Sara Mitich

Date of birth:	26 November 1990
Place of birth:	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Roles:	Featured Actress
Character(s):	Airiam (DIS Season 1) Nilsson Nilsson

Sara Mitich (born 26 November 1990; age 34) is an actress who played the role of Lieutenant Commander Airiam in the first season of Star Trek: Discovery, and Lieutenant Nilsson from second to fourth season. Her Nilsson character was the replacement for Airiam on the bridge after the latter's death in the line of duty; Airiam was played in the second season by fellow Canadian actress Hannah Cheesman, having replaced Mitich as such for that season. She also played the Mirror universe counterpart of Nilsson in the episodes "Terra Firma, Part 1" & "Terra Firma, Part 2".

Career

A Canadian, Mitich studied as a child at the National Ballet School of Canada. Mitich is a graduate of the joint actor training program between University of Toronto and Sheridan College.

In addition to Star Trek: Discovery, Mitich has appeared on several other shows shot at Toronto's Pinewood Studios, including a guest appearance on Heroes Reborn, a recurring role as Lillian Moss on Murdoch Mysteries, and a recurring role as Gia on SyFy's The Expanse (alongside Trek alumn Shohreh Aghdashloo).

The child of Serbian immigrants to Canada, Mitich is an avid western horseback rider.

Star Trek appearances

Airiam
Star Trek: Discovery
Recurring character

Nilsson (mirror)
DIS: "Terra Firma, Part 1", "Terra Firma, Part 2"

Nilsson
Star Trek: Discovery
Recurring character

As Airiam

• DIS:
  • "Context Is for Kings"
  • "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"
  • "Choose Your Pain"
  • "Lethe"
  • "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad"
  • "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum"
  • "Into the Forest I Go"
  • "Despite Yourself"
  • "What's Past Is Prologue"
  • "The War Without, The War Within"
  • "Will You Take My Hand?"

As Nilsson

• DIS:
  • "Brother"
  • "If Memory Serves"
  • "The Red Angel"
  • "Perpetual Infinity"
  • "Through the Valley of Shadows"
  • "Such Sweet Sorrow"
  • "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2"
  • "Far From Home"
  • "People of Earth"
  • "Forget Me Not"
  • "Die Trying"
  • "Scavengers"
  • "Unification III"
  • "The Sanctuary"
  • "Terra Firma, Part 1"
  • "Terra Firma, Part 2"
  • "That Hope Is You, Part 2"
  • "Kobayashi Maru"
  • "Anomaly (DIS)"
  • "The Examples"
  • "Stormy Weather"
  • "Rubicon"
  • "The Galactic Barrier"
  • "Rosetta"
  • "Species Ten-C"
  • "Coming Home"

External links

• SaraMitich.com – official site
• Sara Mitich at the Internet Movie Database
• Sara Mitich at X (formerly Twitter)
• Sara Mitich at Instagram
• Sara Mitich at Facebook