Caylee Cowan

Birthday: March 19, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name: Catherine Caylee Cowan

Height: 168 cm

Caylee Cowan (born Catherine Caylee Cowan) is an American film actress born on March 19, 1998 in Los Angeles, California. She began her on screen acting career after starring in the feature film Sunrise in Heaven (2019) and acting opposite Nicolas Cage in Wally's Wonderland (2021). Her father is of Russian-Jewish heritage, while her mother is of Spanish and German-Jewish ancestry. She graduated early in order to focus solely on acting and take method acting classes at the Arizona Actors Academy. It was there that Caylee worked on various theatre performances such as; Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Danny in the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley, and Miss Julie by August Strindberg. She then moved to Hollywood, California at 18 years old to pursue acting as a career. In June of 2018, Caylee Cowan made her film debut as Jan Hurst in Sunrise in Heaven (2019) which was released to the public on April 9th, 2019 and a year later on Netflix on April 1st, 2020. She produced a documentary on refugees entitled The Peace Between (2019) for her 21st birthday. In October of 2019, she was cast as Holly Martins in Year of the Detectives. She played the role of "Becca" in Incision (2020) and "Kathy" in Wally's Wonderland (2021) starring opposite Nicolas Cage. Show less «

Whatever gives light to the world must also endure the burden of burning.

My passion for acting came from reading books. I couldn't read until third grade, so I was in remedi...Show more »

My passion for acting came from reading books. I couldn't read until third grade, so I was in remedial classes. Growing up, I had dyslexia and missed a lot of school. By the time I entered high school I was a math and science credit ahead of grade level. Then, I graduated early to pursue acting. Show less «

When I got the audition, I immediately read the book. Any time I get an audition, I always want to k...Show more »

When I got the audition, I immediately read the book. Any time I get an audition, I always want to know what the story is based on. That's part of the reason I was interested in becoming an actor. I wanted to be a part of those stories. Show less «

It doesn't matter how many times you're rejected. Rejection doesn't make you a failure. Giving up ma...Show more »

It doesn't matter how many times you're rejected. Rejection doesn't make you a failure. Giving up makes you a failure. Show less «

I studied Stanley Kubrick and Anton Chekhov. I've watched everything Stanley Kubrick has ever made, ...Show more »

I studied Stanley Kubrick and Anton Chekhov. I've watched everything Stanley Kubrick has ever made, except for Barry Lyndon. I don't know why, but I haven't watched that one yet. I've read over 234 plays and over a hundred screenplays. I know because I use to keep a list. I use to track my 10,000 hours. Show less «

[on her mother]: My mother always use to say, "You've got to read. You can do anything, but you've g...Show more »

[on her mother]: My mother always use to say, "You've got to read. You can do anything, but you've got to read." Show less «

All that makes us beautiful isn't always marketable.

You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be in 10 years, it could be in tomorrow, anyt...Show more »

You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be in 10 years, it could be in tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean it, we're just going to be gone. The world's going to go on without us... you do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself, you decided for yourself. Show less «

All we are is what we have the courage to create, at any given moment.

In any art you're allowed to steal anything if you can make it better. Art is either revolution or p...Show more »

In any art you're allowed to steal anything if you can make it better. Art is either revolution or plagiarism. Show less «

Well, if that's not love it'll have to do until the real thing comes along.

You can't have a testimony without a test.

P-C: That's so interesting! Like you said, this is your first feature film. What surprised you the m...Show more »

P-C: That's so interesting! Like you said, this is your first feature film. What surprised you the most about the experience?I have a theatre background and I'm used to a lot of rehearsals. I love to do a lot of takes, but with this being an indie film, we had to do several scenes with only one take. I just had to give it your all and move onto the next scene, and trust that the director got what he needed. Our director, Waymoon Boone, was great at juggling everything on set. Show less «

P-C: How did you prepare for your role in Sunrise in Heaven? I auditioned for a ton of things this y...Show more »

P-C: How did you prepare for your role in Sunrise in Heaven? I auditioned for a ton of things this year, but this was one that attracted me as much as I attracted it. It's set in the 1950s, which is something I was immediately interested in, and is based on a book. The character that I play is a living person, so I actually got to meet her. I took her out for lunch (Chateau Marmont). I wanted to take the characteristics that I observed from her, and use them for my performance. Show less «

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