Stella Allen is a young actress, known for Deepwater Horizon (2016), The Astronaut Wives Club (2015) and The Sound and The Fury (2014). Stella was born in Selma, Alabama to Jennifer Allen, a homemaker and Leigh Allen, a business owner. She also has two younger siblings, Lucy and Bennett. Stella was just 5 years old when she took her first acting class and a year later was cast in her first of many local community theater productions. She was later cast in James Franco's feature film The Sound and The Fury (2014) in the role of young Caddy Compson.While managing the workload of school, she was cast in her first television productions, The Astronaut Wives Club on ABC and the CBS thriller, Zoo. Shortly thereafter, she landed the roles in Caged No More and Free State of Jones, directed by Gary Ross and opposite Matthew McConaughey. Stella then nabbed the only child role in Summit Entertainment's Deepwater Horizon directed by Peter Berg which is set to be released September 2016. The cast includes Mark Walhberg, Kate Hudson, Dylan O'Brien among other A-Lister's.