Catherine Caylee Cowan, professionally known as Caylee Cowan, is an American film actress born on March 19, 1998, in the vibrant city of Los Angeles, California. With a passion for the performing arts, she began her on-screen acting career after starring in the feature film Sunrise in Heaven, which premiered on April 9th, 2019, and later released on Netflix on April 1st, 2020.
Caylee is recognized for her captivating portrayals of characters, including Penelope in Frank and Penelope (2022),alongside notable actors Johnathon Schaech, Lin Shaye, and Kevin Dillon, who premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022. She has also acted opposite Nicolas Cage in Willy's Wonderland (2021) and supported roles in Spinning Gold (2023) and Divinity (2023).
Prior to her film career, Caylee Cowan honed her skills through various theatre performances, including Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, John Patrick Shanley's Danny in the Deep Blue Sea, and August Strindberg's Miss Julie.
In June 2018, Caylee made her film debut as Jan Hurst in Sunrise in Heaven, which was later released to the public on April 9th, 2019, and a year later on Netflix on April 1st, 2020. She was subsequently cast as Holly Martins in Bad Detectives (2021) in October 2019.
Her subsequent roles include playing Becca in Incision (2020) and Kathy in Willy's Wonderland (2021),starring alongside Nicolas Cage. In the summer of 2021, she was cast in Frank and Penelope (2022),directed by Sean Patrick Flanery, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.
Caylee also played a supporting role as Felicity in Divinity (2023),which was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
