Kayli Carter


Kayli Carter is an American actress. She portrayed Sadie Rose in the Netflix western TV series Godless and Amber McCarden in the film Bad Education, opposite Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney. Her role in Private Life earned a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female.

Early life and education

Carter was raised in Oviedo, Florida, and later in Chuluota, Florida. Her father works in construction, and her mother is a therapist. She studied acting at the Savannah College of Art and Design, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in performing arts. Carter has performed on stage in her first professional theater role in Mark Rylance's play Nice Fish on The West End in London, at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York City and at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Career

In 2017, Carter starred as Sadie Rose in the Netflix western TV series Godless, alongside Michelle Dockery, Merritt Wever, and Jeff Daniels. The same year, she teamed up with Merritt Wever again to play Squeaky Fromme in the Mary Harron-directed Charles Manson biographical drama film Charlie Says alongside Hannah Murray and Matt Smith.
In 2019, she starred as Amber McCarden in the film Bad Education, opposite Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney. Carter played Pamela in the 2020 TV mini-series Mrs. America alongside Cate Blanchett. Carter also portrayed Lorna Blackledge, the daughter-in-law of a retired sheriff and his wife in Universal Pictures' 2020 film Let Him Go.
In 2021, Carter joined the cast of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in a recurring role.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Savannah College of Art and Design Film FestivalSCAD40 PrizeGraduates career - highest rankWon
2018Indiana Film Journalists AssociationBest Supporting ActressPrivate LifeNomitated
2019Film Independent Spirit AwardsBest Supporting FemalePrivate LifeNomitated
2019Hamptons International Film FestivalBreakthrough ArtistPrivate LifeWon