Halston Sage (born May 10, 1993[1]) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles, such as Grace on the Nickelodeon series How to Rock (2012), Amber on the NBC series Crisis (2014), Alara Kitan on the Fox series The Orville (2017–2019), and Ainsley Whitly on the Fox television series Prodigal Son (2019–2021). Sage has also appeared in films, playing Lacey in Paper Towns and Kendall in Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, both from 2015, and Lindsay in the 2017 film Before I Fall.
Early life
Sage was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.[2][3][4] She has a younger brother and a younger sister.[5] Sage is Jewish.[6][7] She rode horses competitively,[4] and was the editor of her high school's newspaper.[5]
Career
Television
Sage's career was launched in 2011, when she was cast in the role of Grace on the Nickelodeon series How to Rock,[8] which first aired on February 4, 2012,[9][10] and ran for a single 25-episode season. She has also guest starred on Nickelodeon's Victorious and Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures. In February 2013, Sage was cast in the short-lived NBC television thriller series Crisis, playing Amber, the daughter of Gillian Anderson's character.[11][12] In 2016, she was cast in a starring role as Alara Kitan on the science-fiction dramedy series The Orville,[13] which premiered on Fox on September 10, 2017.[14] It was reported in January 2019 that Sage had left the cast of The Orville after the episode "Home", though her departure was considered open-ended for a possible return in the future.[15][16]
In 2015, Sage played Lacey Pemberton in the film Paper Towns.[22] Also that year, she co-starred in Sony Pictures' Goosebumps, and was cast in the role of Kendall in Paramount's Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse which centers on a group of Boy Scouts who rise to the occasion as their small town is faced with a zombie outbreak.[23] In 2017, she played another popular high school girl, Lindsay Edgecomb, in Before I Fall.[24]
In 2016, Sage filmed her role in the dramatic comedy People You May Know,[25] and was cast in the thriller film You Get Me.[26] In 2018, she was cast in The Last Summer.[27] She has a cameo appearance in the 2019 film Dark Phoenix playing the role of Dazzler.[28] In 2021, Sage executive produced and starred in the independent comedy film The List.[29]
^Brian Lowry (February 2, 2012). "Review: 'How to Rock'". Variety. Retrieved April 12, 2016. The opener (part of a back-to-back episode launch) thus focuses on whether Kacey will sing with them in the big talent show against her former mates, Molly (Samantha Boscarino) and Grace (Halston Sage), with whom she loved to pose and shop.
^Kathryn Shattuck (February 4, 2012). "What's On Today". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2016. Samantha Boscarino and Halston Sage are members of the Perfs, her former friends and newest rivals.
^"Halston Sage gallery [Slide 3]". Teen Vogue. May 14, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2016. Can you tell us about your role in The Bling Ring? "I play one of the girls in school whose account gets hacked..."
^Justin Chang (July 4, 2015). "Film Review: 'Paper Towns'". Variety. Retrieved April 12, 2016. ...Tagging along for this unplanned road trip are Ben, Radar and his g.f., Angela (Jaz Sinclair), and popular girl Lacey Pemberton (Halston Sage), who's worried about what might have happened to Margo.
