The Fox drama '9-1-1: Lone Star' has presented a very acquainted face within the habitual function of Sadie. Here's how you recognize the actress.
Warning: This article accommodates spoilers for the March 28 episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star.
Fox's recently relocated first-responder drama 9-1-1: Lone Star has introduced somewhat a couple of recent faces all through Season 3, and some of the new habitual characters is Sadie, Owen Strand's (Rob Lowe) neighbor. Ever since she debuted in the Season 3 premiere, enthusiasts have been attempting to figure out why Sadie seems to be so acquainted.
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Sadie is introduced in "The Big Chill" and quickly will get aware of each Owen and his son T.Ok. (Ronen Rubenstein). In the March 28 episode, "Negative Space," Owen fears that Sadie's stuck in a fire that the 126 responds to. While she's now not Owen's new love pastime (that will be Catherine, played by way of Amy Acker), she still has a huge have an effect on on his existence — through drugging T.Okay. and Carlos (Rafael Silva).
But who performs Sadie? Chances are you realize and just did not understand it.
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Julie Benz performs Sadie on '9-1-1: Lone Star.'
Sadie is played by means of veteran TV actress Julie Benz. Most audience likely did not recognize her, even though, because Sadie has darkish hair and Julie has been blonde in most of her best-known roles!
Her breakout position was once as Angel's sire/ex-girlfriend Darla in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its derivative Angel. Between the two shows, she played Darla for 31 episodes. Darla sacrificed herself to save her and Angel's son Connor in the Angel episode "Lullaby," even though Benz made two more visitor appearances afterward.
Fans additionally know her as Rita Bennett, the female friend and later wife of serial killer Dexter Morgan, within the Showtime series Dexter. Benz received a Saturn Award for her portrayal of Rita before the character used to be murdered by the Trinity Killer in the Season Four finale.
Showrunner Clyde Phillips later advised Entertainment Weekly that Julie "was greatly disappointed" with the decision to kill Rita, who was once the mummy of Dexter's son Harrison. And smartly, we all know how Harrison turned out...
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Julie also starred in the short-lived ABC dramedy No Ordinary Family as Stephanie, the matriarch of a circle of relatives that positive factors superpowers, and was a sequence common on SyFy's Defiance and CBS' TV model of Training Day.
In the latter, she co-starred opposite Bill Paxton in the actor's closing role before his passing. Julie's character Holly Butler was once a Hollywood madam who dated Paxton's corrupt Detective Frank Roarke.
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Julie Benz provides '9-1-1: Lone Star' any other 'Angel' connection.
Viewers who did acknowledge Benz from her time on Buffy and Angel have most probably been enjoying 9-1-1: Lone Star's 3rd season, as it now options three actresses with connections to the Joss Whedon franchise.
Gina Torres has starred on Lone Star since Season 2, however prior to that she had the habitual position of the deity Jasmine in Angel Season 4. And after all, Acker portrayed fan favorite Winifred "Fred" Burkle (and Illyria, the demon who inhabited Fred's body) during Seasons 2 via Five of Angel.
With Julie Benz's persona on 9-1-1: Lone Star having long past full villain (thankfully Marjam confirmed up to knock her subconscious), the March 28 episode is most likely the actress' last appearance on the show. Well, except Owen and his group want to question Sadie about having her ex-husband's severed head preserved in her freezer. Maybe Benz channeled some Dexter vibes in her performance!
9-1-1: Lone Star airs on Mondays at Nine p.m. EST on Fox.
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