Sean Young Biography

Sean Young (born November 20, 1959) is an American actress, best known for her performance in films from the 1980s such as Blade Runner, Dune, No Way Out and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Early life

Young was born as Mary Sean Young in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Lee Guthrie, a screenwriter, public relations executive, and journalist, and Donald Young, a television news producer and journalist. She attended Cleveland Heights High School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and then transferred to and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. She has also attended the School of American Ballet in New York. Before becoming an actress, Young worked as a model and dancer.

Film career

1980s

Young began her film career in 1980 in the film Jane Austen in Manhattan, followed by a small role in the 1981 film Stripes, and played female lead opposite Harrison Ford in the futuristic classic Blade Runner (1982). She had a small role in the film Wall Street as the wife of Michael Douglas' character. Her role was originally intended to be larger, but was significantly reduced due to clashes with Oliver Stone.

One of her most prominent roles was as the lover of a ruthless Washington politician in 1987's No Way Out, playing opposite Kevin Costner. Other notable credits include Dune, Fatal Instinct, and Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend.

In 1988, Young appeared in The Boost with James Woods. Woods later sued her for harassing him and his then-fiancée, alleging that, in addition to other disruptive behavior, Young left a disfigured doll on his doorstep. Young denied the allegations and claimed that Woods filed the lawsuit out of spite. Young stated, "It was a crush being turned down, that's all.... So sue me! And he [Woods] did." The suit was settled out of court in 1989.

She was cast as Vicki Vale in Tim Burton's successful 1989 film Batman. During rehearsals, however, she broke her arm after falling off a horse and was replaced by Kim Basinger. In an unsuccessful attempt to win the role as Catwoman (which was offered to Annette Bening but ultimately played by Michelle Pfeiffer after Bening became pregnant) in the sequel Batman Returns, Young constructed a homemade Catwoman costume and attempted to confront Burton and actor Michael Keaton during production.

1990s

Young was cast as Tess Trueheart in the 1990 movie Dick Tracy, but she was fired for not appearing maternal in the role. Young later claimed she was fired because she rebuffed Warren Beatty's advances, a claim Beatty denies. In 1991, she was awarded the Worst Actress and the Worst Supporting Actress Razzies for her roles in A Kiss Before Dying. She played a supporting role in the 1994 comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. During most of the 1990s she resided in Sedona, Arizona, and her career cooled. Sean Young reprised her role as Rachael in the 1997 Blade Runner video game. Her face was scanned and reproduced in 3D, one of the first times such technology was used in a game.

2000s

Since 2000, Young has appeared in a variety of independent films and made guest appearances on television, including roles in Poor White Trash, Mockingbird Don't Sing, Sugar & Spice, Boston Public, and Reno 911! In 2005, she spent four months in Russia filming the miniseries Esenin, in which she played dancer Isadora Duncan. She also had a small role on the CW's One Tree Hill in 2007.

In late 2007, Young finished work on two films, The Man Who Came Back and Haunted Echoes.

In 2008, Young competed in the television program Gone Country 2, which included a competition in a celebrity demolition derby at the Henry County Fairgrounds in Paris, Tennessee. Young went on to win the celebrity derby "heat" and then went on to go against professional demolition derby drivers. Young and 21 other drivers squared off in the area. Young finished in fourth place against the professional demolition derby drivers.

2010s

Young appeared on The Young and the Restless in June 2010 as Canadian barmaid Meggie McClain, alongside good friend Eric Braeden. She returned to the show on July 14 in a recurring role, which lasted through early November 2010.

In 2010, she was cast on the first season of the ABC show Skating with the Stars as a celebrity contestant who skated with professional skater Denis Petukhov. She was the first celebrity to be eliminated.

In October 2011, Young appeared on the CBS television show Late Show with David Letterman. During the interview she described how she was now looking for movie work after raising her two sons, and produced an amusing short video clip promoting her job search which Letterman played. She has since been cast in the new film about Nikola Tesla slated for release in 2013 called Fragments From Olympus"?The Vision of Nikola Tesla.

