Badel was born in London to actor
Alan Badel and actress
Yvonne Owen. She was educated in
Poles Convent, Hertfordshire and trained for the stage at the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; she is now an Associate Member. Sarah Badel made her acting debut in January 1963 in the
Bristol Old Vic company's production of
Hamlet, which was then touring
India. Her first appearance in London theatre came in October 1964 in the part of Bella Hedley in
Robert and Elizabeth at the
Lyric Theatre. She made her Broadway theatre debut the following October playing Helen in
The Right Honourable Gentleman at the
Billy Rose Theatre. In 1966, she performed at the
Chichester Festival Theatre in such roles as Miss Fanny in
The Clandestine Marriage and Anya in
The Cherry Orchard. She returned to the Chichester Festival in 1967 and again in 1970. Other venues at which Badel has performed include the
National Theatre Company and St George's Playhouse in
Islington. Other television productions in which she took part include
She Fell Among Thieves,
The Irish R.M., the 1996 adaptation of
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and
Just Visiting in 2001. She played Patricia Bradshaw in
The Black Book, a 2009 episode of
Midsomer Murders. ==Filmography==