Sara-Hiruth Zewde was born in Leipzig to a German mother and an Ethiopian father. Growing up in West Berlin, she initially began studying law, which she soon dropped out of to study acting. In 2008, she completed her training at the European Theater Institute in Berlin. There she appeared, among other roles, as Bottle in Lofter, oder das verlorene Gesicht (G. Weisenborn) directed by Frido Solter. In 2007, at the Festival 100° in the Sophiensaele, she played, among other roles, a woman from Nur Kinder, Küche, Kirche by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, directed by herself.