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Sadie Sink

Actor and producer

Born 2002

Sadie Sink grew up in Brenham, Texas, performing homemade plays with her brother Mitchell. Her mother spotted a newspaper advertisement for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Unity Theatre, opening a route into community theatre. Houston’s Theatre Under The Stars followed. In her early Annie interview, Sink described White Christmas as her first substantial production and recalled learning from older performers. A regional Annie engagement preceded the move to Broadway, where she alternated the title role and Duffy with Taylor Richardson. Her father coached football, while Sink gravitated toward performing. The family moved to New Jersey as her acting developed, and vocal and dance lessons became part of her schedule. Preparing to play Max also meant learning to skateboard with an instructor: she approached the unfamiliar physical skill as part of building the character. Her Broadway record begins with Annie standby work in 2012 and lists her alternating Annie and Duffy performances from July 2013. She played Young Elizabeth in The Audience in 2015. Television guest roles in The Americans and Blue Bloods led to American Odyssey’s Suzanne Ballard. Her screen range subsequently expanded through Chuck, The Glass Castle, the Fear Street trilogy and the dramas Dear Zoe and A Sacrifice. Max Mayfield in Stranger Things became a defining television role. The transition was not uninterrupted. Sink told Rooney Mara that a proposed television show fell through, sending her back to school after years of homeschooling. Looking back, she valued the experience of an ordinary childhood alongside acting. The Whale became another turning point: playing Ellie helped her speak up about creative choices and trust her interpretation. Rather than treating a performance as a fixed task, she described discovering its shape through collaboration and experience. O’Dessa brought her into Geremy Jasper’s post-apocalyptic rock opera, centred on a farm girl trying to recover a family heirloom. The film’s soundtrack credits Sink alongside Kelvin Harrison Jr., adding recorded vocal performance to her stage and screen work. Her return to Broadway as Shelby Holcomb in John Proctor Is the Villain earned a 2025 Tony nomination. In 2026 she made her West End debut as Juliet opposite Noah Jupe in Robert Icke’s Romeo & Juliet, whose announced engagement ran from March 16 to June 6. Announced producing work includes John Proctor Is the Villain, without reprising Shelby, and FX’s The Marriage Plot, which also has her attached to act. Voice work continued in June 2026 with Claire in Netflix’s horror game Unhinged. She plays Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. By 2026, she described producing as another way to shape creative decisions, alongside acting. The work reflected growing confidence in contributing her own perspective to a project.

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Connected people

ConnectionRooney MaraInterviewed her about The Whale.

ConnectionNoah JupeRomeo opposite her Juliet.

ConnectionKelvin Harrison Jr.O’Dessa soundtrack co-performer.

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Credits Index

Major screen, stage, music, sport or broadcast work. This is a selected public-career index, not a complete employment history.

Year	Title	Medium	Role	IMDb
2011	White Christmas	stage	Susan Waverly — alternate	—
2012	Annie — Houston	stage	Annie	—
2012	Annie — Broadway	stage	Standby; later Annie / Duffy alternate	—
2013	The Americans	television	Lana	IMDb
2014	Blue Bloods	television	Daisy Carpenter	IMDb
2015	American Odyssey	television	Suzanne Ballard	IMDb
2015	The Audience	stage	Young Elizabeth — alternate	—
2016	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	television	Tween Girl	IMDb
2016	Chuck	film	Kimberly	IMDb
2017	The Glass Castle	film	Young Lori	IMDb
2017	Stranger Things	television	Max Mayfield	IMDb
2018	Dominion	documentary	Narrator — voice	IMDb
2019	Eli	film	Haley	IMDb
2021	Fear Street Part One: 1994	film	Ziggy Berman — uncredited	IMDb
2021	Fear Street Part Two: 1978	film	Ziggy Berman	IMDb
2021	Fear Street Part Three: 1666	film	Constance / Ziggy Berman	IMDb
2021	All Too Well: The Short Film	music video	Her	IMDb
2022	Dear Zoe	film	Tess DeNunzio	IMDb
2022	The Whale	film	Ellie	IMDb
2024	A Sacrifice	film	Mazzy Monroe	IMDb
2024	Maya Hawke: Big Idea — Official Visualizer	music video	VOX musician	IMDb
2025	O’Dessa	film	O’Dessa Galloway	IMDb
2025	Stranger Things 5: Behind the Episode	documentary	Self — Max Mayfield	IMDb
2025	John Proctor Is the Villain — Broadway	stage	Shelby Holcomb	—
2025	O’Dessa — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	album	Performer	—
2026	One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5	documentary	Self — Max Mayfield	IMDb
2026	Spider-Man: Brand New Day	film	Jean Grey	IMDb
2026	Unhinged	video game	Claire — voice	IMDb
2026	Romeo & Juliet — West End	stage	Juliet	—
—	John Proctor Is the Villain	film	Executive producer — announced	IMDb
—	The Marriage Plot	television	Actor — announced	IMDb
—	The Marriage Plot	television	Executive producer — announced	IMDb