[citation needed] In 2004, she played a major part in an Australian short-film The Scree, co-starring with Paul McDermott.
From 2007 to 2009, Sara was the weather presenter for Seven News in Sydney, replacing Nuala Hafner who left in late 2006.
Groen has also appeared as a spokesperson in a TV commercial for Headspace, a youth mental health service.
[2] In April 2011, Sara joined Seven News Melbourne as a fill-in weather presenter if David Brown is away.
She grew up on the Gold Coast, Queensland, where she developed a passion for sports of all kinds including soccer, touch football and swimming.