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Sarah Rafferty
Characters
Jennifer Shaliga
Sandra Dunbar
Date of birth
December 6, 1972
Place of birth
New Canaan, Connecticut
IMDb profile

Sarah Gray Rafferty is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, and has played two guest roles in the Law & Order franchise: Jennifer Shaliga in the Law & Order episode "Ambitious" and Sandra Dunbar in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Passion".

Her most notable role to date is Donna Paulsen — Harvey Specter's Executive Assistant—on the USA series Suits (2011—2019) with Rick Hoffman and Gina Torres.

Rafferty's husband is Aleksanteri Olli-Pekka Seppälä, an American of Finnish descent, who is a stock research analyst in the asset management unit of Lazard Frères & Company. They got married on June 23, 2001, at the Roman Catholic church of St. Mary in Greenwich, Connecticut. and have two daughters, Oona Gray and Iris Friday.

She and her Suits co-star Gabriel Macht (Harvey Specter) have been friends for over 27 years. They met in 1993 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Rafferty was one of the guests at Meghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018.

Selected filmography[]

  • Law & Order: "Ambitious" (12 May 1999) as Jennifer Shaliga
  • Tremors (2003, three episodes) as Dr. Casey Matthews
  • Second Time Around (2004, two episodes) as Daphne Fitzgerald
  • Four Single Fathers (2009) as Julia
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent: "Passion" (12 July 2009) as Sandra Dunbar
  • Suits (2011—) as Donna

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