Sarah Chadwick

Chadwick attended Catholic high school Brigidine College Randwick, in Sydney.^[5] Before she took up acting at the age of 25, Chadwick worked as a receptionist at the offices of the Nine Network. From 1986, she studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), in Sydney,^[1] graduating with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) in 1988.^[2]

Chadwick gained early acting experience performing in stage productions at Sydney's Genesian Theatre.^[6]

After early guest roles in E Street and Rafferty's Rules in 1989,^[7] Chadwick landed the recurring role of Dr Cathy Mitchell on medical drama, G.P. that same year.^[8] After a year, she decided to leave the series, as she felt it was "time to move on".^[9] Following this, she secured her best known role as main character Dr. Rowie Lang on another medical drama The Flying Doctors,^[3] from 1991 to 1992.

In 1991, she was a guest presenter on the long-running children's programme, Play School.^[10]

From there, Chadwick played three further lead characters in three short-lived television series – 1992 sitcom Late for School as Kathy Price,^[11] 1995 children's series, Glad Rags as Patricia 'Trish' Forbes.^[12][13] and 2001 sitcom, Flat Chat^[14] as Sarah. In 1999, she played Mashowna in the adventure miniseries Journey to the Center of the Earth, opposite Bryan Brown and Jeremy London.^[15]

From 2008 to 2013, Chadwick had a recurring guest role in Packed to the Rafters, playing Trish Westaway.^[16] She also played the two recurring guest characters of Vanessa Unley and Diana Walford in long-running soap opera, Home and Away in 2011 and 2017, respectively.^[17][18] She guested in several other popular Australian dramas including Blue Heelers,^[4] All Saints,^[19] MDA,^[20] Water Rats^[21] and Wildside^[22] as well as the ABC miniseries The Damnation of Harvey McHugh.^[23]

Chadwick's film work began with a role in 1993 thriller, Gross Misconduct opposite Naomi Watts and Jimmy Smits.^[24] That same year, she played Tess in the 1993 TV movie, You and Me and Uncle Bob. This was followed by her role as Marion Barber (the ex-wife of Hugo Weaving’s character) in 1994 Australian comedy classic, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.^[23] She later appeared as Andrea Byrne in the 2009 TV movie, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne, based on the true story of Australian model Caroline Byrne, who died in 1995.^[25]

Chadwick has appeared in stage productions of Stella by Starlight at the Ensemble Theatre and The Cherry Orchard at New Theatre, both in Sydney.^[1] She has most recently starred in a 2024 production of The House of Bernarda Alba, playing the role of Bernarda.^[1] She is set to appear in Ensemble Theatre's The Social Ladder in 2026.^[26]

In 2013, Chadwick was working as an administrator for fellow G.P. alumnus Denise Roberts, at Screenwise, her Sydney-based acting school.^[27]

Chadwick was previously married to film and television writer, Harry Cripps,^[28] who worked opposite her in Late for School^[29] and as her director on Flat Chat.^[30] She also performed in Cripp's play Tanya and Kit, for La Mama in 1994.^[31]