‘The White Lotus' star Sarah Catherine Hook calls Alabama home
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A rising star with a big role on the latest season of HBO's 'The White Lotus' calls Alabama home.
Sarah Catherine Hook, an actor originally from Montgomery, plays Sarah Ratliff, a religious studies major with a secret, in the third season of 'The White Lotus.' Each season of the show deals with a group of people in a different part of the world, all vacationing in a different location of a fictional White Lotus resort around the world, each with their own secrets that sometimes turn deadly.
In the third season, which was released Feb. 16, Hook's character comes to the White Lotus resort in Thailand with her North Carolina-bred family. As of the second episode Sunday night, Hook's Sarah Ratliff is in the country to interview a monk at a nearby monastery, but is hesitant to meet with them, putting her own intentions in question.
Hook, who graduated from Montgomery Academy in 2013, took part in local life as part of the Alabama All-State Choral Festival in 2008 and was a member of the Montgomery Debutante Assembly ball in 2015. Hook graduated from SUNY Purchase College in 2017, where she majored in vocal performance with a specialization in opera.
After a handful of appearances in different TV shows, such as 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' and 'Impeachment: American Crime Story,' Hook made her film debut in 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' in 2021.
The highly-anticipated new season of 'The White Lotus' comes two years after the previous season. In its first week following the premiere, over 10.2 million viewers have watched the show, Variety reports.
The latest season will run through April 6.
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