Sean Young

Biography

Mary Sean Young was born on November 20, 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky. She is the daughter of Lee Guthrie (née Mary Lee Kane), a screenwriter, public relations executive, and journalist, and Donald Young, Jr., a television news producer and journalist. She has Irish, English, and Swiss-German ancestry. She attended Cleveland Heights High School, and then transferred to and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy. A trained dancer, she studied at the School of American Ballet in New York City, and recently made her professional stage debut in the Los Angeles production of "Stardust". Sean Young began her film career in Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980), followed by a small role in the comedy film Stripes (1981). She is best known for her film roles in Blade Runner (1982), Dune (1984), No Way Out (1987), Fatal Instinct (1993) and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).