Sarah was born in Neuilly sur Seine, France to an Iranian father and Algerian mother.

[3][1][4] She grew up in France and studied law, Arabic, German and Italian before becoming an actress.

[1] She had no experience in acting when she was asked to play one of the leads in the 2011 Iranian independent film Circumstance, in which she plays a young woman who discovers her sexuality and develops a lesbian relationship.

She prepared for the role by staying with her relatives in Tehran, to gain personal experience from the situation there.

[4][5] Soon after she was cast as the female lead in the film Kanyamakan.