Kiernan Brennan Shipka was born on 10 November 1999, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is of Irish descent. Kiernan is an actress, best known for appearing in the series “Mad Men” as Sally Draper. She’s been acting since she was six years old and has won several awards throughout her career. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Kiernan Shipka? As of late-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $3 million, mostly earned through success in acting. After the end of the run of “Mad Men”, she’s appeared in a lot of major films and short films as well. She’s also had a lot of other television appearances and as she continues her career it is expected that her wealth will increase.
Kiernan Shipka Net Worth $3 million
Kiernan has no role model in entertainment, as her father John is a real estate developer, and although her mother was a one-time queen of the Chicago St. Patrick’s day parade, she is a housewife.
At the age of five Kiernan started taking ballroom dance classes and her family later moved to Los Angeles to support her acting career. Since she was a baby, she was already a print model, but would eventually land her most popular role in “Mad Men”; as part of the ensemble cast, she would win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2008 and 2009. She’s received a lot of critical acclaim for her performances, and after three seasons as a recurring character, was made a series regular. The show became very popular and helped increase her net worth quickly. According to an interview, she had to do two auditions to get the part.
Films that Shipka has been a part of include “The Blackcoat’s Daughter”, “One & Two”, and “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore”. She’s also been cast in a lot of short films. Kiernan also made appearances in other popular shows such as “Heroes”, “Monk”, and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”. She’s done voice work, doing the voice of Jinora for “Legend of Korra”. She also did the voice of Oona for two episodes of “Sofia the First”. Other voice acting work she’s done include the video game “Marvel Avengers Academy”. The continuous opportunities she receives ensures that her net worth will consistently rise.
Shipka has won several awards throughout her career. For her work in “Mad Men”, she won a Satellite Award for Best Cast aside from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Young Hollywood Award and a Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Award for her performances in the series. In 2014, she was named by Time Magazine as one of “The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014”. She’s also the youngest to be interviewed on “Inside the Actors Studio”.
For her personal life, at 17 she is still single. Kiernan cites Grace Kelly as her inspiration. She also takes Muay Thai boxing classes during her free time, and is already a black belt in taekwondo. She also enjoys golf as well as cooking, and is active on social media.
