Sarah Furnari
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Sarah is a Sydney-based actor, singer, dancer and writer. Her recent screen credits include feisty Italian migrant Maria in BBC’s new series Ten Pound Poms, and Kaynee in upcoming BUMP spin-off, Year Of (Stan).She has also appeared in an improvised TV sketch with Julia Morris for Chris & Julia’s Sunday Night Takeaway (iTV & Ten). Sarah's theatre credits include Kinky Boots (Riverside & Packemin), Morning Star (Subtlenuance), Little Miss Sunshine: The Musical (New Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Fingerless Theatre). She starred as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (Riverside), and co-created Not at the Dinner Table, for her independent company Short Poppy Theatre (Sydney Fringe). She has also toured regional Australia extensively as a lead actor for Gibber Theatre in Education. Sarah's film credits include Aussie feature Chasing Comets, and short film Tell Your Friends To Pull Up, which was selected for the Cannes Short Film Festival (2021). Sarah is a graduate of the University of Wollongong's Bachelor of Creative Arts (Performance) course and continues to train with AMAW (Anthony Meindl Actor Workshop) Sydney and Improv Theatre Sydney (ITS).