Kaitlyn Rochelle Dever (/ˈdiːvər/; born December 21, 1996) is an American actress. She gained recognition for her roles in the FX crime drama television series Justified (2011–2015), the ABC/Fox sitcom Last Man Standing (2011–2021), the Netflix drama miniseries Unbelievable (2019), and the Hulu drama Dopesick (2021). She earned Golden Globe Award nominations for Unbelievable and Dopesick as well as a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Dopesick.
Dever has also played supporting roles in the films Bad Teacher (2011), The Spectacular Now (2013), Short Term 12 (2013), Detroit (2017), Beautiful Boy (2018), Dear Evan Hansen (2021), and Ticket to Paradise (2022). She had leading roles in Them That Follow (2019), Booksmart (2019), and Rosaline (2022).
Early life
Dever was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Tim and Kathy Dever. She has two younger sisters, Mady and Jane Dever. At the age of five, she developed an interest in the performing arts with her parents sending her to an acting school. She also participated in gymnastics, ballet and ice skating, until she focused on acting. Her family then moved to Dallas when her father was given the role of the voice of Barney the Purple Dinosaur, and where she enrolled at the Dallas Young Actors Studio in...More about Kaitlyn Dever...
