Sara Rue (born January 26, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for the roles she played as Carmen Ferrara on the comedy-drama Popular and Claudia Casey on the sitcom Less Than Perfect. She also guest-starred on the show Will & Grace as Joyce, the sister of Grace Adler (Debra Messing). She is currently starring in the dramedy Eastwick as Penny Higgins.
Sara Rue was born Sara Schlackman in New York City, New York, the daughter of Joan (...
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Sara Rue (born January 26, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for the roles she played as Carmen Ferrara on the comedy-drama Popular and Claudia Casey on the sitcom Less Than Perfect. She also guest-starred on the show Will & Grace as Joyce, the sister of Grace Adler (Debra Messing). She is currently starring in the dramedy Eastwick as Penny Higgins.
Sara Rue was born Sara Schlackman in New York City, New York, the daughter of Joan (née Rue), a municipal employee and former actress, and Marc Schlackman, a stage manager. The elder of two daughters, she was raised in New York, where her parents were active in Broadway theaters. She began her own acting career at the age of nine, appearing in the 1988 film Rocket Gibraltar as Kevin Spacey's daughter (and as the late Burt Lancaster's granddaughter). She also played a young Roseanne in the first meeting of Roseanne and Dan at a dance on the TV show Roseanne.
Rue won critical acclaim for her television series debut, starring in...
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