--- description: Find out how Sadie Sink is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2022 TIME100 Next: Sadie Sink image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1d51fb615c64f4b/698a35cf457a52724cd66d90/time100-next-sadie-sink.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 28, 2022 # Sadie Sink by Winona Ryder  Eric Chakeen Eric ChakeenEric Chakeen I distinctly remember the first time I saw Sadie Sink. It was on the great show [_The Americans_](https://time.com/3683875/americans-identity-assimilation/ "undefined")_._ Although brief, it was a stunning moment—and a rare one. I wrote her name down in my notebook. I knew this was someone ­extraordinary, someone to watch. So when the planets aligned and she came on to [_Stranger Things_](https://time.com/6193891/stranger-things-season-4-series-end/ "undefined")_,_ it felt like a little secret victory. Her Max is full of such exquisite detail; fierce, complicated, and so incredibly strong. At the root of that strength is her absolute willingness to be completely vulnerable. Sadie is this creative acrobat and she’s on this balance beam that very few have the courage to walk. And she just goes and does it—all with such great focus and poise. As an actor, she knows that we are ultimately in service to the characters and story, that it’s not all about you. She brings that centeredness to the real world, too. Here’s the epitome of Sadie: the [last season](https://time.com/6192902/stranger-things-4-part-two-ending/ "undefined") of _Stranger Things_ really was Max’s season. At the premiere, which was her big moment, when I hugged her she said, so excited, “My brother graduated law school today!” All these moments that are all about her and she’s thinking about her brother. Of course! _Ryder is an Oscar-nominated Golden Globe–winning actor_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213732/sadie-sink/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213732/sadie-sink/"},"headline":"Sadie Sink","datePublished":"2022-09-28T09:54:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:05:59.588Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213732/sadie-sink/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1d51fb615c64f4b/698a35cf457a52724cd66d90/time100-next-sadie-sink.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1d51fb615c64f4b/698a35cf457a52724cd66d90/time100-next-sadie-sink.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213732/sadie-sink/","name":"Sadie Sink"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME100 Next Montage","description":"This is the 2022 TIME100 Next","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Evi3gzPT/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2022-09-28T10:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Evi3gzPT.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213732/sadie-sink/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213732/sadie-sink/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```