Sara Rue is an American actress best known for her role as Carmen Ferrara in the dramedy Popular, and as Claude Casey in the comedy sitcom Less Than Perfect. She has guest starred in a number of shows like Will & Grace (as the sister of Grace Adler), and The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Stephanie Barnett, Leonard Hofstadter's girlfriend.
She has also starred in the now cancelled Eastwick as Penny Higgins.
She began her acting career at the age of nine, appearing in the 1988 film Rocket Gibraltar as Kevin Spacey's daughter (and as the late Burt Lancaster's granddaughter). She also played a young Roseanne in the first meeting of Roseanne and Dan at a dance on the TV show Roseanne.