Sean Young

Sean Young is one of those actresses who burned bright and strange in Hollywood and I genuinely can't look away. That performance was electric: cool, mysterious, heartbreaking. Then Dune followed in 1984, and she was building a real sci-fi legacy. The 1990s got messy in very public ways, and yes, she holds a rare double Razzie from 1992, but honestly that just cements her as a figure too interesting to ignore. She never quite fit the mold Hollywood wanted, and that friction is exactly what made her fascinating. Underrated, underused, and still someone I'd watch in anything.

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Name (English)

Sean Young

Name (Japanese)

ショーン・ヤング

Reading

しょーん・やんぐ

Born

November 20, 1959 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Origin

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Occupation

dancer / model / stage actor / film actor / television actor

High school

Cleveland Heights High School

Awards & achievements

• 1992 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
• 1992 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress

• Official sitehttp://maryseanyoung.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean%20Young
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230736

Tags

• Kentucky
• dancer
• model
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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