Sarah Giercksky
Biography
Sarah began writing screenplays when she was 12 years old, but filmed her first horror short film in 2013 based on a screenplay she and a friend wrote together called 'Man in the Forest'. In 2017, Sarah filmed her first feature film, the award-winning indie horror Sargad (Swedish: Wounded), for which she also wrote the screenplay, played the main character, and did some of the special effects. Sarah wrote the screenplay for the multiple award-winning short film Rotten Love (2017) and also starred as the main character Kat. Sarah has appeared in a lot of short films, music videos, and even in a commercial. Before taking up an acting career, Sarah was an amateur MMA fighter in Sweden and had been training MMA for 6 years. She had fights in MMA, Muay Thai, and grappling, even winning gold at a Swedish grappling tournament in 2014. She was also a writer for the popular Swedish MMA site, MMAnytt, from 2013–2015 and traveled to Vegas to cover UFC events. Sarah has studied film production at Kulturama in Stockholm, but she has also studied screenplay writing at Manuspiloterna in Alby, Stockholm. In September 2017, Sarah began studying acting for film at Prague Film School. Sarah was born in Stockholm, Sweden, but has Norwegian citizenship. Her mother is from Poland, and Sarah speaks Polish, English, and Swedish fluently.
Known For & Full Filmography10 Titles
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Extra (uncredited)
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Kat
Rotten Love is the Brain Child of Swedish/Polish Horror Queen Sarah Giercksky and First Time Director Xander Turian. After a hard day of work, a visibly stressed young man by the name of Leo, heads home to find that something is disturbingly wrong.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Elina
Sargad is about a young woman, Elina, that drives to a cabin with her mom and younger sister to spread her dad's ashes. They encounter three brothers that will make their weekend a living hell.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Elsa
Two mimes are preparing for the evening's show, but one of them has got something more sinister in mind.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Swedish horror film directed by Erik Hansson.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A musical love letter and tribute to the victims in horror films that didn’t make it to the sequel. In an anthemic song the dead unite across genres and time.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Nadja
Jonna, a seventeen-year-old aspiring female MMA fighter, is offered a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to be coached by the famous "Gracie brothers" when her local fighting club gets invited to attend a BJJ camp in Brazil. The only thing that stands between Jonna and the chance to fulfill her dream is money, or rather, the lack of it, since Jonna still lives at home with her alcoholic dosser mom. When entering a world after dark, Jonna realizes there are other possible uses of a fit female body. However, Jonna discovers that sometimes there are bruises that are way more painful than a punch to the head.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Serena
Is the Bunny Man real or just an urban legend? A few unlucky people gather in the Bunny Man Forest to find out the truth.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Isabella
Create Your Killer is the story of three young people, Amanda, Adam and Isabella, staying in playing videogames on a Saturday evening. Suddenly they find a VHS-tape with the game "Create Your Killer" and everything changes.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Tess
In post apocalyptic Sweden, Elin longs to escape her life as a stripper at a local club. When she meets the troubled musician Erland, who at first glance seems to be her ticket out of there, she has no idea that her life is about to turn into a nightmarish fight for survival.