Kiernan Shipka
Kiernan Brennan Shipka is an American actress best known for her role as Sally Draper in the AMC drama series Mad Men and as Sabrina Spellman in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. She also appeared as B. D. Hyman in the FX series and voiced Jinora in The Legend of Korra.
Shipka has also starred in numerous films, including Carriers, Flowers in the Attic, The Blackcoat's Daughter, and The Silence.
Early life
Shipka was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John Young Shipka, a real estate developer, and Erin Ann Brennan. Shipka has been taking ballroom dancing classes since the age of five. Her family relocated to Los Angeles, California when she was six to support her acting career.Career
Shipka made her television debut at five months of age as a baby on the hospital drama, ER. She also began doing commercial-print modeling when she was a baby.After some small television roles, her first major role was as Sally Draper, the daughter of main character Don Draper, on the 2007-2015 TV series Mad Men. She won the role after two auditions. She was a recurring guest star for the show's first three seasons, then became a series regular in season four.
As part of Mad Men
Shipka received praise for her performance on Mad Men. In 2010, Austin American-Statesman critic Dale Roe named her as his dream nominee for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, writing, "This 10-year-old actress was so affecting as troubled Sally Draper last season that it seems odd that she's only just been upgraded to series regular. If Shipka's upcoming Mad Men work—struggling with the broken marriage of her parents and entering preteendom in the tumultuous 1960s—remains as amazing as it was in season three, this is a ballot wish that could come true next year."
In 2014, Shipka was named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014" by Time magazine. That same year, IndieWire included her in their list of "20 Actors To Watch That Are Under 20".
Shipka starred in the 2014 Lifetime movie Flowers in the Attic, and co-starred in the 2015 Oz Perkins horror film The Blackcoat's Daughter.
In 2017, she portrayed B.D. Hyman, daughter of Bette Davis, in the FX television series Feud: Bette and Joan.
In January 2018, it was announced that Shipka would be starring as Sabrina Spellman in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina series based on the comic series of the same name. The first season was released by Netflix on October 26, 2018.
Shipka co-starred in a 2019 Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Luke Snellin, Let It Snow, based on the. Shooting began in February 2019.
Shipka next played a deaf teenager opposite Stanley Tucci in John R. Leonetti's horror film The Silence, based on the 2015 horror novel of the same name by Tim Lebbon. Netflix released The Silence on April 10, 2019. Shipka learned American Sign Language for the role. Leonetti praised her performance saying "She's acting alongside Stanley Tucci, and believe me, she's more than holding her own. It's been spellbinding watching her."
Personal life
Shipka names Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn as fashion influences.Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Dimension | Molly | |
| 2008 | Lower Learning | Sarah | |
| 2009 | ' | Girl | Short film |
| 2009 | Land of the Lost | Tar Pits Kid | Uncredited |
| 2009 | Carriers | Jodie | |
| 2009 | House Broken | Tammy Tawber | |
| 2010 | ' | Little Girl at playground | |
| 2010 | ' | Lala La Lala | Short film |
| 2010 | Squeaky Clean | Emily | Short film |
| 2012 | ' | Juliet | Short film |
| 2013 | Very Good Girls | Eleanor | |
| 2013 | We Rise Like Smoke | Young Kyler | Short film |
| 2014 | Alice | Short film | |
| 2015 | One & Two | Eva | |
| 2015 | When Marnie Was There | Marnie | English dub |
| 2015 | Fan Girl | Telulah "Lu" Farrow | |
| 2015 | The Blackcoat's Daughter | Kat | |
| 2019 | The Silence | Ally Andrews | |
| 2019 | Let It Snow | Angie / The Duke |