Meganne Young

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Meganne Young
Born (1990-03-22) 22 March 1990 (age 33)
Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality South African
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Actress, director
Years active2010–present

Meganne Young (born 22 March 1990) is a South African [1] actress and director. She is best known for her roles in The Kissing Booth franchise and the Starz series Black Sails . [2] [3]

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Early life

Young was born in Cape Town to a South African father and an Australian mother. She spent her childhood moving around, with stints in Nigeria, Switzerland, and Sri Lanka where she took the International Baccalaureate at the Overseas School of Colombo. She pursued at an Advanced Diploma in Acting at the CityVarsity Cape Town campus, completing in 2011, before going on to graduate from the Guildford School of Acting in England as a part-time distance learner in 2014. [4] [5]

Career

Young began her career in theatre and short films, earning 48 Hour Film and Fleur du Cap Theatre Award nominations for her work. She appeared in the British film Eye in the Sky . She landed her first major onscreen role as Abigail Ashe in Starz series Black Sails . [4] She also made guest appearances in season 14 of Supernatural and in Legends of Tomorrow . [6] [7]

In 2018, she landed the role of Rachel in the Netflix original film The Kissing Booth . [8] [9] Young went on to reprise her role in the films' sequels, The Kissing Booth 2 (2020) and The Kissing Booth 3 (2021). [10] [11] [12]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2012Past.Tense
2014 The Giver Bride
2015 Eye in the Sky Lizzy
2017Blood DriveAnne
2018 The Kissing Booth Rachel
2018The BullMareShort film
2019We Are Not AloneGinaShort film
2020 The Kissing Booth 2 Rachel
2021 The Kissing Booth 3 Rachel

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
2013The Challenger DisasterMichelle FeynmanTV movie
2015Bluestone 42Nurse
2015 Black Sails Abigail Ashe
2015Zum Teufel mit der WahrheitActressTV movie
2015Saints & StrangersPriscilla MullinsMiniseries
2017 The Dating Game Killer Wendy CadeTV movie
2018 Supernatural Lydia Crawford
2018 Legends of Tomorrow Zelda Fitzgerald

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Lenny and the WastelandNewt National Arts Festival
2012A Tale of HorriblenessMyNational Arts Festival
Pocket ShotsAshley

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2012 48 Hour Film Festival Best ActressPast.TenseNominated
2014 Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New DirectorsNominated

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