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Cailee Spaeny

Cailee Spaeny

Born: 1998-07-24 • Springfield, Missouri, USA

Cailee Johnamae Spaeny (born July 24, 1998) is an American actress. Spaeny's first major role was in the science fiction film Pacific Rim Uprising (2018). She followed this appearing in the neo-noir film Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), the biographical films On the Basis of Sex and Vice (both 2018), the fantasy film The Craft: Legacy (2020), and the miniseries Devs (2020) and Mare of Easttown (2021).

Spaeny portrayed Priscilla Presley in the biographical film Priscilla (2023), for which she received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. Further recognition came in 2024 for starring in the war film Civil War and the horror film Alien: Romulus.

Filmography
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery poster
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 • Simone Vivane
Netflix Tudum 2025 poster
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025 • Self
Alien: Romulus poster
Alien: Romulus
2024 • Rain
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War poster
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
2024 • Self
Civil War poster
Civil War
2024 • Jessie
The Making of Priscilla poster
The Making of Priscilla
2023 • Self
Priscilla poster
Priscilla
2023 • Priscilla
Unlimited World poster
Unlimited World
2022 • Lars
How It Ends poster
How It Ends
2021 • Young Liza
The Craft: Legacy poster
The Craft: Legacy
2020 • Lily
Vice poster
Vice
2018 • 17 Year Old Lynne Vincent
On the Basis of Sex poster
On the Basis of Sex
2018 • Jane C. Ginsburg
Bad Times at the El Royale poster
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 • Rose Summerspring
Pacific Rim: Uprising poster
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018 • Amara Namani
Counting to 1000 poster
Counting to 1000
2016 • Erica
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Deep Cuts
— • Percy Marks