Caylee Cowan

Cowan was born in Los Angeles, California. She is of Jewish descent.[4] She was raised by a single mother and is the youngest of three children.[5] After graduating from high school, Cowan began acting in theater productions.[6][7] She appeared in productions of Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, and Danny in the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley.[8]

Cowan made her film debut playing the character of Jan in the American romance period drama Sunrise in Heaven,[9] an adaptation of Jan Gilbert Hurst's book His Sunrise My Sunset.[10] The movie was released on Netflix on April 1, 2020.[11][12][13] In 2021, she played the supporting role of Kathy Barnes in the action comedy horror Willy's Wonderland [14] acting alongside Nicolas Cage in an ensemble of teen actors.[15]

In 2022, Cowan was cast in a lead role in the independent romantic thriller Frank and Penelope,[16] as Penelope, "a doe-eyed femme fatale".[17][18] She attended the world premiere of the movie at the Riviera International Film Festival,[19][20] and the screening at the Cannes Film Festival.[21]

In 2023, Cowan appeared in a supporting role as Farrah Lee in the biographical musical drama, Spinning Gold,[22] and in a supporting role as Felicity in the science fiction thriller, Divinity, directed by Eddie Alcazar and produced by Steven Soderbergh[23] which premiered and was in competition at Sundance Film Festival.[24] She is a co-executive producer on Robert Rodriguez's action-thriller, Hypnotic, which screened at the South by Southwest film festival.[25]

Cowan has been cast as Christian Christmas in the upcoming movie Holiday Twist, directed by Stephanie Garvin,[26] which is expected to be released in November 2022.[27][28]

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