Sarah Monahan was born at Women's College Hospital in Toronto, Ontario Sarah studied Drama at Cawthra Park Secondary School in Mississauga Sarah completed the four levels of Improv at Bad Dog Theatre, she took the Stand Up Comedy class at Second City and has continued to perform in many shows in Toronto including: The East End Comedy Revue, Matthew Stone Presents: Home for the Holidays, and the Comedy Brawl
Currently lives in the USA.
In early 1993, Sarah left the Australian sitcom "Hey Dad..!" to travel to Honduras as part of a student-exchange program. The storyline explaining her character Jennys departure from the show was that she was moving out of the house to attend boarding school.
Her father was a fashion designer. Sarah got her start by modelling his clothing. By the time Hey Dad..! started, she had already been in over 100 television and print commercials.
She doesnt believe actors are any more special than regular people, and likes to keep herself grounded by doing crew work, or occasionally doing extra, or stand-in work. She spent 12 days as a stand-in for Logan Lerman on the Austin set of "Jack & Bobby" . She also donated her time for local filmmaker Kelley Scollard by creating and hosting the website for Craving Heathers, in which she was also originally cast as Kamala.
Speaks fluent Spanish.
Sarahs father Brian was business partners with Supermodel DJ Sky Nellor s father. The two also attended the same private school in Sydney.
As a child, had ambitions of becoming an astronaut.
Attended the Travel Channel Academy in Washington DC.
Attended Meriden School and Strathfield Girls High School, both in Strathfield, New South Wales.
In March of 2010, she went public with allegations of abuse while working on "Hey Dad..!" . After speaking out, and being credited with giving the courage to so many other victims of abuse to come forward, Sarah was asked to be an ambassador for Australias leading child protection advocacy group, Bravehearts.
Lived in San Antonio, Texas for several years, until moving to Palm Beach, Florida in early 2016.
Joined the Texas State Guard in 2011.
Taught acting classes and workshops for children in the United States.
Wrote a memoir, titled Allegedly, which was released in March of 2016.
