Sarah Pidgeon

Pidgeon grew up in Michigan where she attended the Birmingham Groves High School. She attended Interlochen Arts Camp during summer holidays and performed in plays at the Community House in Birmingham. Pidgeon then attended the Interlochen Arts Academy and graduated in 2014 before gaining a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh in 2018.^[1][3]

In 2019, after appearances in One Dollar and Gotham, Pidgeon was cast in Amazon Prime Video series The Wilds.^[4][5] In the young adult survivalist series, she played the "mature and intellectual" Leah.^[6] Her performance was said in Collider to display her character's "obsession with figuring out the truth has her operating at an 11, fraught with tension, almost every single second of the show" and that: "Pidgeon's ability to hit that level and keep herself there with such raw intensity is remarkable."^[7]

In August 2022, Pidgeon was announced to have been cast in the television series Tiny Beautiful Things.^[8] She has received critical praise for her portrayal of the younger version of Kathryn Hahn's character Clare, with Lucy Mangan in The Guardian describing the role as "brilliantly played".^[9] She has said that she and Hahn "had conversations about who Clare is, how her heart beats, and what energy she brings. A lot of that is in the writing as well."^[10] Portraying Clare's experiences, it has been said that: "Pidgeon balances grief, love, and maturity in a truly gentle yet striking way."^[11] Pidgeon described the character as "extremely volatile and destructive. She's very sure of what she says and how she feels."^[12]

Pidgeon played Diana in the David Adjmi play Stereophonic, which first ran Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, followed by a transfer on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre. Frank Rizzo of Variety described her performance as "remarkable".^[13] Gloria Oladipo of The Guardian described Pidgeon's performance as "precise", "vivid", and "gripping".^[14]

In 2026, Pidgeon portrayed Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in the first season of Love Story, initially titled American Love Story.^[15]