How Kaitlyn Dever Prepared for Her Role on Dopesick In the Envelope: The Actors Podcast

Kaitlyn Dever credits the 2013 indie drama Short Term 12, in which she plays a troubled teen dealing with selfharm, as the project that completely altered the way she looked at her acting career. It was really an incredible realization, she says. You can not only love acting and doing the job, but also being a part of something that has real impact. Since then, the actor has made a habit of bringing oftenoverlooked characters to life onscreen, from a queer highschooler in Booksmart, to a sexual assault survivor in Unbelievable, to her Emmynominated portrayal of an Oxycontinaddicted coal miner in Dopesick. On this episode of In the Envelope: The Actors Podcast, Dever takes us through the highs and lows of her evolution from promising child actor to Emmyaward frontrunner. Backstage has been the, 1 resource for actors and talentseekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstages podcast, features intimate, indepth conversations with todays most noteworthy film, televisio