Betsey Brown (filmmaker)

Betsey Brown is an American actress and director best known for starring in The Scary of Sixty-First and for directing and performing in the 2021 satire Actors.

Early life
Brown was born and raised in Manhattan. Her father, Ron Brown, is a filmmaker, and her mother, Jane Brown, is a psychoanalyst. Her brother is actor and filmmaker Peter Vack.

Career
After appearing in a number of short films and bit roles, Brown wrote, directed, and starred in the 2015 short film Shegetsey Betsey, which won the Audience Award for Best Experimental Short at the New Orleans Film Festival.

Brown starred in the 2021 film The Scary of Sixty-First, directed by Dasha Nekrasova. Her feature debut, Actors, was released in 2021. The film's approach to transgender themes has attracted controversy; a 2023 screening of Actors at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago was cancelled due to public outcry.

Recently, Brown was a juror for the 2024 Florida Film Festival.

Brown frequently collaborates with her brother, Peter Vack. She appeared in his 2017 film Assholes, and he starred in Actors. In 2022, she was cast alongside Nekrasova and Chloe Cherry in www.RachelOrmont.com.