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Sara West

Sara West

Actor

Sara is a Sydney based actor and writer who has worked with some of Australia's leading theatre and television companies. Her credits include Belvoir Theatre's London tour of The Wild Duck (dir: Simon Stone), Malthouse Theatre/Griffin Theatre Company's Ugly Mugs (dir: Marion Potts), Sydney Theatre Company's Travelling North (dir: Andrew Upton), Griffin Theatre Company's Dreams in White (dir: Tanya Goldberg) and Belvoir Theatre's Babyteeth (dir: Eamon Flack). Nick Matthews' One Eyed Girl was Sara's feature film debut followed shortly by Simon Stone's The Daughter. She was the recipient of a Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the SASAs for her own short film River Water and is a soon to be published playwright as the winner of the 2014 ATYP Foundation Commission for her children's play The Trolleys. For television, Sara has worked on ABC's Anzac Girls and Network 7's Winter alongside Rebecca Gibney - in early 2015 Sara played Liza Minnelli in Shine Australia's TV biopic Peter Allen - Not the Boy Next Door. As of 2024, Sara has a regular role in Network 10's internationally successful drama series Neighbours.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 12% in 30 days

What are Sara West's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
32%
Survival
16%
Bonds
16%
Self
15%
Society
12%
Power
5%
Ideas
2%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 3
Shapeshifter
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Dread
5
Melancholic
6
Hopeful
1
Contemplative
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sara West's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sara West's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

24 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Five Blind Dates(2024)

    as Cici

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Troppo(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · as Brooke

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Iggy & Ace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Iggy

  • Wakefield(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Kelli

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Amazing Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Bianca

  • Drunk History: Australia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Awoken(2019)

    as Karla

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Mutt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Assistant Editor · Costume Design · Production Design · Writer

  • Nursery Rhymes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Metalhead Girl

  • Ward One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Nurse

  • Disco Dykes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Writer

  • Dead Lucky(2018)

    Show as Leah Baxter

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Don't Tell(2017)

    as Lyndal

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Split Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Writer · as Scooter

  • Trespass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Laura

  • Bad Girl(2016)

    as Amy Anderson

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Ash vs Evil Dead(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tanya

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Daughter(2015)

    as Jane

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · as Liza Minnelli

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Winter(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Indiana Hope

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • One Eyed Girl(2013)

    as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Anzac Girls(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · as Clarice Daley

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Love Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Jennifer Hartley

  • Neighbours(1985)

    Show 60 episodes · as Cara

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles from 1985 to 2024; peak year 2015.

Biggest box office

The Daughter (2015)

$1.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Troppo (2022)

Midcredits 71st

Film career

19852024

Peak 2015 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting21 of 23: 20 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thDirecting2 of 23: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting3 of 23: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 23: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

23 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting2010s16 · 14 acting · 3 crew2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 20% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Sara West's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Neighbours (1985)

84th percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Anzac Girls (2014)

Midcredits 83rd · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sara West's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 27 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Sara West work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sara West's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Crook shares the most, 2.

Actors

Composers

Producers