Sara Rue

Sara Rue began her acting career at the age of nine, appearing in the 1988 film Rocket Gibraltar. 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 and Popular.

From 2002 to 2006, she starred in the main role of Claude Casey on the ABC sitcom Less than Perfect.

She has appeared in several films, including A Map of the World, Can’t Hardly Wait, A Slipping Down Life, Idiocracy, Gypsy 83. She also 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 Dr. Leonard Hofstadter’s physician girlfriend Dr. Stephanie Barnett in 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 surrogate.

Rue starred in the ABC show Malibu Country as Reba McEntire’s upbeat trophy wife neighbor, Kim Sallinger. Malibu Country ran for one season (2012–13). Rue had the title role of Deb Dorfman in the movie Dorfman in Love.

In 2014, Rue appeared in a recurring role as Candace, fiancee of Christy’s ex-husband on the CBS sitcom Mom. In 2015, she was cast as main character Dora in the TV Land comedy Impastor. Rue had a recurring role as Nancy Granville on ABC’s American Housewife.

In 2017, Rue was cast in the recurring role of Olivia Caliban on the second season of the Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events. She also has had a recurring role in The Rookie portraying Nell Forester.