Millicent Simmonds

Millicent Simmonds burst onto the scene as the star of Todd Haynes’s film Wonderstruck opposite Julianne Moore. This was her feature film debut and, for her performance she received a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Young Actress. In 2018 she starred opposite Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt in the Paramount blockbuster film A Quiet Place for which she again received a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Young Actress. In 2020 she reprised her role and starred in A Quiet Place Part II. She received a nomination for an MTV Movie & TV Award for Most Frightened Performance and a Critics Choice Super Award for Best Actress in a Horror Movie. In 2022, Millicent was nominated for the prestigious BAFTA Rising Star Award. Also in 2022, Millicent starred in the short Bumblebees, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Upcoming projects include a series based on Sara Novíc’s novel, True Biz; she will portray Helen Keller in Wash Westmoreland’s film Helen & Teacher opposite Rachel Brosnahan as Anne Sullivan and she will star in the action thriller Ballerina Overdrive alongside Lena Headey, Yara Shahidi, Isabela Merced, Lana Condor and Iris Apatow.