One Reason To Watch CSI:NY

I’ll admit, I’m not a huge fan of the CSI Series as a whole. I’ve popped in a few episode of the original Vegas-centric series once or twice, but I find the show a little too graphic (I draw the line with close-up shots of bones snapping). When the franchise decided to branch off into other cities, mainly Miami and New York, I rolled my eyes. It’s formulaic, it’s kind of predictable, and although I haven’t seen a new episode in a while, I haven’t heard or seen anything that would make me want to watch… Until now.

During one of my many ventures through IMDB I found out that Sarah Carter is actually a series regular on CSI:NY. Who is Sarah Carter? Well, I’m glad you asked.

The Canadian actress was born in Toronto and grew up in Winnipeg. After some teenage years in the hotbed of performing arts, known t some as Manitoba (I’m kidding) she ventured across the world to study acting for a year only to return to the land of Timmy Ho’s to join the Ryerson Theater School in T-Dot. It was there where Sarah was discovered after her monologue impressed a Vancouver casting agent. After a quick, and mostly forgettable guest spot on a show called Wolf Lake, she managed to land a small part for an episode of Dark Angel opposite Jessica Alba. This was before Jessica went crazy and married a dude named Ca$h.

I digress…

After her one episode stint on Dark Angel, Sarah was cast in a pilot of a show called Black Sash. The show followed Russel Wong‘s character as he ran a martial arts school in San Francisco – as you can probably tell, it failed miserably and lasted only six episodes. But Black Sash required Sarah to learn martial arts and this lead to a big screen roll in 2006 as she starred along side Devon Aoki and Jaime Pressly in DOA (Dead Or Alive). Yes, I’ve seen this flick, and yes, it’s as bad as you can imagine, but Sarah’s character Helena helps ease the pain. It’s a good thing Sarah’s work on Smallville as Alicia Baker shows what she can really do as her next break would be on a much more national stage.

Remember back when Entourage was good? When the guys weren’t old losers like they are now? Well, back in the Entourage hay-day, the gang traveled to Sundance to promote one of Vinny’s flicks and eventually meet James Cameron. While there, the Entourage was given a personal driver and this driver was played by Sarah Carter. I bring this up because I really think she stole that entire show for the few moments she was on. If you haven’t checked it out, The Sundance Kids episode of Entourage is really good.

Alright, so we’ve dabbled long enough in the back story and I’ll bring this back to the subject at hand – CSI:NY. If you need a reason to watch CSI:NY (like I do) then Sarah Carter is your reason. She seasoned her episodic TV acting chops in a show called Shark where played opposite James Woods and has since landed a recurring role on CSI. So there you have it – Canadian girl making it big on the small screen.