- Born
- Birth nameCatherine Caylee Cowan
- Nickname
- Caylee
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Caylee Cowan (born Catherine Caylee Cowan) is an American film actress born on March 19, 1998 in Los Angeles, California. She began her on screen acting career after starring in the feature film Sunrise in Heaven (2020). She is known for portraying Penelope in Frank and Penelope (2022), acting opposite Nicolas Cage in Willy's Wonderland (2021), and supporting roles in Spinning Gold (2023) and Divinity (2023). She produced a documentary on refugees titled The Peace Between (2019). Before acting in film, Caylee worked on various theatre performances such as; Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Danny in the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley, and Miss Julie by August Strindberg. In June of 2018, Caylee Cowan made her film debut as Jan Hurst in Sunrise in Heaven (2020) which was released to the public on April 9th, 2019 and a year later on Netflix on April 1st, 2020. In October of 2019, she was cast as Holly Martins in Bad Detectives (2021). She played the role of "Becca" in Incision (2020) and "Kathy" in Willy's Wonderland (2021) starring opposite Nicolas Cage. In the summer of 2021, she was cast in Frank and Penelope (2022) directed by Sean Patrick Flanery alongside Johnathon Schaech, Lin Shaye, and Kevin Dillon which premiered in 2022 at the Cannes Film Festival. She played a supporting role as "Felicity" in Divinity (2023) which was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Brandy Hotchner
- RelativesAllura Caylee Cowan(Niece or Nephew)Sibling(Sibling)Half Sibling(Half Sibling)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Method Actress
- Green Eyes
- She trained in mixed martial arts from a young age. She trained in Karate, Taekwondo, Shotokan, and Krav Maga.
- She went to 11 different schools and graduated a year early from high school.
- Caylee Cowan was born in the city of Tarzana, Los Angeles, CA in a neighborhood named by author Edgar Rice Burroughs in honor of his most popular book.
- Caylee Cowan began acting classes in October of 2019 with Matthew Barry who was the casting director for The Notebook (2004).
- She performed at the Valley Youth Theater in Arizona which is also where Emma Stone performed.
- [on her mother]: My mother always use to say, "You've got to read. You can do anything, but you've got to read."
- P-C: That's so interesting! Like you said, this is your first feature film. What surprised you the most about the experience?
I have a theatre background and I'm used to a lot of rehearsals. I love to do a lot of takes, but with this being an indie film, we had to do several scenes with only one take. I just had to give it your all and move onto the next scene, and trust that the director got what he needed. Our director, Waymoon Boone, was great at juggling everything on set. - When I got the audition, I immediately read the book. Any time I get an audition, I always want to know what the story is based on. That's part of the reason I was interested in becoming an actor. I wanted to be a part of those stories.
- My passion for acting came from reading books. I couldn't read until third grade, so I was in remedial classes. Growing up, I had dyslexia and missed a lot of school. By the time I entered high school I was a math and science credit ahead of grade level. Then, I graduated early to pursue acting.
- It doesn't matter how many times you're rejected. Rejection doesn't make you a failure. Giving up makes you a failure.
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