and Bone' star refused to get a breast reduction". New York Post. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sarah Hay". Semperoper Dresden. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "American Girl". Jump: The dancer's lifestyle magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sarah Hay". International Press Academy. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ Gray, Tim (December 14, 2015). "Critics' Choice Award Nominations: Complete List". Variety. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
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