Chloe East (born February 16, 2001) is an American actress. She started her career as a child actress, appearing in two 2013 episodes of ''

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''. She starred in the first season of ''

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'' (2016–2017) and in the drama series ''

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'' (2021). She has also featured in

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's semi-autobiographical ''

The Fabelmans ''The Fabelmans'' is a 2022 American coming-of-age drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, who co-wrote the screenplay with Tony Kushner. Loosely based on Spielberg's early life and beginnings as a filmmaker, the semi-autobiog ...

'' (2022), and in the horror film ''

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'' (2024).

Early life

East was born in 2001 in

San Clemente, California San Clemente (; Spanish for " St. Clement" ) is a coastal city in southern Orange County, California, United States. It was named in 1925 after the Spanish colonial island (which was named after a Pope from the first century). Located in the ...

. She has two brothers. She began dancing at age two, and has won many awards as a dancer. East grew up as a member of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...

(LDS Church), but she is not currently a practicing member.

Career

East began modeling at age 9, and at 11 she started acting in the

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television series ''

''.Sarah Sommer (June 5, 2016)
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''bsckids.com''. Retrieved on May 18, 2017. Other credits include Jessica Darling in the film adaptation of ''Jessica Darling's IT List'', and the recurring role of Val on

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series ''

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''. In 2016, East was cast as Willow Pierce in the first season of the

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drama television series ''

''. In March 2017, East was cast as Reese, the niece to Kevin, in the

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drama television series ''

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'', which aired in the 2017–2018 television season. In mid-2018, she was cast in the dancing film '' Next Level'', which was released in 2019. In 2020, she appeared as Jenna in the film ''

The Wolf of Snow Hollow ''The Wolf of Snow Hollow'' is a 2020 American horror mystery film written and directed by Jim Cummings. It is about a small Utah town that is seemingly terrorized by a werewolf. Cummings also stars along with Riki Lindhome, Chloe East, Jimmy T ...

''. In 2021, East was cast in the

coming-of-age drama film ''

'', which was released in 2022. Her character, Monica Sherwood, who becomes the girlfriend of the protagonist

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(

Gabriel LaBelle Gabriel LaBelle (born September 20, 2002) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his leading role as young aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film ''The Fabelmans'' (2022), for which he received accl ...

) during the film's second half, was created for the film as a fictional high school girlfriend for Spielberg, whom the character of Sammy is based on. The same year, she was cast in the upcoming film ''Going Places''. In September 2022, East wrapped filming on the upcoming family comedy film '' Popular Theory''. In 2024, she starred in the horror film ''

'' alongside

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and

Sophie Thatcher Sophie Bathsheba Thatcher (born ) is an American actress and musician. After beginning as a child actress appearing in stage plays and minor television roles, she made her feature film debut in ''Prospect'' (2018). Thatcher had her breakthrough ...

. She and Thatcher play two LDS Church

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who enter the house of Grant's character, who makes them question their faith and terrorizes them. Both East and Thatcher were raised in the LDS Church, which the film's co-director Scott Beck cited as bringing credibility to their roles.

Personal life

East married Ethan Precourt in October 2021.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:East, Chloe 2001 births Living people 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American dancers Actresses from Orange County, California American child actresses American child models American film actresses American television actresses Dancers from California Female models from California People from San Clemente, California