Sasha Spielberg

Life and career

Spielberg was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the daughter of film director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw. Her father is from an Orthodox Jewish family, and her mother is a Jewish convert. She is their first child together, although each has children from previous relationships. She has three sisters: Mikaela Spielberg, Destry Spielberg, and half-sister Jessica Capshaw, as well as three brothers: Sawyer Spielberg, Theo Spielberg, and half-brother Max Spielberg. She graduated from Brown University.

Spielberg has acted in several of her father's movies, including The Terminal, Munich, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Post. She performed in the band Wardell (previously known as Brother/Sister) with her brother Theo. Their Brother/Sister EP The Accidental Zoo was released on April 4, 2011. Their album Love/Idleness was released in 2015.

Spielberg has collaborated with composer and fellow Brown University alumnus Nicolas Jaar under the name Just Friends. They released a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" and an original song, "Don't Tell Me."

In 2015, Spielberg produced, wrote for, and starred in Snapchat's first mobile series, Literally Can't Even. She also shares her mini-improv sketches on Instagram. On April 27, 2018, she released her solo EP Facepaint, with five songs.

Spielberg has also collaborated with rapper and producer JPEGMafia on several occasions, the first in 2019 on JPEGMafia's songs "Grimy Waifu" and "Dots Freestyle Remix", from his third studio album, All My Heroes Are Cornballs, where Spielberg was a featured artist. They collaborated again on the song "Nemo!" on JPEGMafia's fourth studio album, LP!. They continued this partnership on his fifth studio album, I Lay Down My Life for You, where she is featured on the songs "Don't Put Anything On the Bible" and "I Lay Down My Life For You". She has also collaborated with rapper Denzel Curry on the song "John Wayne" on Curry's fourth studio album Melt My Eyez See Your Future. The song was produced by JPEGMafia.

Personal life

In May 2022, Spielberg married Harry McNally, son of restaurateur Keith McNally.

Filmography

Discography

References

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