kaitlin mercier
january 20th 1990 (27)
lives in los angeles
indie darling turned franchise sellout

film
(2017) i, tonya ... tonya harding
(2017) ingrid goes west ... taylor sloane
(2017) the glass castle ... jeannette walls
(2016) suicide squad ... harley quinn
(2015) mistress america ... brooke
(2015) len and company ... zoe
(2014) while we're young ... darby
(2014) about alex ... kate
(2014) happy christmas ... jenny
(2014) the guest ... anna peterson
(2013) what if ... chantry
(2013) short term 12 ... grace
(2012) liberal arts ... zibby
(2012) ruby sparks ... ruby sparks
(2011) sucker punch ... babydoll
(2010) dirty girl ... danielle
(2010) daydream nation ... caroline wexler
(2009) he's just not that into you ... anna

music videos
(2014) just one of the guys by jenny lewis ... brie larson's role
(2013) carried away by passion pit ... sophia bush's role
(2009) rich girl by the virgins ... behati prinsloo's role

behind the scenes info
- had a terrible time on the set of he's just not that into you. came across as cold and rude to just about all the big name actors in the film with the exception of justin long and ginnifer goodwin but not even they were enough to save her from feeling off. parted ways with her management team right after because she dramatically told her manager that she would never do a "big name film" again and it caused tons of tension. in 2011, with a new team behind her, she did sucker punch which does fall under big name film category because of zack snyder but she allowed herself to contradict her previous sentiment since the cast was mostly unknowns, included a majority of empowered female roles & friend jenna malone was in talks for the film as well. after that, she stuck with mostly indies until accepting the part in suicide squad.

- only got the part in sucker punch once amanda seyfried, evan rachel wood & emma stone all dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

- was not on josh radnor's radar for the role of university student zibby in liberal arts. while her audition was good it was not one of the best but what actually got her the part was when after the audition she said that they should go crash a local university's party, which she took him to that same day.

- basically harassed noah baumbach for the role of shelby in while we're young because she desperately wanted to work with him and felt connected to the role. it worked. while the two tend to bicker and butt heads because of their strong personalities, they have a symbiotic working relationship while on set together and he then picked her for the role of brooke in mistress america without seeing anyone else. though baumbach would likely shiver at the term mentor, he is someone she trusts for a no bullshit opinion and still emails with regularly because his honesty is always appreciated, even if she doesn't always like to hear it.

- during suicide squad filming while much attention was on jared leto's over the top antics there were also some reports of kaitlin's eccentric behavior on set. from a 3 am night dancing atop a bar wearing a skintight suit and bright red wig, having a pet snake out of the blue and tattooing others, kaitlin has remained sheepishly coy on confirming some of the exact moments that were reported but has stated that she enjoyed "really getting to play with and explore the loss of sanity."