Halston Sage Biography

Halston Jean Schrage (born May 10, 1993), better known by her stage name Halston Sage, is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Grace on the Nickelodeon television series How to Rock, Amber on the NBC television series Crisis, Lacey in the film Paper Towns, and Lt. Alara Kitan on the FOX television series The Orville.

Early life

Sage was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She has a younger brother and a younger sister. Sage is Jewish. She rode horses competitively, and was the editor of her high school's newspaper.

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, which first aired on February 4, 2012, 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, from Rand Ravich, playing Amber the daughter of Gillian Anderson's character. In 2016 she was cast in the starring role of Alara Kitan on the science-fiction dramedy series The Orville, which premiered on Fox on September 10, 2017.

Film

Sage appeared as Brianna in the 2012 teen drama The First Time. In 2013, she appeared in the films The Bling Ring, alongside Emma Watson, Grown Ups 2, alongside Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, and Poker Night, with Beau Mirchoff and Ron Perlman. She had a role in the 2014 film Neighbors, with Seth Rogen and Zac Efron; she played the part of Efron's girlfriend Brooke Shy. Sage was a nominee for the MTV Movie Award "Best Kiss" for her onscreen kiss with Rose Byrne in Neighbors.

In 2015, Sage played Lacey Pemberton in the film Paper Towns, alongside Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, and based on the 2008 novel of the same name by John Green. Also that year, she co-starred in Sony Pictures' Goosebumps opposite Jack Black, 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. In 2017, she played another popular high school girl, Lindsay Edgecomb, in Awesomeness Films' Before I Fall, opposite Zoey Deutch.

In 2016, Sage finished filming the dramatic comedy People You May Know, and was cast in Awesomeness Films' thriller film You Get Me opposite Bella Thorne.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Joan's Day Out	Jenna	Short film
2012	The First Time	Brianna
2013	The Bling Ring	Amanda
2013	Grown Ups 2	Nancy Arbuckle
2014	Neighbors	Brooke Shy
2014	Poker Night	Amy
2015	Paper Towns	Lacey Pemberton
2015	Goosebumps	Taylor
2015	Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse	Kendall Grant
2017	Before I Fall	Lindsay Edgecombe
2017	People You May Know	Tasha
2017	You Get Me	Alison Hewitt	Direct-to-video film

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Victorious	Sadie	Episode: "Beggin' on Your Knees"
2012	How to Rock	Grace King	Main role; 25 episodes
2012	Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures	Catherine Toms	Episode: "Epic Crashers"
2012	Figure It Out	Herself	Panelist; 4 episodes
2014	Crisis	Amber Fitch	Main role; 13 episodes
2014-15	Brotherhood 2.0	Herself	Herself; 4 episodes
2017	The Orville	Alara Kitan	Main role

Music video roles

Year	Title	Artist	Role	Notes
2011	"Beggin' on Your Knees"	Victoria Justice	Sadie	Cameo
2015	"Loving You Easy"	Zac Brown Band	Main Beautiful Girl