# Ryan Simpkins

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ryan_Simpkins
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ryan_Simpkins.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Simpkins
> Source revision: 1344653515
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/WP%3ARS) -->
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1998|03|25}}
| birth_place        = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S.<!--No boroughs/neighborhoods, just cities per format.-->
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 2003–present
| relatives          = [Ty Simpkins](/source/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](/source/Pride_and_Glory_(film))'', ''[A Single Man](/source/A_Single_Man)'', ''[Revolutionary Road](/source/Revolutionary_Road_(film))'', and the ''[Fear Street](/source/Fear_Street_(film_series))'' trilogy of films.

== Career ==
Simpkins' first film appearance was in ''[Sherrybaby](/source/Sherrybaby)'', playing a lead role opposite [Maggie Gyllenhaal](/source/Maggie_Gyllenhaal). She has performed three times alongside brother Ty, in ''[Pride and Glory](/source/Pride_and_Glory_(film))'', ''[Revolutionary Road](/source/Revolutionary_Road_(film))'' and ''[Arcadia](/source/Arcadia_(2012_film))''.<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](/source/Newsweek)|accessdate=November 25, 2011}}</ref>  She had a lead role as Lizzy Muldoun in the film adaptation of [Wendy Mass](/source/Wendy_Mass)'s book ''[Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life](/source/Jeremy_Fink_and_the_Meaning_of_Life)'', written and directed by [Tamar Halpern](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Chat_Pile_(band)) and [Hayden Pedigo](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Instagram)}}</ref>

==Filmography==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2006
| ''[Sherrybaby](/source/Sherrybaby)''
| Alexis Parks
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation](/source/CSI%3A_Crime_Scene_Investigation)''
| Faith Waldrip
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[Gardens of the Night](/source/Gardens_of_the_Night)''
| Young Leslie Whitehead
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[Pride and Glory](/source/Pride_and_Glory_(film))''
| Shannon Egan
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[Revolutionary Road](/source/Revolutionary_Road_(film))''
| Jennifer Wheeler
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story](/source/Balls_Out%3A_The_Gary_Houseman_Story)''
| Amy Daubert
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[A Single Man](/source/A_Single_Man)''
| Jennifer Strunk
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[Surveillance](/source/Surveillance_(2008_film))''
| Stephanie
|
|-
| 2010
| ''Sitter Street''
| Ramona
| also writer, director{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
|-
| 2011
| ''[Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life](/source/Jeremy_Fink_and_the_Meaning_of_Life)''
| Lizzy Muldoun
|
|- 
| 2011
| ''[Twixt](/source/Twixt_(film))''
| Caroline
|
|-
| 2012
|''1426 Chelsea Street''
| Grace
| also producer{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
|-
| 2012
| ''[Arcadia](/source/Arcadia_(2012_film))''
| Greta
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''[Space Warriors](/source/Space_Warriors_(2013_film))''
| Lacey Myers 
| 
|-
| 2015
| ''[Anguish](/source/Anguish_(2015_film))''
| Tess
| Nominated – [''Fangoria'' Chainsaw Award for Best Actress](/source/Fangoria)
|-
| 2017
| ''[Brigsby Bear](/source/Brigsby_Bear)''
| Aubrey
|
|-
| 2017
|| ''[The House](/source/The_House_(2017_film))''
| Alex Johansen
| 
|-
| 2018
| ''[Ladyworld](/source/Ladyworld)''
| Dolly
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[Fear Street Part One: 1994](/source/Fear_Street_Part_One%3A_1994)''
| rowspan="3" | Alice
|
|-
| 2021
|''[Fear Street Part Two: 1978](/source/Fear_Street_Part_Two%3A_1978)''
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[Fear Street Part Three: 1666](/source/Fear_Street_Part_Three%3A_1666)''
| 
|-
| 2022
| ''[Please Baby Please](/source/Please_Baby_Please)''
| Dickie
|
|-
|2023
|''[Edge of Everything](/source/Edge_of_Everything)''
|Caroline
|
|-
|2024
|''Beach Logs Kill''
|Number 36
|Short film
|-
| 2024
| ''[The Exorcism](/source/The_Exorcism_(film))''
| Lee Miller
|
|-
| 2026
| ''[Ugly Cry](/source/Ugly_Cry_(film))''
|
| 
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2020
|''[Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye](/source/Wayward_Guide_for_the_Untrained_Eye)''
|Jewel Irons
|Recurring role
|-
| 2023
| ''[Scott Pilgrim Takes Off](/source/Scott_Pilgrim_Takes_Off)''
| Slate Girl
|Voice: 2 episodes
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpkins, Ryan}}
Category:1998 births
Category:Living people
Category:Actors from Manhattan
Category:American child actors
Category:American film actors
Category:American television actors
Category:American non-binary actors
Category:LGBTQ people from New York (state)
Category:21st-century American actors
Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ryan Simpkins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Simpkins) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Simpkins?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.