Lily McInerny

Lily McInerny is an American actress. She was nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards for her role in the 2022 film Palm Trees and Power Lines.

Early life Lily McInerny was born and raised in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. McInerny began acting at elementary school when she was eight years old. Aged thirteen, she successfully auditioned for Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. After high school she attended college in Vermont studying for a degree in performing arts. She was nineteen years old when she first read for the part and early twenties when filming, playing the part of a seventeen-year-old. Prior to performing in the role she sought a therapist to help her with the emotional aspects of the storyline, and the pressure of her first professional role. She said that she “couldn’t have asked for a more special film to be my first”. McInerny was said by Rolling Stone to have “played to perfection” her role.

In November 2022 she made her New York stage debut in Bess Wohl written play Camp Siegfried, directed by David Cromer at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater. She also appeared as Macy in Hulu original series Tell Me Lies.

In 2023 she was cast in a contemporary adaptation of the 1958 Françoise Sagan novel Bonjour Tristesse, appearing alongside Claes Bang and Chloë Sevigny.

Acting credits Film

Television Me LiesMacy2 episodes

Theatre