Life under the spotlight of Sadie Sink: a childhood on Broadway and adolescence in 'Stranger Things'

Sadie Sink's (Brenham, 20-year-old) snow-white skin and long, reddish hair could have made her a pre-Raphaelite muse had she lived in late-19th-century London.

However, she was born in a small Texas town and her early artistic concerns have positioned her as one of the most promising actresses of her generation.

Proof of this is that

magazine has just included her in its list

, with the 30 most influential young people under 30 in the world.

Her international success responds to the

but before landing on Netflix, the actress had years of profession behind her.

In 2022 she has achieved her first big role in the cinema with

, the long-awaited psychological drama directed by Darren Aronofsky where he shares the screen with actor Brendan Fraser, who returns to the industry after years of absence.

The film will hit theaters in the United States on December 9 and a few weeks later in Spain (it is expected on January 4, 2023), and for her it could be the project with which to distance herself from

and demonstrate her talent. in other records.

“I don't think I've ever been involved in a project that had so much character work.

Darren Aronofsky is brilliant, working with him has been a formative experience, and Brendan is amazing, and he's also possibly my favorite human being on the planet," Sink said last June in an interview with

.

In September, the interpreter made her debut at the Venice Film Festival and witnessed the good reception of the film, receiving an ovation for several minutes.

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In his teens, Sink experienced the

first-hand thanks to a supporting role in the second season of

, a series in which he plays Max Mayfield.

He had to convince the Duffer brothers, creators and directors of the

, to do a test, since they considered that he was too old for the character.

At the age of 14, she landed the role that would change her life.

It was 2017 and his visibility multiplied overnight, something that was reflected in his followers on Instagram, an unofficial barometer to measure the popularity of emerging stars and where he now has more than 25 million followers.

“Things around me started to change, but I never changed.

I could fly to Los Angeles to go to the Golden Globes one day and then go home to my mother, who would ask me to take out the garbage, ”she explained to

magazine in its British edition in a recent interview.

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In the last season of the series, issued at the end of May, Sink gained more prominence.

The plot of his character had a relevant weight and made the followers of fiction suffer.

Also, his capacity for drama added to the angst of some key episodes.

Her character was also responsible for the success of the song

, a Kate Bush song released in 1985 that she listens to non-stop in the series: “I didn't know Kate Bush before recording, but I immediately took a look at her work and I became more and more obsessed, and then I would listen to it all the time.

I don't know how many times I've heard the song, many, but I still haven't gotten tired of it," he told

, alluding to the worldwide success of the song after the series premiered.

Broadway and adolescence under the spotlight

Stranger Things

made her a planetary celebrity: the first part of the fourth season managed to be the most watched English-language series on its opening weekend, according to Netflix data.

However, her career as an actress had been taking shape for years.

With a rugby coaching father and a maths teacher mother, teaching might have been a way forward, but the

movies crossed into her life and sparked her love of acting.

She enrolled in drama classes, and at age 12 she landed a starring role on Broadway in the play

, a role Sarah Jessica Parker also played in her childhood on the New York stage.

When her career started to take off, the whole family moved to New York.

They did not have to regret the decision because in the following years, Sink rubbed shoulders with actresses like Helen Mirren, with whom she worked in 2015 in the play

, giving life to Queen Elizabeth II as a child.

In the film

he had a supporting role in a cast with Woody Harrelson, Brie Larson and Naomi Watts, with whom he met again in 2017 in

, a drama based on the life of the boxer that inspired the character of Rocky Balboa .

During those years, he entered the television medium with occasional and secondary roles in series such as

or

.

More recently, she has been part of the

saga , starring in the second film of the franchise in 2021. And a few weeks ago

, an independent drama with her as a great claim, premiered in the United States.

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Theater, film and television and, if there was any territory left to explore, Sink walked it in November 2021, when he collaborated with Taylor Swift.

The singer contacted the actress to propose that she star in the video clip-short film of her song

, released for the first time in 2012 and inspired by the artist's breakup with fellow actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

"It was great to be able to get out of the role of Max for a while, especially after being in his shoes for two years for the fourth season, to do something that was completely opposite of what he was doing," she explained in

.

The 15-minute video clip received five nominations at this year's MTV Video Music Awards and won, among others, the award in the Video of the Year category.

On the horizon, new projects await Sink in the cinema, without forgetting the fifth and final season of

, whose release date is still unknown.

The machinery of film and television stars would not work so smoothly if it were not for their close link with another powerful sector: fashion.

Attracted by Sink's visibility, numerous firms have counted on her in recent months, in turn enhancing the interpreter's media exposure.

Stella McCartney has chosen her as the protagonist of her winter campaign, Chanel and Miu Miu have her in her fashion shows and on her social networks her sponsored

are interspersed with those of her professional projects.

At 20 years old, she is very aware of having lived an atypical adolescence, something that for her is "a rare situation".

“Everyone knows our characters [from

], but we are trying to find out who we are as people.

Being in the industry accelerates you and makes you mature faster, ”she reflected in a statement collected by the Canadian magazine

.

Adolescence under the spotlight has given way to a new stage and it seems that, for now, the world will continue to witness it from the other side of the screen.

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