Cailee Spaeny

Cailee Spaeny (/ˈkeɪli ˈspeɪni/; born July 24, 1998) is an American actress. Her first major role was in the science fiction action film Pacific Rim Uprising (2018), which was followed by appearances in Bad Times at the El Royale, On the Basis of Sex, and Vice the same year. She also portrayed the lead of the supernatural horror film The Craft: Legacy (2020). On television, Spaeny was a series regular on the FX science fiction thriller Devs (2020) and the HBO crime drama Mare of Easttown (2021). Spaeny was born in Springfield, Missouri. Growing up, she spent a large amount of time in the Springfield Little Theatre group, in concert with which she participated in many plays. In the 2014–2015 season, she landed the lead role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Her debut film role was as Erica in the 2016 short film Counting to 1000. In 2018, she played several major film roles, starring in Steven S. DeKnight's science fiction monster adventure Pacific Rim Uprising, alongside John Boyega and Scott Eastwood; Drew Goddard's thriller Bad Times at the El Royale; and the biographical dramas On the Basis of Sex and Vice.