Born in a Virginia suburb of Washington D.C. to a German opera singer and a voice teacher, she grew up on the road with her parents and younger sister. She often performed in the children's chorus of whatever production her mother was in. That singing talent later came in use for her role of an aspiring country singer in The Thing Called Love (1993). Her family moved back to the Washington D.C. area when she was a teenager. She later enrolled in E. Carolina University in North Carolina, USA where she studied acting. Shortly thereafter she moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage. This led to acting in television programs and then feature films. She gave memorable performances in Demolition Man (1993) and Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) but did not achieve the stardom that seemed inevitable for her until her work in the smash hit Speed (1994). She now ranks as one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood.

Grace (2006) (announced) .... Grace Metalious
Mare, Il (2006) (pre-production)
Every Word Is True (2005) (filming) .... Harper Lee
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) (completed) .... Gracie Hart


Loverboy (2005)
Crash (2004) .... Jean
Two Weeks Notice (2002) .... Lucy Kelson
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) .... Siddalee 'Sidda' Walker
Murder by Numbers (2002) .... Cassie Mayweather
... aka Murder 8y Num8ers (USA: promotional title)
Miss Congeniality (2000) .... Gracie Hart
... aka Miss Undercover (Europe: DVD title)
28 Days (2000) .... Gwen Cummings
Gun Shy (2000) .... Judy Tipp
... aka Gunshy (Australia: video title)


Forces of Nature (1999) .... Sarah Lewis
The Prince of Egypt (1998) (voice) .... Miriam
Practical Magic (1998) .... Sally Owens
Making Sandwiches (1998) .... Melba Club
Hope Floats (1998) .... Birdee Pruitt
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) .... Annie Porter
In Love and War (1996) .... Agnes 'Aggie/Ag' von Kurowsky
A Time to Kill (1996) .... Ellen Roark
Two If by Sea (1996) .... Roz
... aka Stolen Hearts
The Net (1995) .... Angela Bennett/Ruth Marx
While You Were Sleeping (1995) .... Lucy Eleanor Moderatz
Speed (1994) .... Annie Porter
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) .... Elaine
Fire on the Amazon (1993) (V) .... Alyssa Rothman
... aka Lost Paradise
Demolition Man (1993) .... Lt. Lenina Huxley
The Thing Called Love (1993) .... Linda Lue Linden
The Vanishing (1993) .... Diane Shaver
Love Potion No. 9 (1992) .... Diane Farrow
When the Party's Over (1992) .... Amanda
Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1992) .... Lori
... aka Me and the Mob
"Working Girl" (1990) TV Series .... Tess McGill (1990)
"Lucky/Chances" (1990) (mini) TV Series .... Maria Santangelo
... aka Jackie Collins' Lucky/Chances (USA: complete title)


The Preppie Murder (1989) (TV) .... Stacy
Who Shot Patakango? (1989) .... Devlin Moran
... aka Breakin' the Rules (UK)
... aka Brooklyn Love Story
... aka Who Shot Pat?
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) (TV) .... Kate Mason
Religion, Inc. (1989) .... Debby
... aka A Fool and His Money
Hangmen (1987) .... Lisa Edwards


Mandy <LOVE>

I absolutely LOVE Murder by Numbers. 1) Because of Ryan Gosling 2) Because of Sandra.

She's such an amazing actress. Two Weeks Notice and Miss Congenality are great movies too.

Cant wait for Miss COngenality 2 :)

I loooooooooooove Love Potion No. 9!!!! It's so funny and sweet :)

WOOOW, finally a topic about an actresse I love Sandra.
I loved practical magic.
And forces of nature. And while you were sleeping (I'm a sucker for romantic movies) *reminds herself to rent two weeks notice*

I absoulutely <LOVE> that movie. I used to watch it all the time. I think she's a great actress, and she's so kind, donating 1 million dollars (i think it was ) for the tsunami.

Sandra = cool! Het voice is amazing in some way...

If you love romantic comedies, then you have to watch Love Potion No. 9 (unless you've already seen it and decided you don't like it... :huh: )

No, I haven't seen that one yet.

* puts it on list of movies to watch*

Hmmm, maybe I'll rent it this weekend

I'm glad other people on this forum have a love for Sandra like I do! I really really liked Ms. Congeniality and A Time to Kill. Here are some more pictures of her:









She was also in this movie with Viggo that I REALLY liked about her in rehab but I just totally forgot the name of it right now...


Mandy <LOVE>

the movie was 28 Days...I never saw it though :(

Those are great pics! I like how she can be so pretty yet be "natural" at the same time too (if you know what I mean ~Wink~ ).

She always has this girl nextdoor thing about her. And yet she's extremely beautiful. How does she do it? I'm a girl nex door. I want to look pretty like that. <Hissy< And also be hot like her.

28 days, thanks you! (--) Yeah she is such a natural beauty. And for voice is so pure and perfect.



Mandy <LOVE>

She was in Amesterdam yesterday......

Yeah I've seen her on the Dutch News....

I don't know many movies with Sandra in it..but she looks pretty hot..and she seemed very nice in the interview she gave yesterday..(most actors seem so fake if they give an interview with Foreign press)...

I saw the commercial for Miss Congeniality 2 for the first time on TV today. It looked really cool, but I hope it's not one of those movies where the first was awesome and the second one sucks.


More pictures:











Mandy <LOVE>

She was in Amsterdam??? and on TV????? And I missed that????
Serves me right for watching nothing but Net5 #haha#

Sandra is like my favourite actress! I first became a fan when I seen Miss Congeniality (I think I might watch that tonight actually cos I haven't seen for ages). I've seen a few more of her movies but I should watch more. I've seen The Net and The Vanishing which are her older movies, but I really liked them! Although her part in The Vanishing is pretty short, I still loved the movie anyway, even though I think the dude in that is WAAY creepy!