Sarah Mardini — The Swimmers Character Profile

About Sarah Mardini

Yusra's sister who co-swam to save the sinking dinghy. Later returned to Lesbos in 2016 to assist incoming refugees, where she was arrested and faced potential long-term prison sentences.

Sarah Mardini — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Manal Issa

Appears in

The Swimmers (2022)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Sarah Mardini — Alliance Volunteer — Refugee (Sue King-Spear)

  Sarah provides humanitarian aid to refugees in Lesbos.

• Sarah Mardini — Family Sister — Yusra Mardini (Nathalie Issa)

  Biological sisters who flee Syria together.

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