Sarah was involved with local drama as a child, and became a model at age 14. Her big break came when she was discovered by organizers from the 1999 Mossimo model search contest. She attended LeGrande Elementary and Hart County High School before moving to Louisville to finish her high school career.

Sarah played the character of Paige Chase in the sitcom Quintuplets. She co-starred in the sitcom The Loop as Lizzy in Season 1. She also guest-starred in Season 11 of the CW series 7th Heaven as Jane, a best friend of Andrea Morris's character Margaret. She appeared as Sarah Mason, one of the girls with whom Patrick Dempsey's character has a one-night stand in the 2008 film Made of Honor.

In 2011, Wright began a recurring role in the CBS mid-season replacement comedy series Mad Love, and maintained a small recurring role as Millicent Gergich on the NBC show Parks and Recreation.[1]

In 2014, she co-starred alongside Casey Wilson and Ken Marino in the short-lived NBC sitcom Marry Me.

She co-founded a parenting website called Your Zen Mama with fellow actress Teresa Palmer.

莎拉从小就参与当地戏剧，并在 14 岁时成为一名模特。当她在 1999 年 Mossimo 模特搜索比赛中被组织者发现时，她取得了重大突破。她就读于勒格兰德小学和哈特县高中，然后搬到路易斯维尔完成她的高中生涯。

莎拉在情景喜剧《五重奏》中扮演佩奇·蔡斯的角色。她在第 1 季中与情景喜剧 The Loop 共同出演了 Lizzy。她还客串出演了 CW 系列第 11 季《第七天堂》，饰演安德里亚·莫里斯 （Andrea Morris） 饰演的角色玛格丽特 （Margaret） 最好的朋友简。她以莎拉·梅森（Sarah Mason）的身份出现，她是帕特里克·登普西（Patrick Dempsey）的角色在2008年的电影《荣誉制造》中与她发生的女孩之一。

2011 年，赖特开始在 CBS 季中替代喜剧系列《疯狂的爱》中反复扮演角色，并在 NBC 节目《公园与娱乐》中担任米利森特·格吉奇 （Millicent Gergich） 的小角色。[1]

2014年，她与凯西·威尔逊（Casey Wilson）和肯·马里诺（Ken Marino）共同主演了短命的NBC情景喜剧《嫁给我》。

她与女演员特蕾莎·帕尔默（Teresa Palmer）共同创立了一个名为“你的禅妈妈”的育儿网站。