Biography
Who is Cailee Spaeny?
Early life
Cailee Spaeny was born on July 24, 1998, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and raised in Springfield, Missouri. She grew up in a large family as the seventh of nine children and was raised as a Southern Baptist. During her youth, she participated in the Springfield Little Theatre group, taking classes in acting, voice, and dance six days a week. When she was thirteen years old, she left school to pursue an acting career and briefly worked at Silver Dollar City before landing a stage role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz for the 2014 to 2015 season.
Career beginnings
Cailee Spaeny made her feature film debut in March 2018 as Amara Namani in the science fiction sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising. Later that same year, she appeared in three more motion pictures, including the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale, the biographical legal drama On the Basis of Sex, and the biographical comedy-drama Vice. In March 2020, she made her television debut in the science fiction miniseries Devs. She followed this with a leading role in the supernatural horror film The Craft: Legacy and an appearance in the independent apocalyptic comedy How It Ends.
In April 2021, Cailee joined the cast of the HBO miniseries Mare of Easttown, playing a single mother living in Pennsylvania. She subsequently appeared in the biographical television series The First Lady as Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Her career expanded further when she starred in the dystopian war drama film Civil War and the science fiction horror film Alien: Romulus. She also joined the casts of the murder mystery Wake Up Dead Man and the second season of the anthology series Beef.
Awards and recognition
In September 2022, Cailee was cast as Priscilla Presley in the biographical film Priscilla, directed by Sofia Coppola. The picture premiered at the eightieth Venice International Film Festival, where her performance received widespread critical acclaim. For this role, she earned the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. Also, she earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series for her work producing the second season of Beef.
Birthday and age
Cailee Spaeny was born on July 24, 1998, which makes Cailee 28 years old today. That birthday falls under the Leo sign. Cailee shares the date with 28 other famous people.
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