She has had major roles in a number of Icelandic films and TV series, and in 2013 won the Edda Award for Best Leading Actress for Pressa [is].
[3] Her performance won a Best Actress award at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
[1][3][6] While studying acting, she had supporting roles in two further films, Kaldaljós and the short Hver er Barði?
[1] Her work since then has included, in film, leading parts in Óskar Þór Axelsson's Ég man þig (2017), based on a novel by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir,[1][12][13] the 2019 Swedish-Icelandic co-production Pity the Lovers,[14] and Marteinn Þórsson [is]'s Þorpið í bakgarðinum (Backyard Village, 2021),[15] and a supporting role in Hvítur, hvítur dagur (2019).
[7][19] In 2024 Sara produced her first short documentary, Turninn, about the tower which her father built on his land.