80s sex symbol, 57, unrecognisable 39 years after stunning princess role in cult classic and marrying A-list actor’s son
AN 80s movie star, who was a sex symbol 39 years ago, looks almost totally unrecognisable.
Known for starring in cult classic flick Legend as Princess Lili, the actress is now 57 years of age and looks totally different after marrying and divorcing an A-List actor’s son.
Mia Sarapochiello is the actress in question, and she was born on June 19, 1967. She is known professionally as Mia Sara.
The American actress made her film debut as Princess Lili in the 1985 fantasy film Legend before having a huge breakthrough role in a beloved comedy flick.
Mia’s breakthrough role came when she starred as Sloane Peterson in the comedy film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off a year after her previous role in 1986.
In Legend, Mia’s character was fresh-faced and innocent-looking with curly brunette locks.
Meanwhile, in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, her character was a little older and more of a sex symbol.
These days, Mia looks very different from her acting heyday, with the famous actress still rocking her brunette hair 39 years down the line.
On her Instagram page, which has a handle of @miasarawrites, she has more than 12,000 followers and has posted 196 snaps.
Commenting on a snap of Mia, which was shared in 2017, one fan gushed, “Ma’am you’re so beautiful like an angel.”
“Your joy is contagious,” added another who was referring to Mia’s huge grin as she posed between two horses.
“You are ADORABLE,” swooned a third.
A fourth then said, “Your joy is palpable!”
And a fifth penned, “Cutie pie dreamboat snuggle face.”
More recently, Mia has shared snaps of her horses, her family, and old vintage snaps of her family.
A-LIST LOVERS
The actress, who hails from New York, also portrayed Melissa Walker in the science fiction film Timecop back in 1994, with the role even winning her the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Mia Sara's Best-Known Starring Roles
Some of Mia's best-known roles in movie and TV are...
Princess Lili in Legend
Sloane Peterson in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Alice Spangler in Apprentice to Murder
Melissa Walker in Timecop
Princess Langwidere in Dorothy and the Witches of Oz
Sarah Krantz in The Life of Chuck
Natasha in Bullet to Beijing
Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey
After her breakthrough success, Mia went on to get married to a famous A-Lister’s son.
In March 1996, Sara married Jason Connery, son of actor Sean Connery after they met on the set of Bullet to Beijing the year prior.
In June 1997, the couple welcomed a son, with them welcoming Dashiell Connery on June 3.
Dashinell followed in his father’s footsteps, and the now 27-year-old is an actor known for starring in Outcry, Pandemic and Tommy’s Honour.
HEARTBREAK AND NEW BEGINNINGS
But Mia and Jason were not to last. They got divorced in 2002.
During a previous interview with The Times, Jason spoke out about how the divorce was a shock and how he found it hard.
“I suddenly saw all the parallels between my dad, my mum, and me, because they were both actors — like my ex and I,” he said at the time.
Sara then moved on with Brian Henson, with the couple welcoming a daughter in 2005.
The couple then wed in 2010.
After welcoming her daughter and getting hitched, Mia made a shocking confession.
“I was a very unhappy actress,” she revealed to The Cossack Review in 2016.
“It was something I felt I could do, and I needed to work, and I got lucky at the get go, however I was never going to be the kind of actress I admire, because I just didn’t have the drive for the process.”