Stephanie Pearson

Stephanie Pearson (born December 16, 1988) is an American actress and filmmaker. She has appeared in the films Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), Downrange (2017), Recovery (2019) and Psychosynthesis (2020). She has been featured in the television series Ray Donovan (2015), Rizzoli & Isles (2014-2015), and Pam & Tommy (2022).

Alongside acting, Pearson is a director and has directed music videos for artists Wolfmother, and 98º.

Early life Stephanie Pearson was born in Burbank, California on December 16, 1988, the daughter of Lisa Pearson and director and producer Lee Pearson. She has a younger sister, Leila. She grew up in Laguna Beach, California and spent time at her father's production studio watching the shoots.

Stephanie studied theater at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of their Midnight Madness series and won the Jury Prize for Best Film at Spain's Molins Horror Film Festival. Pearson's "stand out" acting in the film was heralded as "an intense and smart" performance. Subsequent lead roles in horror-thriller films for Pearson included 2019's stunt-heavy Recovery , the 2020 release Psychosynthesis directed by Noam Kroll, distributed by Amazon, In the spring of 2021, the song and its body of work was nominated for an APRA Music Award for Most Performed Rock Work

Pearson created a "90's nostalgia throwback" music video and EP cover art for boy band 98º and their pop single "Where Do You Wanna Go" in 2021. Billboard was quoted as saying "the summer just heated up with the new video from 98 Degrees for their hot-weather bop...directed by Stephanie Pearson".

Personal life Since 2017, Pearson has been in a relationship with Australian musician Chris Cester, with whom she lives with in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film

Television

Directing