In her 20s, the Texas-born actress is enjoying the success of the ‘Netflix effect’ and her first leading role in the movie ‘The Whale’
If she had lived in late 19th century England, her porcelain skin and long red hair Sandy Sink they could have made her the muse of the Pre-Raphaelite painters. However, she was born 20 years ago in the small town of Brenham, Texas, and her early artistic interests made Sink one of the most promising actresses of her generation.
“Forbes” magazine recently included her in its list. The “Stranger Things” phenomenon fueled Sink’s international success, but before appearing on the Netflix series, she already had years of acting under her belt.
In 2022, she landed her first major film role in the film “The Whale”the director’s highly anticipated psychological drama Darren Aronofsky, co-starring Brendan Fraser, who returns to the big screen after years away. The film could be the project that will distance Sink from the “Stranger Things” series and prove her talent in other fields as well.
“Darren Aronofsky is, obviously, brilliant and working with him was a special experience. I learned a lot about myself as an actor and tapped into a side of things that I hadn’t really explored before,” the actress said in an interview with Vanity Fair last June.
In September, the actress made her debut at the Venice Film Festival. The audience gave her a standing ovation for several minutes.
As a teenager, Sandy experienced the Netflix phenomenon firsthand through her role in the second season of Stranger Things, the series in which she plays Max Mayfield. The actress had to convince the Duffer brothers, the show’s creators and directors, to let her audition for the role because they thought she was too old for the character. At 14, she got the role, which would change her life. This was in 2017. Her recognition skyrocketed overnight, as evidenced by her Instagram follower count, an unofficial barometer of rising star popularity. He now has over 25 million followers.
“Things around me started to change, but I never changed. One day I was flying to Los Angeles for the Golden Globes and the next day I was coming home with my mom telling me to take the trash out,” she explained to British magazine “Glamour” in a recent interview.
“Stranger Things” made Sink a global celebrity. According to Netflix data, the weekend it premiered, the first part of the series’ fourth season was the most watched English-language series. But her career as an actress has started years ago. The daughter of a rugby coach father and a maths teacher mother, she could have gone into teaching. But her participation in the “High School Musical” movies sparked her love for acting and she enrolled in theater classes. At the age of 12, Cink landed a lead role in the Broadway production of Annie, just as Sarah Jessica Parker had done decades earlier.
When Sink’s career began to take off, her entire family moved to New York. This decision paid off: in the following years, the actress collaborated with great actors.
Having mastered theatre, film and television, Sink explored new territory in November 2021 when she teamed up with Taylor Swift. The singer asked the actress to star in her short film music video for the song “All Too Well,” which was inspired by Swift’s breakup with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and first released in 2012.
The young actress is also involved in the fashion industry. He has already collaborated with numerous fashion houses. In her 20s, she is fully aware of what is going on around her and her future looks bright.
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