Early life

Sara Rue was born Sara Schlackman in New York City, the daughter of Joan Schlackman (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 theatres. She is Jewish.

Career

Rue began her acting career at the age of nine, appearing in the 1988 film Rocket Gibraltar as Kevin Spacey's daughter. Rue played a very young Roseanne in the first meeting of Roseanne and Dan at a dance on the TV show Roseanne.

She starred in the comedy Grand, before going on to work on Phenom; Minor Adjustments; Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane; ER; The Division; Popular and Less than Perfect. She has appeared in several films (A Map of the World, Can't Hardly Wait, A Slipping Down Life, Idiocracy, Gypsy 83 and had a small part as a babysitter in Gore Verbinski's adaptation of The Ring. She impressed director Michael Bay so much that a role was written into the movie Pearl Harbor for her.

Rue appeared in the 2006 Mike Judge film Idiocracy, in the role of the Attorney General. In 2006, Rue starred in the stage musical Little Egypt with French Stewart, Jenny O'Hara and Gregg Henry at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles. She guest-starred in Two and a Half Men as Berta's pregnant youngest daughter. She had a stint on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, playing Leonard Hofstadter's physician girlfriend Dr Stephanie Barnett for three episodes. Her first appearance on the show occurred on November 17, 2008. In 2009, Rue appeared in the movies Man Maid and For Christ's Sake. She starred on the short-lived 2009 series Eastwick, based on the novel and movie The Witches of Eastwick.

In October 2010, Rue joined the cast of Rules of Engagement in a recurring role as Brenda, Jeff and Audrey's new surrogate.

It was announced in December, 2011 that Rue would be writing and starring in a new show on The CW called Poseurs, about a young woman named Lucy whose life is upended when her fiancé moves out and her fresh-from-rehab collegiate best friend, Alexandra, moves in. The two friends pose as a lesbian couple and actually get married in order to stay in the nice apartment building that only allows married couples.

Rue starred in the ABC show Malibu Country as Reba McEntire's upbeat trophy wife neighbor, Kim. She has the title role of Deb Dorfman in the movie "Dorfman in Love" (2012).

Personal life

Rue married director/writer/producer Mischa Livingstone in 2001, and they divorced in 2007. Rue married teacher Kevin Price on May 21, 2011, in a traditional Jewish wedding. She gave birth to their first child, daughter Talulah Rue Price, on February 9, 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Rocket Gibraltar	Jessica Hanson
1992	Passed Away	Megan Scanlan
1998	Can't Hardly Wait	Earth Girl
	Nowhere to Go		a.k.a. Silent Hearts (USA: TV title)
1999	A Slipping-Down Life	Violet
	A Map of the World	Debbie
2001	Pearl Harbor	Nurse Martha
	Gypsy 83	Gypsy Vale
2002	The Ring	Babysitter
2005	Barbara Jean	Barbara Jean	Short film
2006	Danny Roane: First Time Director	Charlotte Lewis
	Idiocracy	Attorney General "Fun Bags" (Uncredited)
2008	Man Maid	Torry
2009	Not Since You	Sarah 'Doogs' Doogins
2010	For Christ's Sake	Candy
2011	Dorfman in Love	Deb Dorfman
2013	Miss Dial	Sam

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Grand	Edda Pasetti	Main role (26 episodes)
1992	Roseanne	Teenage Roseanne	Episode: "Halloween IV"
1993-94	Phenom	Monica	Recurring role (14 episodes)
1995	Blossom	Angie	Episode: "Mating Rituals"
1995	Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare	Jacquelyn	Television movie
1995-96	Minor Adjustments	Darby Gladstone	Main role (20 episodes)
1996	ER	Jane	Episode: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
	Pearl	Bertha Sugs	Episode: "Ticket to Ride "
	For My Daughter's Honor	Jones, KimberlyKimberly Jones	Television movie; a.k.a. Indecent Seduction
1997	Ned & Stacey	Amy	Episode: "Prom Night"
	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Younger Sister (voice)	Episode: "The Golden Goose"
1998	Chicago Hope	Rhonda Fritz	Episode: "The Ties That Bind"
	The Simple Life	Melanie	Episodes: "Pilot", "Sara's Ex", and "The Luke & Sara Show"
1999	Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane	Breeny Kennedy	Episodes: "Everything You Wanted to Know About Zoe", "To Jack, from Zoe", and "Sympathy for Jack"
2000	Will & Grace	Joyce Adler	Episode: "Lows in the Mid-Eighties"
1999-2001	Popular	Carmen Ferrara	Main role (43 episodes)
2002-03	The Division	Amanda McCafferty	Episodes: "Hide and Seek", "Remembrance", and "Acts of Betrayal"
2003	MADtv	The Babysitter	Episode #9.11
2002-06	Less than Perfect	Claudia "Claude" Casey	Main role (81 episodes)
2003	This Time Around	Gabby Castellani	Television movie
2006	Play Nice		Television movie
2006-07	Two and a Half Men	Naomi	Episodes: "Repeated Blows to His Unformed Head" and "Castrating Sheep in Montana"
2007	Nurses	Chris Korenek	Television movie
2008	The Big Bang Theory	Dr. Stephanie Barnett	Episodes: "The Lizard-Spock Expansion", "The White Asparagus Triangulation" and "The Vartabedian Conundrum"
	Nightmare at the End of the Hall	Courtney	Television movie
	Spaced	Apryl	Television movie
2009	Leverage	Marissa Devins	Episode: "The Mile High Job"
2009-10	Eastwick	Penny Higgins	Main role (13 episodes)
2010	Private Practice	Shira Cole	Episode: "Til Death Do Us Part"
2011	Shedding for the Wedding	Herself - Host	Regular (5 episodes)
	RuPaul's Drag Race 3	Herself - Guest Judge	Episodes: "Face, Face, Face of Cakes" and "RuPaul Rewind"
2012	Psych	Amy Alleris	Episode: "Heeeeere's Lassie"
2012-13	Malibu Country	Kim Sallinger	Main role (18 episodes)
2010-13	Rules of Engagement	Brenda	Recurring role (12 episodes)
2011	My Future Boyfriend	Elizabeth Barrett	Television movie
2014-present	Mom	Candace	Recurring role (7 episodes)
2015-present	Impastor	Dora Winston	Main role
2016	Don't Wake Mommy	Beth	Television movie
2016	Bones (TV series)	Karen Delfs	TV show

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