About Kylie

Kylie Sparks is a queer, nonbinary actor, writer, singer, producer, organizer, pug owner, and brunch enthusiast primarily based in Los Angeles as well as a local hire in Tulsa/NE Oklahoma and New York City. Their pronouns are they/them.

Kylie has been acting since they were a child, debuting as the star of IFC Films' PIZZA (winner of the Producer's Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards), and has steadily worked in Film, Television, Digital, Commercials, Voiceover, and Theatre since, most recently on Netflix’s Emmy-winning I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE, Fictionz’s BLEED, Dekkoo's I'M FINE, and FOX's WEIRD LONERS.  As the star of the long-running series SQUARESVILLE, they were nominated for the IAWTV award for lead actress in a comedy and shares the Best Ensemble award for their performance as Esther, and was number one on Comedy TV Is Dead's "Women and Nonbinary Folks to Watch" list for their traditional and digital media work.

As a writer, they are the creator and writer of the Astronauts Wanted series "#rulesofspringbreak," which aired exclusively on Snapchat, and their first feature screenplay, "Mission Hills," was a Second Round (Top 15%) selection at the 2015 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition and nominated for the Top Unproduced Screenplay award at the Nice IFF and Madrid International Festivals in 2015 and 2016, respectively.  Their half-hour comedy pilot, "Out of Luck," was a 2019 AFF second round selection as well as a Screencraft Pilot Competition Quarterfinalist (top 10%), and their short screenplay “The Intake” was a semi-finalist at the 2021 SFIndie Screenplay competition. They are currently seeking funding for their short script “Third Wheel,” a top 25% overall Coverfly project that is a quarterfinalist for the 2023 Scriptation Showcase, the 2023 Screencraft Short Film Screenplay competition, the 2023 SFIndie Screenplay competition and a Coverfly Top 10 Red List awardee for January 2023, which they will also star in and direct. They are also a published journalist and essayist with bylines in Rewire News, Racked (Vox Media), INTO, Expanded Roster, Femsplain, LifeIvy, TheVideoInk, Ms. In The Biz, and Wonderly.

As a singer, Kylie is trained in musical theatre, jazz, and pop/rock styles under Peisha and Adriana McPhee, Sheri Sanders, John Rubinstein, and Parmer Fuller, and has performed in numerous cabarets around LA, most recently the "Washington On Our Side" Hamilton Charity Shows, which was named pre-pandemic by LA Magazine as one of the "Top Weekend Activities in LA."  Their singing can also be seen in David Janove's digital short, THE LAUNDROMAT.

Kylie holds a BA from USC, and is an alum of UCB, the Broadway Theatre Project, UCLA Performers Institute, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.  In their very-limited down time, they enjoy going to Dodgers, Clippers, and Angel City FC games, brunch, playing with their pug Scarlett, their peloton and lifting heavy weights, and working with action groups to create leftist, progressive change, including working on Jillian Burgos’ campaign for Council District 2 in Los Angeles as well as previously volunteering for Yasmine Pomeroy and Nithya Raman for LA City Council, Gina Viola for LA Mayor, and Shervin Aazami for CA-32’s federal house campaigns, as well as prison and policing abolition groups JusticeLA and Black and Pink National.  They also served in SAG-AFTRA labor politics for two years, serving on three committees, getting a resolution passed to help fellow nonbinary actors, and a great bond with their late father, a labor attorney of 40 years.