Kaitlyn Dever
☼ Born on 21 December 1996, in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
BiographyHaving been named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, Kaitlyn Dever has become one of Hollywood's top emerging young actresses.
Dever has showcased her versatility, appearing in movies such as Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar (2011), James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now (2013), Destin Daniel Cretton's Short Term 12 (2008), and Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children (2014), and was one of the female leads in Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit (2017).
She truly shone in the dark drama Short Term 12 (2013) alongside Brie Larson, LaKeith Stanfield, John Gallagher Jr., and Rami Malek. The film premiered at SXSW 2013, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative as well as the Audience Award. Kaitlyn was named Summer 2013's indie "It" girl and was highlighted as a SXSW breakout.
In addition to her film career, she recently wrapped her memorable four-season-long arc playing Loretta McCready on the FX drama Justified (2010), for which she received critical acclaim. She also played a role in the award-winning video game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016), voicing Cassie Drake, daughter of the game's lead, Nathan Drake.
In the role of actor
No One Will Save You (24/09/2023)
A young woman dealing with personal traumas tries to survive an alien invasion in No One Will Save You. Brynn (Kaitlyn Dever) is a young woman living a withdrawn existence in her childhood home. Brynn wakes up one night to discover something has entered her house. She is shocked to discover that this is the […]
Dear Evan Hansen (23/09/2021)
A weird, anxious, and depressed teenager gains notoriety after he’s mistaken as the best friend of a classmate who commits suicide in Dear Evan Hansen. Evan Hansen (Ben Platt) is a lonely teenager, whose mother Heidi (Julianne Moore) is never home due to work. Even is assigned by his psychiatrist to write letters to himself to […]
Booksmart (05/06/2019)
Two best friends set out to party before graduating high school in Booksmart. Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) are two best friends, who have spent their entire high school career focusing more on their studies than partying. However, after finding out that the party going students still got into good colleges, Molly wants […]
Bad Teacher (27/06/2011)
Even though the film is now 14 years old, I still consider There’s Something About Mary to be probably the best film Cameron Diaz has stared in. She’s played her career fairly safe since then, so it’s definitely interesting to see her star in a new R-rated comedy. I can definitely tell in this film that […]