Sara Melleri is a Helsinki-based actor, director, writer, teacher and an Artistic Director of the performing arts group Delta Venus. Sara studied acting in the Theatre Academy in Helsinki 2005-2011, and has been working consistently on the stage and in tv & film ever since.

In her works she plays with intimacy and exaggeration. She turns personal stories into a full-blown fantasy, luxury and filth, creepiness and grace. Her directions include POP SLUT, FATHER FUCKER, The Betty Show, Armageddon (directing together with Sonya Lindfors and Elina Pirinen) Her works have recently been shown in The National Finnish Theatre, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Baltic Circle Festival, & Espoo Theatre and The Finnish National Opera.

She has been working as an actor in many theatres. In film Sara has been acting for example in Marja Pyykkö’s Sisko tahtoisin jäädä (2010), Jonas Selberg Augusténs The Longest day (2020), Hannaleena Hauru’s Fucking with Nobody. From Kikka! (dir. Anna Paavilainen) Sara won a Jussi film award (The Finnish Oscar) for Best Lead Actor in 2023.