Biography
Chloë Stevens Sevigny (/ˈsɛvəni/ SEV-ən-ee; born November 18, 1974) is an American actress. Known for her work in independent films, often appearing in controversial or experimental features, Sevigny has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for an Academy Award. After graduating from high school, Sevigny found work as a model and appeared in music videos for Sonic Youth and The Lemonheads, which helped acquire her "it girl" status. In 1995, she made her fi...
Known For
Complete Filmography

After the Hunt
2025
as Kim
A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and ...

Magic Farm
2025
as Edna
A film crew working for an edgy media company travels to Argentina to profile a local musician, but their ineptitude leads them into the wrong country...

Bonjour Tristesse
2025
as Anne
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is relaxing by the French seaside with her father and falling in love with her new boyfriend. The arrival ...

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025
as Narrator (voice)
John C. Lilly is the inventor of the isolation tank, as well as pioneer of studies in dolphin intelligence and support of psychedelics as a positive m...

Atropia
2025
as Pina
When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to...

As Time Goes By
2024
Anthony Vaccarello presents “As Time Goes By,” inspired by Marcel Proust's masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time. Love, Togetherness, Dreaming, Desire,...

Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity
2024
Director
Inhabiting the words of Hollywood icons from Judy Garland to Joan Crawford trapped in an airless world of old-fashioned TV glamor, Lypsinka guides us ...

Bones and All
2022
as Janelle
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. ...

Slow Machine
2021
as Chloë
Stephanie, a restless and vibrant actress, meets Gerard, an NYPD counter-terrorism specialist who’s an aficionado of experimental theater (and maybe o...

French Water
2021
A lone waiter observes a group of party guests as they search for one another throughout a strange, cavernous venue.

Disclosure
2020
as Lana Tisdel (archive footage)
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have...

Birth of a Poet
2020
Birth of a Poet is a dramatic short film that captures the moment Stephen Dobyns transitions from a disillusioned journalist to an emerging poet. It i...

The True Adventures of Wolfboy
2019
as Jen
Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.

Queen & Slim
2019
as Mrs. Shepherd
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escala...

White Echo
2019
Writer, Director
Five women in their thirties examine their own power in life.

The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Officer Mindy Morrison
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert mus...

Love Is Blind
2019
as Carolyn Krafft
A funny and irresistible story of a young girl who literally cannot see or hear her mother, even though she is living with her under the same roof. Wi...

Lizzie
2018
as Lizzie Borden
Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control...

Lizzie
2018
Producer
Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control...

Lean on Pete
2018
as Bonnie
Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehors...

Golden Exits
2018
as Alyssa
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time...

Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self
Harmony Korine has spent his life disrupting traditional cinema with his provocative films. What most people don’t know is that first and foremost he'...

The Snowman
2017
as Sylvia Ottersen / Ane Pedersen
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
as Self
Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and hi...

Beatriz at Dinner
2017
as Shannon
Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthr...

The Dinner
2017
as Barbara Lohman
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As...

Carmen
2017
Director, Writer
Carmen, by Chloë Sevigny, is the 13th commission from Miu Miu Women’s Tales, the short-film series by women who critically celebrate femininity in the...

Antibirth
2016
as Sadie
In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying wi...

Love & Friendship
2016
as Alicia Johnson
From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances...

Kitty
2016
Director, Screenplay
A girl dreams of becoming a kitten.

Dr. Del
2016
as Brandy Sommers
Del Canyon reluctantly returns to his small hometown to run his family's apothecary, the only source for medical attention for hundreds of miles. The ...

#Horror
2015
as Alex Cox
Inspired by actual events, a group of 12 year old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a mo...

Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Ali
Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.

Electric Slide
2014
as Charlotte
A heightened homage to the City of Angels, Electric Slide riffs on the real-life story of Eddie Dodson, the notorious "Gentleman Bank Robber." With a ...

Little Accidents
2014
as Kendra Briggs
In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together—a survi...

"cherry"
2014
as Self
Supreme presents, "cherry" a video by William Strobeck featuring Tyshawn Jones, Sage Elsesser, Sean Pablo, Nakel Smith, Kevin Bradley, Aidan Mackey, P...

Lovelace
2013
as Feminist Journalist
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.
Magic Hour
2013
Grey longs for her life in New York after moving out to Los Angeles with her husband. Her isolation is so intense that she is only able to open up to ...
Magic Hour
2013
Costume Design
Grey longs for her life in New York after moving out to Los Angeles with her husband. Her isolation is so intense that she is only able to open up to ...

The Wait
2013
as Emma
An enigmatic phone call from a psychic catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resu...

