Cailee Spaeny

Biography

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.

Most Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

as Simone Vivane

Alien: Romulus

as Rain

Mare of Easttown

as Erin McMenamin

Civil War

as Jessie

BEEF

as Ashley

Devs

as Lyndon

Pacific Rim: Uprising

as Amara Namani

Priscilla

as Priscilla

Bad Times at the El Royale

as Rose Summerspring

The First Lady

as Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

Vice

as 17 Year Old Lynne Vincent

On the Basis of Sex

as Jane C. Ginsburg

The Craft: Legacy

as Lily

How It Ends

as Young Liza

Netflix Tudum 2025

as Self

Deep Cuts

as Percy Marks

The Making of Priscilla

as Self

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

as Self