Brooklynn Prince

Brooklynn Prince is an American actress known for her roles as Moonee in the comedy-drama film The Florida Project (2017) and Hilde Lisko in the Apple TV+ series Home Before Dark (2020–2021).

Brooklynn Prince
Prince in 2024
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2017–present

Prince also appeared in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, The Angry Birds Movie 2 (both 2019), The Turning (2020), and Cocaine Bear (2023).

Career

Prince's parents, including her acting coach mother,^[1] began her career at age two, as she appeared in print and screen advertisements for Parenting, Chuck E. Cheese's, and Visit Orlando, among others.^[2][3][4]

In 2017, she starred in The Florida Project, for which she received critical praise. Director Sean Baker has said that Brooklynn was the Spanky in his take on the Little Rascals.^[1] She has since taken leading roles in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and The Angry Birds Movie 2.

In 2020, Prince starred in the horror film The Turning. She headlined the Apple TV+ series Home Before Dark, which is inspired by the life of Hilde Lysiak, a nine-year-old journalist. She also starred in the Disney+ movie The One and Only Ivan, voicing Ruby the elephant.

In 2023, it was announced that Prince was publishing a comic book she co-wrote with Aliz Fernandez entitled Misfortune's Eyes.^[5]

Filmography

Film and television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Robo-Dog: Airborne	Mira Perry
	The Florida Project	Moonee
2018	Monsters at Large	Sophie
2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Bianca
	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Zoe	Voice role
	Colours	Natalie	Short film; also director[6]
2020	The Turning	Flora
	The One and Only Ivan	Ruby	Voice role
2020–2021	Home Before Dark	Hilde Lisko	Television series; main role
2021	Settlers	Younger Remmy	[7]
2023	Cocaine Bear	Dee Dee
	The Marsh King's Daughter	Young Helena
2024	Little Wing	Kaitlyn

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2017	The Florida Project	Chicago Film Critics Association	Most Promising Performer	Nominated	[8]
		Dublin Film Critics' Circle	Breakthrough Artist of the Year	Nominated	[9]
		Gotham Independent Film Award	Breakthrough Actor	Nominated	[10]
		Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society	Best Performance by an Actor or Actress 23 and Under	Nominated	[11]
		Online Film Critics Society	Breakout Star	Nominated	[12]
		San Diego Film Critics Society	Breakthrough Artist	Nominated	[13]
		Seattle Film Critics Society	Best Youth Performance	Won	[14]
		Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Youth Performance	Won	[15]
		Women Film Critics Circle	Best Young Actress	Won	[16]
2018		Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Breakthrough Performance	Won	[17]
		Austin Film Critics Association	Bobby McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award	Nominated	[18]
		Chlotrudis Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	[19]
		Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Young Actor/Actress	Won	[20]
		Georgia Film Critics Association	Breakthrough Award	Nominated	[21]
		Houston Film Critics Society	Best Actress	Nominated	[22]
		Young Artist Award	Best Performance by a Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film	Nominated	[23]
2020	Herself	Hollywood Critics Association	Next Generation of Hollywood	Won	[24]