Mia Sara

Mia Sara is an American actress who gained wide recognition for starring in John Hughes's comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). She made her film debut as Princess Lili in Ridley Scott's Legend (1985), opposite Tom Cruise, and her early television work included the soap opera All My Children. She headlined the miniseries Queenie, a roman à clef about Merle Oberon, and appeared in Sidney Lumet's A Stranger Among Us (1992). Starring opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in Timecop (1994) brought her a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other screen credits include the science fiction series Time Trax, in which she played Annie Knox, and the series Birds of Prey, where she played Dr. Harleen Quinzel. She also acted in The Impossible Elephant and Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, and in 2025 returned to film in The Life of Chuck.