Kiernan Shipka is a widely recognised American actress, who is best known for playing the role of Sally Draper in the iconic and critically acclaimed ‘Mad Men’ and Sabrina Spellman in the latest Netflix series, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Shipka has received widespread acclaim for her role as Sabrina, which has enjoyed impressive ratings on Netflix and has been recently renewed for a new season.
Although only 20 years old, she has appeared in many shows and films, namely ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’, ‘The Legend of Korra’, ‘Carriers’, ‘Flowers in the Attic’, ‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter’ and ‘The Silence’. Shipka made her acting debut as a baby, when she appeared in ‘ER’, a hospital drama, at the age of five months. Sally Draper was her first major television role, and would define the next stage of her career, as the series enjoyed widespread fame and continues to thrive. Shipka won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, alongside her fellow ‘Mad Men’ cast members.
In 2014, Shipka was dubbed as one of ‘The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014’ by Time magazine and was named on the list of ’20 Actors To Watch That Are Under 20’, by IndieWire. Shipka recently starred in the 2019 Christmas romantic comedy, ‘Let It Snow’ and in ‘The Silence’, a Netflix film. She continues to establish her name as an acting star, with a bright future ahead of her.