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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1991-05-07 (33 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Devyn A. Tyler

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).

Known For

Acting

2022

Deep Water as Mary Washington

2021

Night Teeth as The Concierge
Clarice as Ardelia Mapp

2020

Antebellum as Melanie
Unhinged as Mrs. Ayers
Synchronic as Danika

2019

Out of Blue as Stella Honey
Watchmen as Elise Abar

2018

The Purge as Tonya
Marvel's Cloak & Dagger as Ballet Instructor

2017

Shock and Awe as Reporter #1
Snowfall as Veronique Turner
The Quad as Mina Berry

2015

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

2004