WHO'S THAT GIRL
the term “young Hollywood” once denoted a breed of wayward child stars given to a certain showy precociousness—a fallen Disney prince or princess who, once the cameras stopped rolling, would be caught stumbling out of a nightclub, champagne bottle in hand, ciggie hanging off lips swollen from one too many snogs with the latest supermodel.
But today, many of the entertainment industry’s bright young things seem to have a firm head on their shoulders. The very brightest tend to be driven, woke and media-savvy multi-hyphenates who have found a way to speak directly to their fans online and deploy their celebrity for causes they genuinely believe in.
Kiernan Shipka is just that. The actress was only six when she landed her breakout role as the surly, truth-telling daughter of advertising man Don Draper in the acclaimed drama (2007 to 2015)—a role she helped turn into one of the most complex depictions of adolescence ever seen on screen. Since 2018, the 20-year-old has headlined another subversive hit show, Netflix’s , a
