Ryan Simpkins
Acting · Directing · Crew
Born March 25, 1998, New York City, New York, USA
Ryan Elise Simpkins is an American actor, known for their performance in films such as Pride and Glory, A Single Man and Revolutionary Road. She has worked with luminaries such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Kate Winslet, Amy Poehler, Will Ferrell, Kyle Mooney and Colin Farrell. She performed on Broadway at the age of 7. Born on the East Coast, Ryan Simpkins is the middle child of 3, moving to California with their family in 2006. Ryan Simpkins is a gifted honor student and has always attended public school. She is an avid reader & enjoys writing & adapting books for fun. Ryan has written, produced, and directed several shorts, and plans to continue writing and directing more film in her future. Ryan attends University of California, Berkeley, where they are double majoring in Gender Studies and English, with a Minor in History.
Filmography
- 2026Blue Film — Thanks
- 2026The Plan
- 2026Ugly Cry — Maya
- 2025Interloper — Ruby
- 2025Self-Tape — Director, Writer, Producer
- 2025Thanks For Having Me — Carly
- 2024Beach Logs Kill — Number 36
- 2024The Exorcism — Lee Miller
- 2023Edge of Everything — Caroline
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off — Slate Girl (voice)
- 2022Please Baby Please — Dickie
- 2021All the Little Things We Kill — Deena Jones
- 2021Fear Street: 1666 — Alice
- 2021Fear Street: 1978 — Alice
- 2021Nineteen on Fire — Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2020Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss — Cultist
- 2019Ladyworld — Dolly, Associate Producer
- 2019Milkshake Girls — Jess
- 2019Momster
- 2018Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town — Young Izzy
- 2017Brigsby Bear — Aubrey Pope
- 2017The House — Alex Johansen
- 2016The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl — Ellis
- 2015Anguish — Tess
- 2015Because It Mattered — Shay, Director, Screenplay
- 2015Hangman — Marley
- 2013Space Warriors — Lacey
- 20121426 Chelsea Street
- 2012Arcadia — Greta
- 2012Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life — Lizzy Muldoun
- 2011Twixt — Caroline
- 2009A Single Man — Jennifer Strunk
- 2009Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach — Amy Daubert
- 2008Gardens of the Night — Young Leslie
- 2008Pride and Glory — Shannon Egan
- 2008Revolutionary Road — Ed Small
- 2008Surveillance — Stephanie
- 2006Sherrybaby — Alexis Parks
- Wonder Pets! — (voice)
- Wonder Showzen — Wonder Showzen Kid
- 2003Fallen Angel — Katherine enfant
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Faith Waldrip
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Lisette Ostilow