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Devyn A. Tyler

Acting

Biography

Devyn Ariel Tyler is an American actress. She is a regular on the TV series Snowfall and Clarice. Tyler was born in New Orleans to actress Deneen Tyler. She attended the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston and graduated from Columbia University in 2013. She has been acting since age eight, landing minor roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Great Debaters before taking a break to study French and Francophone studies at Columbia. She returned to acting after college, appearing in TV shows Clarice (2021–present) as well as The Underground Railroad (2021), Fear the Walking Dead (2020), The Purge (2018–2020) and Watchmen (2019). Her movie credits include Deep Water (2022).

Born: May 7, 1991

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Filmography

2022
Deep Water

as Mary Washington

2021
Night Teeth

as The Concierge

2021
2021
Clarice

as Ardelia Mapp

2020
Synchronic

as Danika

2020
Antebellum

as Melanie

2020
Unhinged

as Mrs. Ayers

2019
Watchmen

as Elise Abar

2019
Out of Blue

as Stella Honey

2018
The Purge

as Tonya

2018
Marvel's Cloak & Dagger

as Ballet Instructor

2017
Shock and Awe

as Reporter #1

2017
Snowfall

as Veronique Turner

2017
The Quad

as Mina Berry

2014
NCIS: New Orleans

as Amelia Boyd

2013
12 Years a Slave

as Margaret Northup (adult)

2010
The Gates

as Mia Mueller

2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

as Queenie's Daughter Age 14

2007
The Great Debaters

as Helen Farmer

2005
Now You See It...

as Linking Rings Girl