Stefania LaVie Owen

Owen was born in Miami, Florida, to an American mother and a New Zealand father. Her mother is of Cuban descent.^[2] Owen moved to New Zealand at age four, settling in Pauatahanui, a village 30 km (19 mi) north of the capital city Wellington.^[3]

Owen lives between New York City and Wellington. She attended Pauatahanui school, where she won the cup for performing arts, and which helped begin her career in acting.^[4] She also attended Chilton Saint James School, an all-girls private school, in Lower Hutt, Wellington.^[5] Her sisters Lolo and Carly accompanied her there, and she was involved in many school productions and dancing classes.^{[citation needed]}

Owen made her acting debut in the 2009 Peter Jackson film The Lovely Bones, playing Flora Hernandez.^[6] From 2010 to 2011, she played the character Puddle Kadubic in the Fox comedy series Running Wilde.^[4] Owen co-starred as Dorrit, Carrie Bradshaw's rebellious younger sister, in The CW's The Carrie Diaries, which aired in 2013 and 2014.^[7]

She had a role in the 2015 comedy horror film, Krampus, directed by Michael Dougherty.^[8] She also portrayed Deedee in the drama film Coming Through the Rye.^[9] She starred opposite Lili Taylor in the drama Paper Spiders.^[10] She also co-starred in Messiah as Rebecca in 2020.