Cailey Fleming
{{Short description|American actress (born 2007)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cailey Presley Fleming
| image =
| birth_name = Cailey Presley Fleming
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2007|3|28}}
| birth_place = Picayune, Mississippi, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2015–present
}}
Cailey Presley Fleming (born March 28, 2007){{cite instagram |last=Fleming |first=Cailey |user=caileypresleyfleming |postid=C5D0HY6Owr0 |title=17 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |date=March 28, 2024}} is an American actress. She gained prominence for her portrayal of Judith Grimes on the AMC horror-drama television series The Walking Dead (2018–2022), as young Rey in Star Wars, and as the main character, Bea, starring in the feature film IF (2024) by John Krasinski.
Early life and career
Cailey Presley Fleming was born on March 28, 2007, in Picayune, Mississippi. Her parents are Mathew and Misty Fleming, and she also has a brother named Chandler. At age eight, she began acting professionally, first gaining attention in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, portraying a young Rey,{{cite news |first=Cassandra |last=Favre |title=Dreams of Stardom: Picayune native appears in blockbuster film |work=Picayune Item |date=December 23, 2015 |url=http://www.picayuneitem.com/2015/12/dreams-of-stardom-picayune-native-appears-in-blockbuster-film/ |access-date=February 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214074126/https://www.picayuneitem.com/2015/12/dreams-of-stardom-picayune-native-appears-in-blockbuster-film/ |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |url-status=live}} this role gained significant attention due to the film's global success. At 2018, Fleming joined to the cast of AMC in The Walking Dead during season nine as Judith Grimes, and became a series regular beginning with season ten.{{cite magazine |first1=Josh |last1=Wigler |first2=Lesley |last2=Goldberg |title=How 'The Walking Dead' Used Andrew Lincoln's Exit to Establish a "New Beginning" |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 4, 2018 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-time-jump-explained-1157789 |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410132149/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-time-jump-explained-1157789 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |first=Jess |last=Lee |title=The Walking Dead season 10 promotes seven stars to series regulars |website=Digital Spy |date=September 19, 2019 |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a29121181/walking-dead-season-10-series-regulars/ |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104143857/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a29121181/walking-dead-season-10-series-regulars/ |archive-date=January 4, 2020 |url-status=live}} She briefly appeared in Loki episode four as Young Sylvie. In January 2022, Cailey Fleming was cast as Bea in the comedy IF, directed by John Krasinski.{{cite web |first=Justin |last=Kroll |title=Steve Carell, Alan Kim, Cailey Fleming & Louis Gossett Jr. Join Paramount And John Krasinski's 'IF' Starring Ryan Reynolds |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=January 25, 2022 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/steve-carell-alan-kim-cailey-fleming-louis-gossett-jr-paramount-john-krasinskis-if-ryan-reynolds-1234918984/ |access-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301045215/https://deadline.com/2022/01/steve-carell-alan-kim-cailey-fleming-louis-gossett-jr-paramount-john-krasinskis-if-ryan-reynolds-1234918984/ |archive-date=March 1, 2023 |url-status=live}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Young Rey | |
| 2016
| Young Millie | |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Danielle | |
| Desolation
| Grace | |
| rowspan="3" | 2018
| Supercon | Lizzie Fisher Fan | |
| Hover
| Greta Dunn | |
| Peppermint
| Carly North | |
| 2019
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Young Rey | Archive footage |
| 2024
| IF | Bea | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2015
| Young Tig | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2016
| Memoir | Obee | Television short |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Preacher | Susie | Episode: "The End of the Road" |
| Better Things
| Sorrow | 4 episodes |
| 2018–2022
| Recurring (season 9), starring (seasons 10–11); 32 episodes |
| 2019
| Evie | Episode: "The House of the Head" |
| 2021
| Loki | Young Sylvie | Episode: "The Nexus Event" |
| 2024
| The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live | Episode: "The Last Time" |
References
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Category:Actresses from Mississippi
Category:American television actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American child actresses