Sarah Marshall

Sarah Marshall (born 1955) is a stage actress working primarily in the Washington, D.C. region. She has been nominated for the Helen Hayes Award seventeen times and won the award in 1989.

Early life and education Marshall was born in Kansas, the fifth of eight children in a Catholic military family. During her childhood, she lived in several places in the South.

As a child, Marshall and her siblings produced plays at their home. Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis at Woolly Mammoth and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, featuring Marshall in the title role, at Studio Theatre in 2006; and Camille at Round House Theatre and The Clean House at Woolly Mammoth in 2005, for which she received her fourteenth Helen Hayes nomination.

Other activities Marshall began teaching acting at Round House Theater in 1985. Since 1988, she has taught at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. She is also an adjunct drama instructor at Georgetown University. In her spare time, Marshall has dabbled in crafts such as drawing, metal work and pottery.

Helen Hayes Awards 1985 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Resident Production My Sister in This House, The Studio Theatre Nomination 1989 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production Baby With the Bathwater, Round House Theatre Award Recipient 1990 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production Dead Monkey, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Nomination 1990 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production Briar Patch, Arena Stage Nomination 1992 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout, The Studio Theatre Nomination 1993 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play Elektra, Round House Theatre Nomination 1994 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play Criminals in Love, Round House Theatre Nomination 1996 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical Wanted, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Nomination 1996 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play Escape from Happiness, Round House Theatre Nomination 1998 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play Sylvia, The Studio Theatre Nomination 2000 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play Dead Monkey, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Nomination 2000 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play How I Learned to Drive, Arena Stage Nomination 2001 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play Betty's Summer Vacation, The Studio Theatre Nomination 2006 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Nomination 2008 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play As You Like It, Folger Theatre Nomination 2009 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play Boom, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Nomination (award not yet announced) 2009 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play Maria/Stuart, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Nomination (award not yet announced)