1. Odessa Young was born on 1997 or 1998 and is an Australian actress.
14 Facts About Odessa Young
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Odessa Young gained prominence through her roles in the Nine Network drama Tricky Business and the 2015 films Looking for Grace and The Daughter, the latter of which earned her an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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Odessa Young grew up in Australia, where her father Adam is a musician and her mother, Rachel, a writer.
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Odessa Young started taking after-school acting classes at 11 years old.
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Odessa Young attended a performing arts high school in Sydney, taking part in theatre productions.
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Two years later, Young moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.
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Odessa Young started acting professionally at the age of 11, when she was cast through her drama teacher in the Australian children's show My Place.
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Odessa Young acted in television series such as Wonderland and Tricky Business before making the transition into feature film work.
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Odessa Young was cast in the title role after modifying her take on the character to seem less mature than in her first audition.
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Odessa Young was cast in The Stand miniseries in 2019.
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Odessa Young was replaced by Rachel Keller, when she pulled out of the production over scheduling conflicts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In 2020, Odessa Young participated in Acting for a Cause, a live classic play and screenplay reading series created, directed and produced by Brando Crawford.
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Odessa Young played Lady Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
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In June 2024, Odessa Young was cast to play a love interest of Bruce Springsteen, who will be played by Jeremy Allen White, in the upcoming film Deliver Me from Nowhere which will be based on the book of the same name and will be about the recording of Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska.