{{short description|American non-binary actor (born 1998)}} {{for|the rugby league player|Ryan Simpkins (rugby league)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Ryan Simpkins | image = Ryan Simpkins 2022.jpg | image_size = 170 | caption = Simpkins in 2022 | birth_name = <!-- Do NOT add unless sourced to a WP:RS --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|03|25}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S.<!--No boroughs/neighborhoods, just cities per format.--> | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2003–present | relatives = Ty Simpkins (brother) }} {{external media|image1=[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1364532/mediaviewer/rm1191910400 Simpkins at the event for Captain America: Civil War in 2016]}}
'''Ryan Simpkins''' (born March 25, 1998) is an American actress, known for her performances in ''Pride and Glory'', ''A Single Man'', ''Revolutionary Road'', and the ''Fear Street'' trilogy of films.
== Career == Simpkins' first film appearance was in ''Sherrybaby'', playing a lead role opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal. She has performed three times alongside brother Ty, in ''Pride and Glory'', ''Revolutionary Road'' and ''Arcadia''.<ref name="newsweek1">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NWEC&p_theme=nwec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=124D1815BA4D2008&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=A 'Titanic' Class Reunion|date=December 8, 2008|work=Newsweek|accessdate=November 25, 2011}}</ref> She had a lead role as Lizzy Muldoun in the film adaptation of Wendy Mass's book ''Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life'', written and directed by Tamar Halpern.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bell|first=Mark|date=February 19, 2012|title=Jeremy Fink And The Meaning Of Life|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/47040/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220026/http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/47040/|archive-date=2014-11-09|work=Film Threat|accessdate=March 25, 2012}}</ref>
In 2021, she played Alice in the ''Fear Street'' trilogy.
In 2025, she starred in the music video for the song "Radioactive Dreams", the first single from the Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo collaborative album ''In The Earth Again''.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 27, 2025|title=Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo - Radioactive Dreams (Official Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YICxWU5chG4|accessdate=September 27, 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Simpkins is non-binary. Though previously having used ''they/them'' pronouns,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Azzopardi|first=Chris|date=July 9, 2021|title=How 'Fear Street' Became Queer Street: The Super Gay Movie Evolution of R.L. Stine's Famed Series|url=https://pridesource.com/article/how-fear-street-became-queer-street/|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=Pride Source|language=en-US}}</ref> Simpkins uses ''they/she'' pronouns as of July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Simpkins|first=Ryan|title=ryan_the_ryan|url=https://www.instagram.com/ryan_the_ryan/|access-date=September 13, 2021|website=Instagram}}</ref>
==Filmography== === Film === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2006 | ''Sherrybaby'' | Alexis Parks | |- | 2006 | ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' | Faith Waldrip | |- | 2008 | ''Gardens of the Night'' | Young Leslie Whitehead | |- | 2008 | ''Pride and Glory'' | Shannon Egan | |- | 2008 | ''Revolutionary Road'' | Jennifer Wheeler | |- | 2009 | ''Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story'' | Amy Daubert | |- | 2009 | ''A Single Man'' | Jennifer Strunk | |- | 2009 | ''Surveillance'' | Stephanie | |- | 2010 | ''Sitter Street'' | Ramona | also writer, director{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} |- | 2011 | ''Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life'' | Lizzy Muldoun | |- | 2011 | ''Twixt'' | Caroline | |- | 2012 |''1426 Chelsea Street'' | Grace | also producer{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} |- | 2012 | ''Arcadia'' | Greta | |- | 2013 | ''Space Warriors'' | Lacey Myers | |- | 2015 | ''Anguish'' | Tess | Nominated – ''Fangoria'' Chainsaw Award for Best Actress |- | 2017 | ''Brigsby Bear'' | Aubrey | |- | 2017 || ''The House'' | Alex Johansen | |- | 2018 | ''Ladyworld'' | Dolly | |- | 2021 | ''Fear Street Part One: 1994'' | rowspan="3" | Alice | |- | 2021 |''Fear Street Part Two: 1978'' | |- | 2021 | ''Fear Street Part Three: 1666'' | |- | 2022 | ''Please Baby Please'' | Dickie | |- |2023 |''Edge of Everything'' |Caroline | |- |2024 |''Beach Logs Kill'' |Number 36 |Short film |- | 2024 | ''The Exorcism'' | Lee Miller | |- | 2026 | ''Ugly Cry'' | | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |+ |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2020 |''Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye'' |Jewel Irons |Recurring role |- | 2023 | ''Scott Pilgrim Takes Off'' | Slate Girl |Voice: 2 episodes |- |}
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