Sadie Sink is an American actress, She started her acting career at the age of seven by performing in community theater productions.
She also starred as Annie from 2012 to 2014 and portrayed a young Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience on Broadway in 2015. She made her first appearance in 2016 in a movie as part of the biographical sports drama Chuck.
Early Life
Sadie Elizabeth Sink was born on April 16, 2002, in Brenham, Texas. Her parents are a math teacher and a football coach, and she has three older brothers and a younger sister.
Although her family had a strong focus on sports, she and her brother Mitchell were drawn to the performing arts, particularly musical theater. They frequently acted out scenes from High School Musical (2006) and regularly attended Broadway shows and Tony Award ceremonies.
At the age of seven, Sink’s mother enrolled her and Mitchell in acting classes in Houston. Sink’s acting career started at a young age when she joined a community theater group in Brenham, performing in a play called The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
In 2012, Sink’s family relocated to New Jersey to support her and Mitchell’s professional endeavors. Sink was homeschooled from second grade and resumed attending traditional school after her role in The Audience (2015).
Sadie Sink’s Career
In 2013, Sadie Sink first appeared on television in a guest role on the spy drama The Americans. This experience inspired her to pursue a career in film acting. She also made a cameo on the police show Blue Bloods in 2014.
Sadie Sink’s role as Suzanne Ballard in the NBC action series American Odyssey in 2015 ended after one season. Additionally, she portrayed a young Queen Elizabeth II in the Broadway play The Audience, with Helen Mirren playing the adult version of the character.
She tried out for the role of Maxine “Max” Mayfield in the second season of Stranger Things on Netflix in September 2016. She and her fellow cast members were recognized with a nomination for the SAG Award for their outstanding ensemble performance in the science fiction drama.
Sadie Sink’s acting career includes roles in both The Glass Castle (2017) and Eli (2019) films. Recently, in 2021, she took on the lead role of Ziggy Berman in Fear Street Part Two: 1978, which is the second film in The Fear Street Trilogy.
As Ziggy, Sink portrays a tough and rebellious teenager who comes from a troubled family. She was particularly intrigued by the character’s complexity and depth.
Leigh Janiak, the director, recommended that Sink view slasher movies like Friday the 13th (1980) and Scream (1996) to get ready for her role. Sink performed most of her own stunts in the movie.
Sadie Sink starred alongside Dylan O’Brien in the 2021 short film All Too Well, written and directed by Taylor Swift, an American musician. Sink’s performance in Stranger Things had caught the attention of Swift, who was impressed by her strong on-screen presence and emotional depth.
In February 2021, after a virtual meeting with Director Darren Aronofsky and the main actor Brendan Fraser, Sink was chosen for the role of Ellie. Ellie is Fraser’s daughter, but she is not close to him. Sink will play Ellie in the psychological drama The Whale (2022).
She starred in the thriller A Sacrifice (2024), based on Nicholas Hogg’s 2015 novel Tokyo. She will also star in Searchlight Pictures’ rock opera O’Dessa. In 2025, Sink returns to Broadway for the comedy John Proctor is the Villain. In 2026, she appears in the untitled Spider-Man: No Way Home sequel in an undisclosed role.
Net Worth
Actress Sadie Sink has a net worth of $1 million.
