

In order to stay in New York, she began working as a model. However, at the age of 16, following an offer to become an apprentice with the North Carolina Dance Theater company, Qualley decided to quit dance.
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She trained as a ballerina, earning an apprenticeship at the American Ballet Theatre and studying at New York's Professional Children's School. She left home at 14 to board at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied dance. Īs a teenager growing up in Asheville, North Carolina, she and her sister were both debutantes, and Qualley made her debut at the Bal des débutantes in Paris. Her family home with MacDowell is in North Carolina, where they have extended family nearby. For many years, her parents lived just 3 miles (5 km) apart. Qualley's parents separated when she was five years old, and she subsequently split her time equally between them. The Qualley siblings spent their early years on a ranch in Missoula, Montana, moving to Asheville, North Carolina when Margaret was four. She has an older brother, Justin, and an older sister, actress and singer Rainey Qualley. She is the daughter of actress and model Andie MacDowell, and former model Paul Qualley. Sarah Margaret Qualley was born on October 23, 1994, in Kalispell, Montana. She received critical acclaim and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for playing Ann Reinking in the FX biographical miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019) and the title role in the Netflix drama miniseries Maid (2020). Qualley subsequently appeared in films such as The Nice Guys (2016), Death Note (2017), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and performed a voice role in the video game Death Stranding (2019).
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She made her acting debut in the 2013 drama film Palo Alto, and gained recognition for her supporting role in the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017). The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, she trained as a ballerina in her youth. Sarah Margaret Qualley (born October 23, 1994) is an American actress and model.
