Sasha Rebecca Spielberg (born May 14, 1990), also known by her stage name Buzzy Lee, is an American actress and musician.
Life and career
Spielberg was born at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a nonprofit, tertiary, 886-bed teaching hospital and multi-specialty academic health science center located in Los Angeles, California. Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital employs a staff of over 2 ...
in Los Angeles, the daughter of film director
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spie ...
and actress
Kate Capshaw
Kathleen Sue Spielberg (''née'' Nail; born November 3, 1953), known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is an American retired actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott, an American nightclub singer and performer in ''Indiana Jon ...
. Her father is from an
Orthodox Jewish
Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses on M ...
family, and her mother is a
Jewish convert. She is their first child together, although each have children from previous relationships. She has three sisters: Mikaela Spielberg, Destry Spielberg, and half-sister
Jessica Capshaw
Jessica Capshaw (born August 9, 1976) is an American actress known for her roles as Jamie Stringer in ''The Practice'', and as Dr. Arizona Robbins on the ABC medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy''.
Early life
Capshaw was born on August 9, 1976, in ...
, as well as three brothers: Sawyer Spielberg, Theo Spielberg, and half-brother Max Spielberg. She graduated from
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
.
Spielberg has acted in several of her father's movies, including ''
The Terminal
''The Terminal'' is a 2004 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who is stuck in New York's John F. Kennedy ...
'', ''
Munich
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'', ''
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' series. Released and taking place 19 years after the previous ...
'', 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
Nicolas Jaar (; ; es, Nicolás; born January 10, 1990) is a Chilean-American composer and recording artist based in New York. Among his notable works are the albums ''Space Is Only Noise'' (2011), ''Sirens'' (2016), and '' Cenizas'' (2020). H ...
under the name Just Friends.
They released a cover of
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...
's "
Avalanche
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Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earth ...
" and an original song, "Don't Tell Me."
In 2015, Spielberg produced, wrote for, and starred in
Snapchat
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's first mobile series, ''Literally Can't Even.'' She also shares her mini-improv sketches on
Instagram
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.
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 song "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!
''LP!'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper JPEGMafia. Released on his 32nd birthday, October 22, 2021, this is JPEGMafia's final studio album released with Republic Records and EQT Recordings. ''LP!'' has two versions, an "online" ve ...
". She has also collaborated with rapper
Denzel Curry
Denzel Rae Don Curry (born February 16, 1995) is an American rapper and singer. Born and raised in Carol City, Florida, Curry started rapping while in the sixth grade and began working on his first mixtape in 2011. Influenced by underground Flor ...
on the song "John Wayne" on Curry's fourth studio album "
Melt My Eyez See Your Future
''Melt My Eyez See Your Future'' is the fifth studio album by American rapper Denzel Curry, released through PH and Loma Vista Recordings on March 25, 2022. The album includes features from Robert Glasper, Sasha Spielberg, Buzzy Lee, Saul Williams ...
". The song was produced by JPEGMafia.
Personal life
In May 2022, Spielberg married Harry McNally, son of restaurateur
Keith McNally
Keith McNally (born 1951) is a British-born New York City restaurateur, the owner of several establishments including Parisian brasserie Balthazar, and formerly Nell's nightclub.
Personal life
McNally was born into a working-class family in ...
.
Filmography
Discography
References
External links
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Living people
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American singers
Actresses from Los Angeles
American child actresses
American film actresses
American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Brown University alumni
Family of Steven Spielberg
Jewish American actresses
1990 births
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