See the Stars of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Then & Now

Playing Ferris’ cool and fun-loving girlfriend Sloane Peterson proved to be Sara’s breakout performance, the actress going on to star in the 1994 action hit TimeCop opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme. 

She later played Harley Quinn in the shortlived Birds of Prey TV series and guest-starred on CSI:NY before mostly retiring from acting, though she told Glamour in 2009 that she still gets recognized, saying, “Most of the time people think they went to high school with me.”

After a prolonged break from the spotlight, she returned to cinema in 2025 with her latest film Life of Chuck. Having connected with director Mike Flanagan, “He just said, ‘Well, don’t you ever really want to work again?'” Mia explained to People. “And I said, ‘Oh, I don’t know.’ He said, ‘Well, what if I offered you something?’ I said, ‘Well, okay, if you offer me something, I’ll do it.'”

Sara was married to Jason Connery, Sean Connery‘s son, from 1996 to 2002, welcoming son Dashiell Quinn Connery in June 1997. She wed Brian Henson, Muppets creator Jim Henson‘s son and the chairman of The Jim Henson Company, in 2010. The pair, who live in England, had daughter Amelia in 2005.