Sosie Bacon

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Born
Sosie Ruth Bacon

(1992-03-15) March 15, 1992 (age 32)
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Parent(s) Kevin Bacon
Kyra Sedgwick
Relatives Edmund Bacon (grandfather)
Michael Bacon (uncle)
Sedgwick family
Robert Sedgwick (uncle)
Mike Stern (half-uncle)

Sosie Ruth Bacon (born March 15, 1992) is an American actress. The daughter of actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, her first role was playing 10-year-old Emily in the film Loverboy (2005). While her parents did not push for her to continue acting, she was encouraged by producer James Duff to appear in The Closer (2009).

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As an adult, Bacon appeared in the films Wishin' and Hopin' (2014), Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015), Charlie Says (2018), The Last Summer (2019), and Wyrm (2019), and the television series Scream (2016), Story of a Girl (2017), 13 Reasons Why (2017–2018), Narcos: Mexico (2020), Mare of Easttown (2021), and As We See It (2022). Her breakthrough came with playing Rose Cotter in the horror film Smile (2022).

Early life

Sosie Bacon was born in 1992 to actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, who tried to provide her with as ordinary an upbringing as was possible in the circumstances and did not want to push her into acting. [2] [3] Bacon studied at Brown University [4] and has studied at musical theatre company CAP21.

Career

In 2005, she starred in Loverboy. While directing Loverboy, Kevin Bacon decided to cast Sosie in the film. Asked about the choice, he said that he made the decision as a director, not as a father, because he believed his daughter was perfect for the role, and "Sosie was cool. She kind of got it out of her system. She said 'Oh, that was fun—now I'm going back to school'." Sosie portrayed the main character Emily in a flashback, while the adult Emily was portrayed by Sosie's mother Kyra Sedgwick. [5] [6] As Emily, Sosie sang an a cappella version of the David Bowie song "Life on Mars?", that was described in a review from The New York Times as "grotesquely funny". [7] [8] Her brother, Travis Bacon, was cast in a smaller role in the film. [9] Kevin praised Sosie's work on Loverboy, but said that he would not be encouraging her to pursue acting further. [10]

In 2009, she starred in The Closer. [2] She joined the cast of Fiction in Photographs in 2012, an off-Broadway musical by Dan Mills and Randy Redd. [11] [12]

On November 21, 2013, Bacon was crowned Miss Golden Globe 2014. [13] Chosen each year by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Miss Golden Globe assists with the Globes ceremony and is typically the daughter of Hollywood celebrities. [13]

Sosie was cast in the leading female role of the independent film Off Season (2014), opposite Chance Kelly. [14] Following up her role in 13 Reasons Why, Bacon was cast in Here and Now , a 2018-debuting HBO family drama series from award-winning writer-producer Alan Ball, as Kristen, the youngest daughter of a couple played by Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter. [15] In HBO’s 2021 limited series Mare of Easttown, she was cast as Carrie Layden. She starred in the 2022 horror film Smile as Dr. Rose Cotter, and received praise for her performance. [16]

Filmography

Bacon in Lady Lonely trailer (2014) Sosie Bacon in Lady Lonely teaser trailer.jpg
Bacon in Lady Lonely trailer (2014)

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Loverboy Emily Stoll (aged 10)
2014Lady LonelyLadyShort film
2014 Wishin' and Hopin' Frances Funicello
2015 Ana Maria in Novela Land Poppy Lake
2016 Chronically Metropolitan Hannah
2017Off SeasonCassie
2018 Charlie Says Patricia Krenwinkel
2019 The Last Summer Audrey Jarvis
2019 Wyrm Lindsay
2021TracesSierra Jones
2022 Smile Dr. Rose Cotter

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 The Closer Charlie Johnson4 episodes
2014Basic WitchesSosie
2015–16 Scream Rachel MurrayRecurring role (seasons 1 & 2)
2015Lost BoySummer HarrisTV film
2017–18 13 Reasons Why Skye MillerRecurring role (seasons 1 & 2)
2017 Story of a Girl StaceyTV film
2018 Here and Now KristenMain role
2020 Narcos: Mexico Mimi Webb Miller4 episodes
2021 Mare of Easttown Carrie LaydenMiniseries
2022 As We See It MandyMain role

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