<P> However, due to Callies and the show's producers being unable to agree on a new contract, the character was suddenly "killed off" in the fourth episode, much earlier than planned . Her sparse appearances during the season (including the use of stand - ins with their faces obscured) and her gruesome, off screen death was the result of working around the inability to film additional scenes with the actress, as well as for dramatic and emotional impact . </P> <P> However, Sara's fate was retconned due to "fan backlash" and she returned to the series with an active role in Season 4 . </P> <P> The character Sara Tancredi was portrayed by Sarah Wayne Callies who was the first actress the producers saw at the audition for the role . Incidentally, Callies was also the first to become a principal cast member . In season 3, other actresses were used to portray the role, though their faces were never shown on screen . </P> <P> A newspaper article about Sara Tancredi is visible and readable in the Pilot episode of the series (as one of the many that Michael tears off the walls of his apartment). The article gives Sara's middle name as "Wayne" (the same as that of the actress portraying her). It also says that she is the "second - eldest daughter of Frank Tancredi" (later retconned in the episode "Buried"). </P>

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