Skye McCole Bartusiak
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Skye McCole Bartusiak (born September 28, 1992) is an American film and television actress.
Bartusiak was born in Houston, Texas, where she lives today with her parents Raymond Donald Bartusiak and Helen McCole.
Bartusiak's big break came in 2000, thanks to The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson. Her emotional scenes led the way for other roles, including playing the young Marilyn Monroe in the TV miniseries Blonde. Since then, she has often been in demand for roles in major films, including Riding in Cars with Boys alongside Drew Barrymore and Don't Say a Word alongside Michael Douglas and Brittany Murphy, both in 2001. She also played the young Charlie McGee in the sequel to Firestarter, Firestarter 2: Rekindled, and took a high-profile role in the popular television series 24.
Bartusiak is also a regular in the indie film world, making a critically-acclaimed appearance in the award-winning short film The Vest in 2003 and playing the part of The Girl in the new short Once Not Far from Home in 2005.
Not satisfied with movies, Bartusiak also tried her hand at theatre, playing in The Miracle Worker alongside Hilary Swank, which had a two-week run at the Charlotte Theatre in North Carolina.
In 2003, Bartusiak returned to period drama with Love Comes Softly, and a year later she played the young Jackie in Against the Ropes alongside Meg Ryan. One of her strongest roles has been as Franny Roberts in the horror film Boogeyman. In 2005, she starred in the Kids episode of the hospital drama series House, which stars Hugh Laurie, and took a lead role as Summer in the film Kill Your Darlings, about a troubled teen who goes to extreme measures to gain the attention of her psychiatrist father.
Bartusiak is a good friend of actors Abigail Breslin and Spencer Breslin.
[edit] Filmography
- Kill Your Darlings (2006) as Summer Bangley
- Boogeyman (2005) as Franny Roberts
- Once Not Far from Home (2005) as The Little Girl
- Against the Ropes (2004) as Little Jackie
- Love Comes Softly (2003) as Missie Davis
- The Vest (2003) as Sara
- Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2002) as Rose Wilder
- Firestarter 2: Rekindled (2002) (TV) as Young Charlie McGee
- Flashpoint (2002) (TV) as Lizzie
- The Affair of the Necklace (2001) (scenes deleted) as Dove
- Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) as Amelia, age 8
- Don't Say a Word (2001) as Jessie Conrad
- Blonde (2001) as Young Norma Jean
- The Darkling (2000) as Casey Obold
- The Patriot (2000) as Susan Martin
- Witness Protection (1999) as Suzie Batton
- The Cider House Rules (1999) as Hazel
- Storm of the Century (1999) as Pippa Hatcher
- The Prophet's Game (1999) as Adele Highsmith
[edit] Television
- CSI as Susan Lester in episode: Bite Me (episode # 6.3) 2005
- Lost as Young Kate (voice) in episode: Born to Run (episode # 1.22) 2005
- House as Mary Carroll in episode: Kids (episode # 1.19) 2005
- George Lopez as Lil' Bit in episodes: Trouble in Paradise (episode # 4.8); and The Simple Life (episode # 4.7) 2004
- 24 as Megan Matheson in episodes 2.1 to 2.4 and episodes 2.6 to 2.9 2002/3
- Touched by an Angel as Sarah in episode The Birthday Present (episode # 8.3) 2001
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jennifer in episode: Legacy (episode # 2.4) 2000
- Frasier as Girl with Drawing in episode: The Three Faces of Frasier (episode # 7.21) 2000
- Providence as Jessie in episode: Taking a Chance on Love (episode # 2.20) 2000
- Judging Amy as "Marcy Noble" in episode: Presumed Innocent (episode # 1.11) 1999
- JAG as Rachel Sherkston in episode: Shakedown (episode # 4.18) 1999
