Maude Apatow | |
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_(cropped)_(cropped2).jpg) Apatow in 2018 | |
| Born | Maude Annabelle Apatow (1997-12-15)December 15, 1997 (age 27) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Relatives | Iris Apatow (sister) |
Maude Annabelle Apatow (born December 15, 1997)[1][2] is an American actress. She is best known for portrayingLexi Howard in theHBO drama seriesEuphoria (2019–present).
The elder daughter of filmmakerJudd Apatow and actressLeslie Mann, Apatow began her career as a child actress playing the daughter of her mother's characters in her father's filmsKnocked Up (2007),Funny People (2009), andThis Is 40 (2012). Later film roles have includedAssassination Nation (2018) andThe King of Staten Island (2020), as well as theNetflix miniseriesHollywood (2020).
Apatow's mother is actressLeslie Mann and her father is director, producer, and screenwriterJudd Apatow. Her father's family isJewish, whereas her maternal great-grandmother was ofFinnish ancestry.[3] She has a younger sister,Iris Apatow, who is also an actress.[2] She attended theCrossroads School, a private school inSanta Monica, California.[4] Maude also attended Interlochen Arts Camp inInterlochen, Michigan. In high school, Apatow appeared in musicals such asCabaret andInto the Woods. She studied theatre atNorthwestern University inEvanston, Illinois, but dropped out after her sophomore year.[5][6]
As of February 2024, Apatow maintains a residence in theWest Village.[7]
Since early 2024, Apatow has been in a relationship with Irish actorPatrick Gibson.[8]
Apatow began acting at the age of seven with a role in her fatherJudd Apatow's 2005 comedy filmThe 40-Year-Old Virgin, though her scenes ultimately did not make the film's final cut.[9] She then appeared in the 2007 filmKnocked Up, which was also written, produced, and directed by her father. She and her younger sister Iris Apatow played Sadie and Charlotte, respectively, the daughters of their real-life motherLeslie Mann's character.[10] She again appeared alongside her sister as the daughter of Mann's character in her father's 2009 filmFunny People, playing the role of Mable.[11] Apatow reprised herKnocked Up role in the 2012 spin-off sequelThis Is 40, starring Mann andPaul Rudd's characters.[12] For her performance in the film as Sadie, Apatow was nominated for the 2012 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Young Actress and the 2013Young Artist Award forBest Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress.[13][14]
After joiningTwitter, Apatow was noted to have a large online following, which helped her become a contributor toZooey Deschanel's websiteHello Giggles as a writer and interviewer.[2][15] Her work on the site as well as her acting roles earned her a spot on theForbes 30 Under 30 list in 2012.[16] Apatow's Twitter account was named one of the "Best Twitter Feeds of 2013" byTime magazine.[17] In 2015, Apatow played an audience member in the filmPitch Perfect 2.[18] That same year, she also recurred in the fourth season of theHBO comedy seriesGirls as Cleo. She appeared in three episodes of the series, on which her father was an executive producer.[19]
Apatow appeared as Alexandra Mulcahey in the 2016 comedy-drama filmOther People, which was her first large role in a film not involving her father.[20][21][22] In 2017, she played the role of Meredith Whitcomb in the filmThe House of Tomorrow and made her directorial debut with the short filmDon't Mind Alice, which she co-wrote and co-directed alongsideOlivia Rosenbloom.[23][24] The following year in 2018, Apatow starred as Grace in the filmAssassination Nation.[25][26] The film's director,Sam Levinson, subsequently cast Apatow as a series regular in hisHBO teen drama seriesEuphoria, which debuted in 2019; where she stars asLexi Howard in the series, a role that Levinson wrote specifically for Apatow.[27][28] In 2020, she co-starred in her father's comedy-drama filmThe King of Staten Island, as the sister ofPete Davidson's character.[29]
In 2022, aviral social media post by Meriem Derradji described Apatow as a "nepo baby" for her family connections in the entertainment industry.[30][31] This led to the term 'nepo baby' trending onTikTok as users pointed out numerous other celebrities with similar backgrounds.[32][33] The term attained greater notoriety followingNew York publishing a year-end feature that called 2022 "The Year of the Nepo Baby," with a cover depicting Apatow among others.[34][35][36]
Apatow made her New York theatrical debutOff-Broadway in 2023, replacingLena Hall as Audrey in a revival ofAlan Menken andHoward Ashman'sLittle Shop of Horrors, with a planned stint from February to April.[37] The opportunity to appear on stage was available due to the delay in filming of the third season ofEuphoria, with Apatow citingLittle Shop of Horrors as an important musical for having "sort of introduced me to the genre as a whole" when she was a child.[38] She subsequently extended an additional four weeks, through to the end of April.[39] With herLittle Shop run coming to a close, it was then announced that Apatow would join theWest End revival ofCabaret from May 29, in the starring role ofSally Bowles.[40] She completed her time with the show on September 23.[41]
In April 2024, Apatow and longtime collaborator Olivia Rosenbloom launched Jewelbox Pictures, a film and television production company.[42] The company's first project wasPoetic License, Apatow's debut feature as a director, with a cast that included her mother in a starring role.[43]
| † | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | — | Deleted scenes |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Sadie | |
| 2009 | Funny People | Mable | |
| 2012 | This Is 40 | Sadie | |
| 2016 | Other People | Alexandra Mulcahey | |
| 2017 | The House of Tomorrow | Meredith Whitcomb | |
| Don't Mind Alice | — | Short film Co-director and co-writer | |
| 2018 | Assassination Nation | Grace | |
| 2020 | The King of Staten Island | Claire Carlin | |
| 2025 | One of Them Days | Bethany | |
| TBA | Poetic License | — | In production; Director and producer[44] |
| Oh. What. Fun. | TBA | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2015 | Girls | Cleo | 3 episodes |
| 2019–present | Euphoria | Lexi Howard | Main role |
| 2020 | Hollywood | Henrietta Castello | 5 episodes |
| 2022–2023 | Pantheon | Justine (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Herself | Guest Judge |
| Year | Production | Role | Venue | Dates | Notes |
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| 2023 | Little Shop of Horrors | Audrey | Westside Theatre | February 7 – April 30, 2023 | [37][39] |
| Cabaret | Sally Bowles | Playhouse Theatre | May 29 – September 23, 2023 | [40][41] |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2012 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Award | Best Young Actress | This Is 40 | Nominated | [13] |
| 2013 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Nominated | [14] |
Mann and Apatow, 51 ... welcomed Maude and Iris in 1997 and 2002, respectively.
...she is a 14-year-old [as of August 24, 2012]
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