Sara Rue Biography

Sara Rue (born January 26, 1979) is an American television actress. She is best known for her performances as Carmen Ferrara on Popular, and as Claude Casey on Less than Perfect. She is a spokesperson for Jenny Craig. In 2011, she hosted The CW reality series Shedding for the Wedding. She had a recurring role in the comedy Rules of Engagement, where she played Brenda, the softball co-player and bestfriend of Jeff. She also had a recurring role as Kim on the sitcom Malibu Country.

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 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.

Career

Rue 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), and so impressed director Michael Bay that a role was written into the movie Pearl Harbor for her.

Rue briefly 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 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 December 2009 it was announced that Rue would be a new spokesperson for Jenny Craig. Her diet was successful, as she lost fifty pounds and subsequently ran a half-marathon. 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 is currently 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" (2012).

Personal life

Rue married director/writer/producer Mischa Livingstone in 2001. The couple divorced in 2007. Rue married teacher Kevin Price on May 21, 2011, in a traditional Jewish wedding (Rue is Jewish). Rue gave birth to her first child in February 2013.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Rocket Gibraltar
1990	Grand		26 episodes
1992	Passed Away
1992	Roseanne	Teenage Roseanne	1 episode " "Halloween IV"
1993	Phenom	Monica	3 episodes, 1993"1994
1995	Blossom	Angie	1 episode " "Mating Rituals"
1995	Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare	Jacquelyn	TV
1995	Minor Adjustments		TV series; unknown episodes, 1995"1996
1996	ER	Jane	1 episode " "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
1996	For My Daughter's Honor		aka Indecent Seduction
1996	Pearl		1 episode " "Ticket to Ride "
1997	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Younger Sister	1 episode " "The Golden Goose"
1997	Ned and Stacey	Amy	1 episode " "Prom Night"
1998	Can't Hardly Wait	Earth Girl
1998	Chicago Hope		1 episode " "The Ties That Bind"
1998	Nowhere to Go		aka Silent Hearts (USA: TV title)
1998	The Simple Life	Melanie	3 episodes
1999	A Map of the World	Debbie
1999	A Slipping-Down Life	Violet
1999	Popular		43 episodes, 1999"2001
1999	Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane		3 episodes
2000	Will & Grace		1 episode " "Lows in the Mid-Eighties "
2001	Gypsy 83
2001	Pearl Harbor	Nurse Martha
2002-2006	Less than Perfect		81 episodes, 2002"2006
2002	'	Babysitter
2002	'		3 episodes, 2002"2003 ... aka Heart of the City
2003	MADtv		1 episode " #9.11
2003	This Time Around		TV
2005	Barbara Jean
2006	Danny Roane: First Time Director
2006	Idiocracy	Attorney General	uncredited
2006	Play Nice		TV
2006	Two and a Half Men	Naomi	2 episodes, 2006"2007
2007	Nurses
2008	Man Maid	Torry
2008	Nightmare at the End of the Hall	Courtney
2008	'	Dr. Stephanie Barnett	3 episodes
2009	Eastwick	Penny	TV series
2009	For Christ's Sake	Candy
2009	Leverage	Marissa	1 episode " "The Mile High Job"
2009	Not Since You	Doogs	post-production
2010	Private Practice	Shira	1 episode " "'Til Death Do Us Part"
2010-2013	Rules of Engagement	Brenda	recurring role
2011	Shedding for the Wedding	Herself	Host
2011	RuPaul's Drag Race 3	Herself	1 episode " Guest judge
2011	My Future Boyfriend	Elizabeth Barrett	ABC Family Original Movie
2012	Psych	Amy Alleris	1 episode " "Here's Lassie"
2012"2013	Malibu Country	Kim Sallinger	Series regular