Snook and her husband, the actor Dave Lawson, live nearby on 35 acres of uninterrupted Australian bushland.
The family will soon decamp to New York for the productions Broadway run.
Weve taught her how to say, New York City, bay-bee!
MIRROR, MIRRORSnook, photographed in Victoria, Australia, in costume fromThe Picture of Dorian Gray,opening on Broadway in March following an acclaimed London run. Photographed by Jesse Lizotte. Sittings Editor: Kaila Matthews.Vogue, April 2025.
Snook says, beaming with parental delight.
She knows her daughter probably wont remember any of it.
My daughter can see that kind of thing, and get excited, she says.
COUNTRY GIRLSnook loves the outdoors life she has made for her and her family in Australia. Prada sweater and Max Mara pants.
Hopefully she never loses that excitement.
Snook says the word like its the most beautiful thing shes ever heard.
Williams says the sheer physical undertaking demands a superathlete.
Snook likens the performance to diving into a very cold swimming pool.
Once you get in, its fine, she says.
But getting in is hard.
There is no intermission, no break, no understudy.
Costume changes take place onstage, right in front of the audience.
This use of technology literalizes the text.
Shes a chameleon, Williams says.
Shes able to get you on her side, and go inside her brain.
She asked for a line.
They said it, and I went,Nope.Once more, line?
They said it again, and Im like,God, I dont know where I am.
Seated in the audience, vibrating with anxiety, was her husband.
He went white, Snook says.
Shes got 60,000 more words and shes dried up already!
Williams remembers gripping the costume designers hand.
The thing I will never forget is there was this look in her eyes, he tells me.
This moment of steely determination, where I saw Sarah say to herself, No.
Im gonna stick this.
And from then on she was word-perfect.
When it came time to takeDorian Grayto the West End, Snook was his first choice.
The challenge proved enticing.
Well, you cant say no, she remembers thinking.
If I saw someone else doing it, I wouldve been like,Argh.
There was something that was freeing about going back to work, she says.
Then Snooks daughter went through a sleep regression and caught COVID.
And then I got COVID from her, the week before opening the show.
When she thinks back to that period, she shakes her head.
COUNTRY GIRLSnook loves the outdoors life she has made for her and her family in Australia.
Prada sweater and Max Mara pants.
Because I was really tired, or premenstrual.
I just didnt want to be seen that day.
But with no understudy, the Snook show must go on.
She completed the entire run and won an Olivier Award.
On March 27,Dorian Grayopens on Broadway.
But…it doesnt sound like Londonwaseasy?
Snook fixes me with a dry look.
West End is done, which is why it is easier.
They seemed to like it.
Thats greatbut now we have to prove ourselves again.
At least this time Snook wont have an infant in towbut she will have a toddler.
Which I think is harder?
she asks, and then, in mock exasperation: How do people have kids in New York?
(In direct competition, Snook notes archly.)
Remove the wordsquite possibly.It was the greatest performance Ive ever seen onstage.
If acting is play, Snook is Culkins favorite playmate.
There was something in that moment, Culkin remembers.
I was like, Oh cool.
Shes like my sister.
Almost everyone across the board said Sarah, he says.
She had been acting through the pain all afternoon.
You possibly should be concerned that you might be going blind, and youre concerned thatImstruggling in a scene?
Thats the kind of person she is.
Successionspanned five formative years for Snook.
How Shiv grew as a character, I feel like I did as well, she reflects.
She married Lawson as cameras rolled on season three.
It does feel very sad to have it finished, she admits.
This is who you are.
This is what youre doing.
Back in the pub, a spirited group of girlfriends amble past, eyeing our table.
one exclaims, excitedly.
I ask the obvious question.
I get recognized, she replies, but not in a way that is intrusive.
Being in Australia helps, and she is seeking out opportunities to work close to home.
Dakota Fanning signed on toAll Her Faultas a fan of Snook fromSuccessionand was struck by her courage.
But Sarah just brings it and you go, Yep, thats the way it should be done.
I felt that many times working with her.
Snook loves the outdoors life she has made for her family.
We have so much fun, she says.
We kayak, we make cubbyhouses, and be silly.
But the things that she wanted in her hungry, striving 20s have all been achieved.
Emmy, West End, Broadway.
Im really ticking off that bingo card, she laughs.
I dont know what to aim for next.
Theres a precipice of, Oh, I dont have anything I have to do.
Which will be nice, she tells me.
Maybe something will fill it.
Or maybe I dont want it to, for a bit.
And maybe thats a part of it, Snook says.
You cant really think about yourself anymore.
Produced by Charlotte Rose.
