Skye McCole Bartusiak was born on September 28, 1992 in Houston, Texas to parents Donald Bartusiak and Helen McCole. She started out her career by modeling at the age of two and by the time she was four, began working in movies, making her film debut in Stephen King's TV miniseries Storm of the Century.

But it was playing Mel Gibson's daughter in the 2000 blockbuster The Patriot that put her on the map with her heart-wrenching and emotional scenes.

In 2001, Skye appeared as Young Norma Jean (Marylin Monroe) in the TV miniseries Blonde, alongside Drew Barrymore in Riding in Cars with Boys and the kidnapped daughter of Michael Douglas in the thriller Don't Say a Word.

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