Cailee Spaeny
Biography
Cailee Spaeny is an American actress who began in the Springfield Little Theatre in Missouri, where she grew up, and left school at 13 to act. She made her film debut in Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) and appeared that same year in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) and On the Basis of Sex (2018). Television work followed in the miniseries Devs and Mare of Easttown, and she took her first leading film role in The Craft: Legacy (2020). Her portrayal of Priscilla Presley in Priscilla (2023) brought her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and a Golden Globe nomination. She also appeared in the anthology series Beef, earning a Primetime Emmy nomination for producing. She went on to star in Civil War (2024) and Alien: Romulus (2024), and appeared in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025).
28years old
Turns 29 on July 24in 283 days
- Born Knoxville
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 7 years2018 to 2025
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A first
Spaeny's first leading film role, in The Craft: Legacy, was also the first time she ever went through a casting process.
Behind the award
Spaeny won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for playing Priscilla Presley in Sofia Coppola's Priscilla, and at the Venice premiere watched the film beside Priscilla Presley herself.
Getting ready for a role
For Priscilla, Spaeny prepared by spending time with Priscilla Presley, calling her support the main source besides the memoir the film was based on.
Cailee Spaeny movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Cailee Spaeny shares two films with Nick Offerman, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Nick Offerman's page
Stephen Root's page
Jeff Bridges's page
Kathy Bates's page
Glenn Close's page
Ian Holm's page
All films by Zoe Lister-Jones
Box office
What Cailee Spaeny's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$875 million
8 of the 9 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 9 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$351M40.1% of the total
- 2$290M33.2% of the total
- 3$127M14.5% of the total
- 4$39M4.4% of the total
- 5$32M3.6% of the total
- 6$30M3.4% of the total
- 7$4.0M0.5% of the total
- 8$2.3M0.3% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| 2023 | Volpi Cup for Best Actress | Priscilla | Won |
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Official profiles and reference pages.