Ask Odessa Young what she does for a living and she might not say she’s an actor. Especially when she’s doing this: chatting with a journalist over breakfast at the sceney Sunset Tower. Young is makeup free, wearing a simple white T-shirt, comfortable black pants, and some deli-cate jewelry. She’s been curled up in a booth by the pool, soaking up her last few hours in Los Angeles before going back to set—where she’ll feel like a real actor again.

Young has been acting professionally since she was 11 years old—and delivering daring work in art house dramas since her breakout performance in the bloody, provocative 2018 slasher Assassination Nation. “Odessa is fearless, gutsy, and raw,” says her Assassination costar Hari Nef. “She looks like an ingenue but doesn’t act like one. That cont

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