Kiernan Brennan "Kiki" Shipka (born November 10, 1999) is an American child actress noted for playing Don

Don Draper

Donald "Don" Draper is a fictional character and the protagonist of AMC's television series Mad Men. He is portrayed by 2008 Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm. Until the third season finale, Draper was Creative Director of Manhattan advertising firm Sterling Cooper...

 and Betty Draper

Betty Draper

Elizabeth "Betty" Francis is a fictional character on AMC's television series Mad Men, portrayed by January Jones...

's daughter Sally on the AMC series Mad Men

Mad Men

Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...

.

Career

As part of Mad Men's ensemble cast, she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2008 and 2009.

Shipka's individual performance on Mad Men has been well received. In naming her as his dream nominee for the "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series" Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

, Austin American-Statesman critic Dale Roe remarked, "This 10-year-old actress was so affecting as troubled Sally Draper last season that it seems odd that she's only just been upgraded to series regular. If Shipka's upcoming Mad Men work - struggling with the broken marriage of her parents and entering preteendom in the tumultuous 1960s - remains as amazing as it was in Season 3, this is a ballot wish that could come true next year."

Personal life

She was born in Chicago, Illinois to John Young Shipka, a real estate developer, and his wife née Erin Ann Brennan, the president of a family-owned contracting business. She is a Roman Catholic of Ruthenian

Ruthenians

The name Ruthenian |Rus']]) is a culturally loaded term and has different meanings according to the context in which it is used. Initially, it was the ethnonym used for the East Slavic peoples who lived in Rus'. Later it was used predominantly for Ukrainians...

 and Irish heritage. Some of Shipka's hobbies include golf and cooking. She enjoys watching Barefoot Contessa and Good Eats on the Food Network.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006		Lola	TV movie
2006	Monk Monk (TV series) Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...	Little Girl (uncredited) Girl Customer	Episode: "Mr. Monk, Private Eye" Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of Monk, and is the 68th episode overall.Stanley Kamel listed the episode among his favorites.-Synopsis:... "
2007	Dimension	Molly
2007	Cory in the House Cory in the House Cory in the House is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007 to September 12, 2008 and was a spin-off from the Disney show That's So Raven. The show focuses on Cory Baxter, who moved from San Francisco, California to Washington, D.C., after Victor...	Sophie's Classmate	Episode: "Mall of Confusion"
2007	MADtv MADtv MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...	Upset Girl	Episode: "Mad Tv Ruined My Life"
2007	Heroes Heroes (TV series) Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...	Little Girl in Fire	Episode: "Four Months Ago... Four Months Ago... "Four Months Ago..." is the eighth episode of the second season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. The episode was written by series creator/executive producer Tim Kring and was directed by executive producer Greg Beeman. It originally aired on November 12, 2007... "
2007–2009	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Various	6 episodes
2007–present	Mad Men Mad Men Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...	Sally Draper	49 episodes
2008	Lower Learning Lower Learning Lower Learning is a 2008 comedy film starring Jason Biggs, Eva Longoria, Rob Corddry, Ryan Newman, Monica Potter, and Andy Pessoa. It was directed by Mark Lafferty and written by Lafferty and Shahin Chandrasoma...	Sarah
2009	House Broken	Tammy Tawber
2009	Carriers Carriers (film) Carriers is a 2009 American horror film about four people fleeing a viral pandemic. It was written and directed by Àlex Pastor and David Pastor and stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp.- Plot :...	Jodie Holloway
2010	Squeaky Clean	Emily	Short film
2010		Lala La Lala	Short film
2010	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is a 2010 family action comedy film directed by Brad Peyton. The film stars Chris O'Donnell and Jack McBrayer. The film also stars the voices of James Marsden, Nick Nolte, Christina Applegate, Katt Williams, Bette Midler, and Neil Patrick Harris...	Little Girl
2011	Smooch	Zoe Cole	TV movie
2012		Jinora	TV series, voice

Wins

2010 :Screen Actors Guild Award, for Mad Men

Mad Men

Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...

2009 :Screen Actors Guild Award, for Mad Men

Nominations

2011 :Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...

, for Mad Men
2010 :Young Artist Award, for Carriers

Carriers (film)

Carriers is a 2009 American horror film about four people fleeing a viral pandemic. It was written and directed by Àlex Pastor and David Pastor and stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp.- Plot :...

2009 :Young Artist Award, for Mad Men

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