About the Performer

Kaitlyn Dever is best known for her dynamic roles in the popular movies and television series such as Booksmart, Bad Teacher, Last Man Standing, Justified and Unbelievable. Dever’s standout performance in Unbelievable has earned her nominations for the Lead Actress in a Limited Series categories for both the Golden Globe Awards and Critic’s Choice Awards, and a Television Critics Association Award nomination in the Individual Achievement in Drama category. Additionally, she was recognized by the Hollywood Critics Association as the 2020 Breakthrough Artist Under the Age of 23, and was named an EE BAFTA Rising Star nominee for her performance in Booksmart. Dever voices one of the three leads in the Audible Original, When You Finish Saving the World, alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Finn Wolfhard. Directed by Eisenberg, the audio-only story focuses on three separate but interlocking monologues told at different times from different perspectives.

Next, Dever will co-star in the half-hour, live-action comedy series, The Wildest Animals In Griffith Park, Hulu’s upcoming anthology series, Monsterland, and HBO’s anticipated satiric special, Coastal Elites. Dever will also begin production on the film adaptation of the six-time Tony-award-winning-play, Dear Evan Hansen and has finished production on the pilot of B.J. Novak’s upcoming anthology series for FX Networks. Dever’s additional theatrical credits include Them That Follow, The Front Runner, Beautiful Boy, Detroit and Short Term 12. Her previous television credits include CBS’s crime drama The Mentalist, Starz’s comedy Party Down, ABC’s Modern Family and Private Practice and critically acclaimed HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.