Where’s Bambi?
2012
Short film by artist and filmmaker William Strobeck, stars Chloe Sevigny in a video montage for store of the moment Opening Ceremony.

Black Mirror
2011
as Herself
A nameless drifter navigates a barren landscape punctuated by satellite dishes, radio towers and droning airplanes. Stopping periodically in anonymous...

Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as Girl in Limo
Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reil...

Mr. Nice
2010
as Judy Marks
Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as le...

42 One Dream Rush
2010
Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known f...

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Ingrid
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange ta...

All Flowers in Time
2010
as Holly
"I am not from this place," declares a French cowboy. An old toothless man asks, "Do you know why you're here?" These shape-shifting personalities inf...

Beautiful Darling
2010
as Candy Darling (voice)
James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her all-too-brie...

Barry Munday
2010
as Jennifer Farley
Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital aft...

The Met Ball
2010
as Herself
The story of the 2007 Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Ball.

The Killing Room
2009
as Ms. Reilly
Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study, only to discover that they've unwittingly become involved with...
Beloved
2009
as Kim

Lying
2008
as Megan
A long weekend brings four women together in the countryside. Virtual strangers, the women are forced to navigate the depths of social interaction. On...

Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red ...

Zodiac
2007
as Melanie
The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

Sisters
2006
as Grace Collier
A reporter witnesses a brutal murder and becomes entangled in a mystery involving a pair of twins.

Mrs. Harris
2006
as Lynne Tryforos
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean ...
The Road to Manderlay
2005
as Self - actress
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
2005
as Self
Solid Gold Hits is a greatest hits collection by Beastie Boys, released in November 2005. In contrast to 1999's The Sounds of Science anthology, Solid...

3 Needles
2005
as Clara the Novice
A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun makes a personal sa...

Broken Flowers
2005
as Carmen's Assistant
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may b...

Manderlay
2005
as Philomena
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal...

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Chloë Sevigny (uncredited)
Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip-page stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations and...

Melinda and Melinda
2004
as Laurel
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel...

Dogville Confessions
2004
as Self
A documentary on the creation of Lars von Trier's fascinating drama Dogville starring amongst others Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Stellan Skarsgård, B...

The Brown Bunny
2003
as Daisy Lemon
Bud Clay races motorcycles in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. After a race in New Hampshire, he has five days to get to his next race in Ca...

Shattered Glass
2003
as Caitlin Avey
The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff wr...

Making of 'Demonlover'
2003
as Self
Twenty years after David Cronenberg prophesied the dark side of the Internet age in Videodrome, acclaimed French filmmaker Olivier Assayas updated it ...

Party Monster
2003
as Gitsy
The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe ...

Get Rid of Yourself
2003
as Self
Get Rid of Yourself is a video-film-tract addressed to those who anonymously embody the return of political activism within Empire. While its initial ...

Dogville
2003
as Liz Henson
When beautiful young Grace arrives in the isolated township of Dogville, the small community agrees to hide her from a gang of ruthless gangsters, and...

Death of a Dynasty
2003
as Sexy Woman #1
A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-...

Demonlover
2002
as Elise Lipsky
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D manga pornography studio, resulting in a power strug...

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
as (segment "Int. Trailer Night")
Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by ...

Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
2000
as Self
The Beastie Boys are among the most influential groups of the last two decades. As their music has opened hip-hop to a wider audience and changed the ...

American Psycho
2000
as Jean
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his i...

If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
as Amy
The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Ed...

Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
as Pearl
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister Pearl, anorexic would-be wrestler brother ...

The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
as Self
Making of/behind the scenes featurette from the Julien Donkey-Boy DVD.

A Map of the World
1999
as Carole Mackessy
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property ...

Boys Don't Cry
1999
as Lana Tisdel
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

The Last Days of Disco
1998
as Alice
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.

Palmetto
1998
as Odette
After spending two years in prison, framed for accepting a bribe, former newspaper reporter Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. Feelin...

Surface
1998
as Herself
The director offers a rare glimpse of the actor and fashion muse Chloë Sevigny in the late 90s when she as an emerging ingénue. Shot on 16mm black and...

Gummo
1997
as Dot
Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community i...

Gummo
1997
Costume Design
Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community i...

Trees Lounge
1996
as Debbie
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other r...

Kids
1995
as Jennie
A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

X-Girl
1995
A short film created to promote Kim Gordon and Daisy von Furth's second collection for their clothing line, X-Girl.

Autumn
1994
as Chloë
Aitken wanted to create three music videos, each with their own narrative, to be aired separately at different times as part of his commercial product...

Deathbowl to Downtown
N/A
as Narrator
On one level Deathbowl to Downtown is about street skating, but it's also an overview of skateboarding's shift from the parks and pools of the 70s, to...