Kiernan Shipka Biography
Kiernan Shipka is an American actress best known for her roles as Sally Draper in AMC’s Mad Men and Sabrina Spellman in Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. In 2024, she starred in supporting roles in Longlegs, Twisters, and The Last Showgirl.
Kiernan Shipka Age
Shipka was born on November 10, 1999, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. She is 25 years old as of 2024. Shipka celebrates her birthday on November 10th.
Kiernan Shipka Height
Shipka stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 2 inches.
Kiernan Shipka Family
Shipka was born to Erin Ann Brennan and John Young Shipka in Chicago. Her father is a real estate developer. He has one-half Slovak and one-quarter German roots, as well as English, some Scottish, and distant French. On the other hand, her mother has three quarters Irish and one quarter Italian roots.
Shipka began taking ballroom dancing classes at the age of five, attending the classes until March 2012. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California, due to her career when she was 6 years old. She has a black belt in taekwondo.
Kiernan Shipka Boyfriend
Shipka is very private about her personal life therefore it is not known if she is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of Shipka being in any past relationship with anyone.
Kiernan Shipka Net Worth
Shipka has an estimated net worth of between $1 million-$5 million, which she has earned through her successful career as an actress.
Kiernan Shipka Mad Men
Shipka starred as Sally Draper, Don and Betty Draper’s oldest child, in Mad Men from 2007 to 2009. Initially, she was a recurring guest star for the show’s first three seasons, becoming a series regular in season four. Shipka received critical praise for her performance as well as the Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Award in 2008 and 2009.
Kiernan Shipka Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Shipka starred as Sabrina Spellman/Sabrina Morningstar in Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for 36 episodes from 2021 to 2022. She recurred the role of Sabrina in two episodes of Riverdale, including Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Witching Hour(s) and Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen: The Witches of Riverdale. A January 2018 announcement revealed that she had joined the cast as Sabrina Spellman.
Set in the fictional town of Greendale, Sabrina is a half-human, half-witch teenager studying at Baxter High. Orphaned as a baby, she is raised by her two witch aunts, Hilda and Zelda Spellman, and lives with her cousin Ambrose, who supports her through her supernatural struggles. She tries reconciling her dual nature as a half-witch, half-mortal while battling the evil forces that threaten her, her family, and the daylight world inhabited by humans.
Kiernan Shipka Longlegs
Shipka starred as Carrie Anne Camera in Longlegs in 2024. Carrie is the sole survivor of the serial killer Longlegs’ attacks on families. After her family was killed, she became catatonic and was institutionalized for years. She is questioned by Lee Harker, an FBI agent assigned to the Longlegs case, at the psychiatric hospital, where she cryptically talks about her experience and shows her loyalty to Longlegs and “The Man Downstairs.”
Kiernan Shipka Red One
Shipka starred as Grýla in Red One in 2024. Grýla is a winter witch and an ancient Icelandic troll with shape-shifting abilities. In an attempt to ruin Christmas, she abducts Santa Claus, keeping him in a vault that drains his magic.
Kiernan Shipka McKenna Grace
Shipka and Grace have often been noted for their resemblance to each other. They co-starred in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Sabrina Spellman, where Grace played a younger version of Sabrina.
Kiernan Shipka Career
Shipka debuted on TV at five months of age on the hospital drama, ER. She began working as a commercial print model as a child. Later, she played minor roles on TV before landing her first major role as Sally Draper in Mad Men, a role she got after auditioning twice. She received critical praise for her performance as well as the Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Award in 2008 and 2009.
Shipka began voicing Jinora in Nickelodeon’s The Legend of Korra in 2012. Time magazine mentioned her in its list of “The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014.” That same year, IndieWire mentioned her in their list of “20 Actors To Watch That Are Under 20.”
Shipka appeared in Lifetime’s Flowers in the Attic as Cathy Dollanganger in 2014. The following year, she starred in The Blackcoat’s Daughter with Emma Roberts. She starred in One & Two with Timothée Chalamet. Moreover, she provided the voice-over for the title character in the English dub of Studio Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There.
Shipka starred as B.D. Hyman, daughter of Bette Davis, in FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan in 2017. In January of the following year, she was announced as part of the cast of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, portraying Sabrina Spellman. She portrayed a deaf teenager in John R. Leonetti’s The Silence. In preparation for the role, she learned American Sign Language, earning praise from Leonetti for her performance. That same year, she appeared in the Christmas romantic comedy film, Let It Snow.
2022 to present;
Shipka starred with Diane Kruger in Swimming with Sharks in 2022. Further, she portrayed Bea Johnson, the daughter of two intellectually disabled parents, in Wildflower. The following year, she starred in HBO’s White House Plumbers as Kevan Hunt, daughter of E. Howard Hunt.
Shipka starred in Amazon Prime Video’s Totally Killer with Olivia Holt in October 2023. In July of the following year, she starred in Longlegs, a role that reunited her with Osgood Perkins, the director of The Blackcoat’s Daughter. She co-starred with Nico Hiraga in Max’s Sweethearts.
Shipka joined the cast of HBO/BBC’s Industry as Haley Clay in March 2025. She is scheduled to star in the thriller film, Stone Cold Fox, where she portrays a character named Fox.
Kiernan Shipka Movies and TV Shows
Shipka has starred in several movies and TV shows during her career such as
- Lower Learning
- Land of the Lost
- Mad Men
- House Broken
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
- One & Two
- The Legend of Korra
- Flowers in the Attic
- Fan Girl
- The Blackcoat’s Daughter
- Let It Snow
- Wildflower
- Swimming with Sharks
- Totally Killer
- Longlegs
- The Last Showgirl
- White House Plumbers
- Sweethearts
- Red One
Kiernan Shipka Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and often posts on her Instagram and X(formerly known as Twitter). She has over 6M followers on Instagram and over 218K on X.