Sarah Wildor

Sarah Wildor
Sarah Wildor in a poster for the 2000 staging of Ondine (ballet) by The Royal Ballet
Born	1972 (age 44–45) Eastwood, Essex, England
Occupation	actress, ballerina, theatre dancer
Spouse(s)	Adam Cooper
Children	2

Sarah Wildor (born 1972) is an actress and a dancer. She is most noted as a former principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.

Wildor was born in 1972 in Eastwood, Essex, England. She received her professional dance training at both the lower and upper schools of the Royal Ballet School. She joined the Royal Ballet in 1991, was promoted to Soloist in 1995, then Principal in 1999. During her career with the Royal Ballet, she was celebrated for her musicality, grace, intensity and personality. She resigned from the Royal Ballet in 2001 to freelance and expand into Musical Theater and acting.

Wildor married the actor, dancer, choreographer (and former Royal Ballet principal) Adam Cooper in 2000 and they have two children.

Wildor took a leave of absence from the Royal Ballet in 1997 to play the lead in Matthew Bourne's Cinderella in London and in Los Angeles, CA.

Upon leaving the Royal Ballet in 2001, after a decade at Covent Garden, Wildor guest-starred with Scottish Ballet. She played the Young Girl in the company's revival of Frederick Ashton's 1961 romance The Two Pigeons. It opened at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre in 2002.

Later in 2002 Sarah Wildor together with Adam Cooper presented a tribute to Sir Kenneth MacMillan at Exeter and in Japan.

Wildor played the role of Madame de Tourvel in a newly interpreted, 2005 production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. This version was conceived as a mixture of mime and dance. It was co-directed by Adam Cooper and Lez Brotherston, and choreographed by Cooper who also played the role of Viscomte de Valmont. The piece premiered in Japan early in the year before a summer season at Sadler’s Wells.

Her first role in Musical Theater was in 2002 in Susan Stroman's dance musical Contact and she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.