Personal life

In 1990, Young married Robert Lujan, with whom she has two sons, Rio Kelly and Quinn Lee. The couple divorced in 2002. However, during Young's stay in rehab in 2011, which was depicted on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Lujan was identified as her husband, both when he visited her during Family Weekend in Episode 6, and when he and Young spoke to Doctors Drew Pinsky and John Sharp about their relationship.

In January 2008, Young checked herself into rehab for alcohol abuse.

On June 9, 2013, Young performed in a benefit skating event at the Ice Theater of New York. She competed in a Celebrity Skating competition against Michael Buckley, YouTube personality, and Tim Morehouse, US Olympic Fencing silver medalist.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1980	Jane Austen in Manhattan	Ariadne Charlton
1981	Stripes	Louise Cooper
1982	Blade Runner	Rachael
	Young Doctors in Love	Dr. Stephanie Brody
1984	Dune	Chani
1985	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Susan Matthews-Loomis
	Tender Is the Night	Rosemary Hoyt
1986	Blood & Orchids	Leonore Bergman
	Under the Biltmore Clock	Myra Harper
1987	No Way Out	Susan Atwell
	Wall Street	Kate Gekko
1988	The Boost	Linda Brown
1989	Cousins	Tish Kozinski
1990	Fire Birds	Billie Lee Guthrie
1991	A Kiss Before Dying	Dorothy Carlsson
1992	Forever	Mary Miles Minter
	Love Crimes	Dana Greenway
	Once Upon a Crime	Phoebe
	Sketch Artist	Rayanne Whitfield
	Blue Ice	Stacy Mansdorf
	Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me	Twinkle
1993	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	Marie Barth
	Fatal Instinct	Lola Cain
1994	Bolt	Patty Deerheart
	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Lt. Lois Einhorn / Ray Finkle
	Witness to the Execution	Jessica Traynor
	Model by Day	Mercedes
1995	Mirage	Jennifer Gale
	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	Helen Hyde
1996	Evil has a Face	Gwen McGerrall
	The Proprietor	Virginia Kelly
	Everything to Gain	Mallory Ashton Jordan Keswick
1997	Exception to the Rule	Angela Bayer
	The Invader	Annie Neilsen
	Men	Stella James
	A Dog of Flanders	Sister Alois
1998	The Cowboy and the Movie Star	Sean Livingston
	Out of Control	Lena
1999	Motel Blue	Lana Hawking
2000	Secret Cutting	Joyce Cottrell
	Poor White Trash	Linda Bronco
	The Amati Girls	Christine
2001	Sugar & Spice	Mrs. Hill
	Mockingbird Don't Sing	Dr. Judy Bingham
	Night Class	Claire Sherwood
2002	Aftermath	Rachel Anderson
	The House Next Door	Monica
	Threat of Exposure	Dr. Daryl Sheleigh
2003	Kingpin	Lorelei Klein
	Before I Say Goodbye	Nell MacDermott Cauliff
	1st to Die	Joanna Wade
	The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay	Sandy Bateman
2004	A Killer Within	Rebecca 'Becky' Terrill
	Until the Night	Cosma
2005	Ghosts Never Sleep	Rebecca
	Home for the Holidays	Martha McCarthy
	Headspace	Mother
	Third Man Out	Ann Rutka
2006	The Drop	Ivy
	The Garden	Miss Grace Chapman
	Living the Dream	Brenda
	A Job to Kill For	Jennifer Kamplan
2007	Jesse Stone: Sea Change	Sybil Martin
2008	The Man Who Came Back	Kate
	Parasomnia	Madeline Volpe
	Haunted Echoes	Laura
	Harvest Moon	Meg
2012	Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader	Brenda Stratford
2013	Jug Face	Loriss