Sarah Steele

Sarah Jane Steele (born September 16, 1988) is an American actress, best known for her role as Marissa Gold on the CBS legal drama The Good Wife and its spinoff series The Good Fight.
== Early years ==
Steele was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Katherine A. High, is a hematology oncology physician at the University of Pennsylvania, and her father, George Steele, is an internal medicine physician specializing in nutrition who was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.[1][2][3] Steele graduated with the class of 2006 from The Episcopal Academy, a private school in southeast Pennsylvania. She graduated from Columbia University in 2011 with a B.A. in comparative literature.
== Career ==
After her breakout role as Bernice in the 2004 film Spanglish, Steele continued acting, appearing on an episode of Law & Order and in the films: Mr. Gibb, which co-stars Hayden Panettiere, Tim Daly and Dan Hedaya; and Margaret, which co-stars Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Anna Paquin, Mark Ruffalo, and Allison Janney.
Steele appeared in the Off-Broadway production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which ran in September 2006 to December 2006 at the Acorn Theater. From 2007 to 2008 she appeared in the Off-Broadway play Speech & Debate. From January to March 2012 she appeared in the Off-Broadway play Russian Transport at the Acorn Theatre, playing the role of Mira. In late 2014 Steele made her Broadway debut in The Country House by Donald Margulies, playing the granddaughter, Susie, opposite Blythe Danner. In 2015 she appeared in the play The Humans, first Off-Broadway and then on Broadway.[4] She has also appeared in other Off-Broadway and regional productions.
In 2009, Steele appeared on Gossip Girl as Kira Abernathy, Jenny Humphrey's rival at Cotillion and Eric van der Woodsen's friend. Steele appeared in three episodes of The Good Wife in 2011 as Marissa Gold, the daughter of Eli Gold (Alan Cumming). She reprised the role from 2014 to 2016 when the show ended, appearing in a total of 22 episodes, and now plays the role on the Good Wifespinoff The Good Fight.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2004	Spanglish 	Bernice "Bernie" Clasky	
2006	Mr. Gibb 	Amber Jinx 	released on DVD as The Good Student
2008	Man 	Maggie 	Short film
2008	The Lucky Ones 	Girl with jacket 	
2008	Old Days 	Carla 	Short film
2009	My Father's Will 	Nancy Curtis 	
2010	Please Give 	Abby 	
2010	Monkeywrench 	N/A 	Short film
2011	Margaret 	Becky 	
2012	Last Kind Words 	Katie 	
2013	The To Do List 	Wendy 	
2013	Relics 	Shelley 	Short film
2014	The Mend 	Sarah 	
2014	Adult Beginners 	Sarah 	
2014	All Relative 	Beth 	
2017	Speech & Debate 	Diwata 	
2017	Permission 	Stevie 	
2018	Ask for Jane 	Donna 	Post-production
2018	Viena and the Fantomes	 	Completed
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2006 	Law & Order 	Katie White 	Episode: "Cost of Capital"
2008 	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Tessa Nobile 	Episode: "Legacy"
2009 	Gossip Girl 	Kira Abernathy	Guest role; 2 episodes
2011;
2014–2016	The Good Wife 	Marissa Gold 	Recurring role; 22 episodes
2011 	Harry's Law 	Sela Vinson 	Episode: "Queen of Snark"
2013 	Blue Bloods 	Rebecca 	Episode: "Men in Black"
2013 	Nurse Jackie 	Hannah Cohen 	Guest role; 2 episodes
2014 	Girls 	Rebecca 	Episode: "Flo"
2016 	Bull 	Ellen Huff 	Episode: "Unambiguous"
2017–present	The Good Fight 	Marissa Gold 	Series regular