Cailee 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, the latter of which she won a Best Actress award for at the Golden Scythe Horror Awards.
Alien: Romulus
Rain
2024
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
Self
2024
Civil War
Jessie
2024
The Making of Priscilla
Self
2023
Priscilla
Priscilla
2023
Unlimited World
Lars
2022
The First Lady
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt · (4 episodes)
2022
How It Ends
Young Liza
2021
Mare of Easttown
Erin McMenamin · (7 episodes)
2021
The Craft: Legacy
Lily
2020
Vice
17 Year Old Lynne Vincent
2018
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Devs
Lyndon · (8 episodes)
2020
On the Basis of Sex
Jane C. Ginsburg
2018
Bad Times at the El Royale
Rose Summerspring
2018
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Amara Namani
2018
Counting to 1000
Erica
2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003