Sami Gayle

Sami Gayle (born 22 January 1996, Florida) is an American actress who primarily for her roles in Detachment and Blue Bloods - New York Crime Scene gained notoriety. In addition to her acting career, she is also active as a singer and dancer.

Life and career

Sami Gayle was born in 1996 in a small town in the south of Florida into a family of Jewish faith and grew up primarily in the city of Weston, where she also visited the Everglades Elementary School. Her acting career began already during her schooling, where she was used among other things in school plays and local productions. While she has not yet been taken as ten or eleven year old by her classmates as an actress seriously and their comrades after they got in a school play the lead role, even brought in a motion that another classmate should get her role, Gayle was only soon after first time on Broadway in the musical Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and in the new edition of the musical Gypsy on stage.

As early as their freshman year of high school, she completed Advanced Placement courses and afterwards went mainly through the school system of Florida teaching via the Internet, because her acting career not allowed regular visits to the school. After their Broadway roles as Annie Who in the White Cast of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and as Baby June in Gypsy, where she acted alongside Broadway legend Patti LuPone among others, were followed for Gayle also first notable appearances in film and television business. She had a recurring role as Hayden Lawson in the U.S. soap opera Young and Passionate from 2009 - As life would have it, in the one she saw in a total of three different episodes until 2010. 2010, followed immediately her TV breakthrough when they for the crime series Blue Bloods - has been cast Crime Scene New York, while the same was one of the supporting roles as Nicky Reagan - Boyle and starring with Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou, Jennifer Esposito and Amy Carlson operates. Through this role also increased their cross-regional awareness; Moreover, it was at the award ceremony of the Young Artist Awards in 2012 for their involvement in Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York for a Young Artist Award in the category " recurrent Best Actress in a Television Series ( Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress) " nominated.

As a result, Gayle has been cast in the supporting role of child prostitutes Erica in Tony Kaye's film drama Detachment on the side of screen star and Oscar winner Adrien Brody. Gayle sees himself Detachment this as a springboard for their future careers. In addition to her involvement in film and television and in Broadway productions, the young actress got a visit in May 2010, for the first time in an off- Broadway play to use. In the off-Broadway directorial debut of Jonathan Demme, the play Family Week, which was performed in the Lucille Lortel Theatre on Christopher Street, she held the role of Kay and acted on the side of Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Kathleen Chalfant and Rosemarie DeWitt. Already in September 2009, she starred in an off- off-Broadway play called Martial Plan under the direction of Evan Cabnet with. In addition to its operations in Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York and Detachment Gayle came in 2011 in a guest role in the television series Royal Pains is used and has been for her performance in the following year even for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Guest Actress in a TV Series - 14-16 years ( Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14-16) " nominated.

In 2012 Stolen Gayle plays as Alison, among others, Nicolas Cage, Malin Åkerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston and Mark Valley. In Ari Folman's The Congress will be seen as Sarah, the movie will be published in the following year.

Gayle, who is also an outstanding student, is in the national rankings in Public Forum Debate, in conducting public debates, and has already received two offers to participate in the Tournament of Champions. This made them among other things, one of the best debaters of the United States.

Filmography

• 2009-2010: Young and Passionate - How Funny People ( As the World Turns, TV series, 3 episodes )
• Since 2010: Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York ( Blue Bloods, TV Series )
• 2011: Royal Pains (TV series, one episode )
• 2011: Detachment
• 2012: Stolen
• 2014: Vampire Academy

Theater performances

• November 9, 2007 - January 6, 2008: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! → Broadway
• March 27, 2008 - January 11, 2009: Gypsy Broadway →
• 1 September to 27 September 2009: Martial Plan → Off-Off -Broadway
• May 4 to May 23, 2010: Family Week → Off-Broadway

Nominations

• 2012: Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14-16 " for their involvement in Royal Pains
• 2012: Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress" for her commitment in Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York