However, her career came to an end in 2013 after she decided to retire.

“I was a very unhappy actress,” she toldThe Cossack Reviewthree years later.

Despite that lack of drive, Sara did star in quite a lot of movies.

Mia Sara on the red carpet

With 45 credits to her name, she made quite the impression on audiences especially in the 1980s.

But something audience may not know about the actress is that Mia Sara isn’t actually her real name.

Nowfocusing her time on writing and poetry, she still goes by the shortened version of her surname.

Mia Sara in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off