Sarah Edmondson

Sarah Edmondson is a Canadian actress, podcaster, and cult awareness activist. She is known for supporting roles on Hallmark Channel, and as a voice actress, most notably in Geronimo Stilton as Thea Stilton and as Lina in the Bratz films.

Edmondson is a former member of NXIVM, a now-defunct sex cult and pyramid scheme founded by Keith Raniere. In 2017, she left the group and confirmed longstanding criticism that NXIVM operated as a cult. The resulting New York Times exposé of NXIVM's abusive practices precipitated the downfall of the organization and its leaders.

Career Edmondson studied in the theatre program at Lord Byng Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia. She then graduated from Concordia University, Montreal, with a BFA in Theatre Performance. Student Bodies, Big Wolf on Campus and in series such as Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Godiva's,

Edmondson is also a playwright. She performed her first play, a solo show, titled 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 films for Hallmark Channel, including When Calls the Heart (2014–present), 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.

Voice work She has created original voices for various Barbie, Bratz and Polly Pocket films. She also voices a number of animated series, including the characters of Lori in Transformers: Cybertron, Edmondson said she was recruited into DOS by her friend and NXIVM member Lauren Salzman. At the time, Edmondson and other DOS recruits were told the brand was derived from ancient symbols to portray the combination of the elements.

In 2017, at the urging of Catherine Oxenberg, Edmondson contacted Frank Parlato, a former NXIVM publicist, to share details about her branding experience. Parlato blogged about it at the Frank Report, with an agreement that he would not disclose Edmondson's name to stop the next branding session.

Edmondson showed the brand in a New York Times exposé of NXIVM in 2017. Raniere and Mack were subsequently arrested on charges related to DOS; and were later convicted in 2020 and 2021.

Edmondson was the subject of a 2018 CBC podcast: Uncover: Escaping NXIVM,

In an interview with Vancouver Film School released February 11, 2020, Edmondson revealed that she had recently undergone surgery to have her brand removed.

Edmondson appears in the 2020 HBO documentary series The Vow, directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer.

She launched her own podcast called A Little Bit Culty, co-hosted by her husband and fellow NXIVM whistleblower Anthony "Nippy" Ames.

Personal life Edmondson was previously married to a director. In 2010, she married actor and former Ivy League quarterback Anthony Ames. The couple has two children. Edmondson is Jewish.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Revenge Young Vicky 2001 Hope & Redemption Cheryl Spriggs Short film 2002 3 Days in Vain Francis Short film 2003 Imetacanine Mom Short film 2004 Galo de Barcelos: The Chicken of Portugal Ali Short film 2005 Dark Room Kara Short film 2005 Sandra Goes to Whistler Line Dancer Short film 2005 David Marcy Short film 2006 Scary Movie 4 Bar Waitress 2006 Barbie Diaries Courtney Voice 2006 The Spark Lite Motel Anna Abelson McKinnon Short film 2006 Big Nothing Isabella 2007 Bratz Fashion Pixiez Lina Voice 2020 Five Star Christmas Annie Halston Television film

Video games Year Title Role Notes Source 2011 Trinity: Souls of Zill Ơll Sheelagh, Argilshaia

Miscellaneous Year Title Role Notes 2013 Inhumans Tonaja, Marista, Black Widow Motion comic