Sidney Flanigan

Sidney Jeanne Flanigan (born October 19, 1998) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Flanigan made her acting debut with the acclaimed independent drama film Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020), for which she received nominations for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.

Biography
Flanigan was born in Buffalo, New York, and describes herself as a nonbinary woman. In 2020, she made her acting debut portraying Autumn in the film Never Rarely Sometimes Always, directed by Eliza Hittman. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020. It was also selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. Flanigan met Hittman when she was 14 and her boyfriend was staying at a communal home shared by juggalos, where Hittman and director Scott Cummings were filming the documentary Buffalo Juggalos. In addition to her acting career, Flanigan is a recording musician who performs both solo and with the band Starjuice.

In December 2020, it was announced that Flanigan would star in Matthew Kaundart’s psychological drama My Twin Is Dead. In March 2021, she also committed to star in Rounding, directed by Saint Frances director Alex Thompson. The film premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.