Tyner Rushing
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Tyner Rushing is an American actress known for her role portraying Emma Smith in FX on Hulu's Under the Banner of Heaven.[1][2][3][4] Other notable roles include Liz Riley in The Terminal List [5][6][7] and Virginia Creel in Stranger Things.[8][9] Rushing joined the main cast of For All Mankind in its fourth season as the character Samantha Massey, a blue-collar space worker and aspiring astronaut.[10][11] In 2025, she joined the cast of the HBO supernatural horror television series It: Welcome to Derry, Hulu’s Murdaugh: Death in the Family[12] and Amazon Prime Video's It's Not Like That.
Early life and education
[edit]Tyner Rushing was born to Ralph Rushing and Patti Tyner Rushing[13] and grew up in Semmes, Alabama on a farm and plant nursery.[14] She got her start in the performing arts world as a singer and dancer in various musicals and operas, and attended Birmingham–Southern College as a vocal performance major. Rushing was one of five winners of the Dorsey Whittington Concerto/Aria Competition. She performed with the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra as part of her prize and sang an aria (as a mezzo-soprano) from ’'Orfeo ed Euridice.’' [13]
Personal life
[edit]Rushing is queer.[15] She lives in Los Angeles.[16]
Filmography
[edit]Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Lovecraft Country | Barb | |
| 2021 | Creepshow | June Aurora | |
| Under the Banner of Heaven | Emma Smith | 5 episodes | |
| The Terminal List | Liz Riley | 5 episodes | |
| 2022 | Echoes | Maria McCleary | 5 episodes |
| Stranger Things | Virginia Creel | 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | The Last Thing He Told Me | Max Parnes | |
| 2023–2024 | For All Mankind | Samantha Massey | 10 episodes |
| 2025 | Murdaugh: Death in the Family | Detective Laura Rutland | 3 episodes |
| 2025–present | It: Welcome to Derry | Young Ingrid Kersh | 1 episode |
| 2026 | It's Not Like That | Jenny |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Collider interviews Tyner Rushing". Collider. 13 May 2022.
- ↑ "Screenrant interviews Under the Banner of Heaven cast". Screen Rant. 29 April 2022.
- ↑ "FX Networks highlights Tyner Rushing as Emma Smith in Under the Banner of Heaven".
- ↑ "Sunstone Magazine interviews Tyner Rushing". 17 May 2022.
- ↑ "Tyner Rushing joins Chris Pratt in the Terminal List on Variety.com". 25 May 2021.
- ↑ Features, C. E. (2021-05-26). "Tyner Rushing onboard Chris Pratt-starrer The Terminal List". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ↑ "The Terminal List Star Tyner Rushing on Being Chris Pratt's Right Hand Woman (Exclusive)". ComicBookMovie.com. 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ↑ "Tyner Rushing talks the Terminal List and Stranger Things with DIAL News".
- ↑ Holmes, Martin (2022-09-21). "'For All Mankind' Season 4: Tyner Rushing Joins Cast as Series Regular". TV Insider. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ↑ "Deadline announces Tyner Rushing joining main cast of AppleTV's For All Mankind". 20 September 2022.
- ↑ "Tyner Rushing interview on season 4 of For All Mankind". 12 January 2024.
- ↑ "Murdaugh Murders Hulu Series Casts Tyner Rushing (EXCLUSIVE)".
- 1 2 Colurso, Mary (May 27, 2021). "Alabama's Tyner Rushing to play 'Bama born badass' in new Chris Pratt series". The Birmingham News. Advance Publications. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
- ↑ "Tyner Rushing stops by FAME recording studio". 23 December 2023.
- ↑ Andrew Garfield On Knitting, Cuddling, and Lassoing - Under the Banner of Heaven | POPSUGAR (Video). April 29, 2022. Event occurs at 1:30.
- ↑ "'For All Mankind' Star Tyner Rushing Shares Her Thoughts on Season 4 (And That Epic Finale), Excitement for Season 5, and More!". 12 January 2024.