Sarah Edmondson

Sarah Edmondson (born June 22, 1977) is a Canadian actress and a former member of the NXIVM cult.

Career
Edmondson studied in the theatre program at Lord Byng Secondary School, Vancouver, BC. She then graduated from Concordia University, Montreal, with a BFA in Theatre Performance. She has performed in a variety of YTV programs including Are You Afraid of the Dark, Student Bodies, Big Wolf on Campus and in series such as Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Godiva's, Edgemont and Continuum. In 2007, Edmondson was nominated for the Leo Awards in the category of "Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Short Drama" for her role in the Sparklelite Motel.

Edmondson is also a playwright. She performed her first play, a solo show, entitled Dead Bird, at the 2005 Chutzpah Festival.

Edmondson starred in Lifetime Television's Killer Hair and Hostile Makeover, and A Gun to the Head in 2009, followed by J.J. Abrams's series Fringe in 2010.

Most recently, Edmondson has been seen in a series of TV series and movies for Hallmark Channel, including When Calls the Heart, Love at First Bark starring Jana Kramer, Wedding' March 2: Resorting to Love, and At Home in Mitford, based on the novel of the same name starring Andie MacDowell and Cameron Mathison.

She has created original voices for various Barbie, Bratz and Polly Pocket movies. She also voices a number of animated series, including the characters of Lori in Transformers: Cybertron, Atlanta in Class of the Titans, Thea Stilton in Geronimo Stilton, and Sydney Gardner in Max Steel. Edmondson voiced the character of Windy Whistles in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season seven episode "Parental Glideance".

Edmonson is Jewish and spent time living on a Kibbutz in Israel.

She is married to Anthony Ames, a fellow actor and former Ivy-League Quarterback.

NVIXM
Edmondson was a member of NVIXM, a cult that presented itself as a wellness organization. The cult engaged in sex trafficking. Edmondson left the cult in 2017 and has since filed complaints and lawsuits towards NVIXM. She wrote a memoir Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life in 2019. Edmonson also appeared in the HBO documentary series The Vow.

Animated Series

 * Geronimo Stilton (2009-2017) - Thea Stilton

Anime

 * Transformers: Cybertron (2005-2006) - Lori