Category: Scream Queens & Their Directors

Samaire Rhys Armstrong came into the world in Tokyo in 1980, born to a Scottish father who taught soldiers how to break bones up close and an Italian mother who designed spas for people who’d never need to learn such things. It was an odd pairing—discipline and luxury sharing a dinner table—but maybe that’s why … Read More “Samaire Armstrong – the nomadic kid with sharp edges, a crooked grin, and a career built on the weird corners of Hollywood” »

Ana Celia de Armas Caso never came from the kind of place people associate with red carpets. She was born in Havana in 1988 and grew up in Santa Cruz del Norte, where people learned early how to make do—food ration books that snapped shut like bad jokes, power outages that turned nights into long, … Read More “Ana de Armas – the girl who grew up on ration cards and movie fantasies, then set Hollywood on fire” »

Judith Arlen came into the world on March 18, 1914, born Laurette Elizabeth Rutherford in Los Angeles—a city that was just beginning to dream in celluloid. Her parents were Canadian transplants: a mother who’d worked in silent film and a father who used to fill opera houses with a tenor’s voice. That combination—spotlights and sheet … Read More “Judith Arlen – a starlet who never quite got her due” »

Nina Arianda Matijcio was born on September 18, 1984, in Manhattan, a city that doesn’t care who you are until you’ve bled for it a little. Her parents, Lesia and Peter, were the children of Ukrainian refugees born in Germany after the war—people who knew something about survival, about starting over with nothing but a … Read More “Nina Arianda – the Broadway live wire who refuses to blink” »

Mary Dawne Arden was born in St. Louis on July 30, 1933—middle America, flat and polite, the kind of place where futures come pre-shrunk and predictable. But Arden wasn’t built for predictability. At twelve she packed up whatever dreams a kid can carry and left for New York City to study art. Not school art, … Read More “Mary Dawne Arden — The Model Who Rewrote Her Own Script” »

Melissa Jean Archer came into the world on December 2, 1979, in Dallas—where the horizon is flat, the summers boil you alive, and dreams tend to slide off into the dust unless you hold on with both hands. She grew up like a lot of kids do: dance lessons, schoolwork, trying to figure out where … Read More “Melissa Archer — The Soap Star Who Refused To Stay in One Lane” »

Lisa Arch (née Kushell) is an American actress and comedian known for her recurring role as Cassie, the wife of Larry David’s cousin Andy, on Curb Your Enthusiasm, her cast membership on the 1997–98 season of Mad TV, her work as cohost of TBS’s Dinner and a Movie from 2002 to 2005, and her role … Read More “Lisa Arch Biography” »

Early Life and Education Aquino was born in the Philippines, where she recognized her gender identity very early in childhood, later saying she had always known she was a girl despite being assigned male at birth. She began hormone therapy in her mid-teens and faced frequent bullying, though her parents supported her transition. As a … Read More “Ivory Aquino is an American actress best known for portraying transgender activist Cecilia Chung in the 2017 ABC miniseries When We Rise.” »

Shiri Appleby came into this world with a name that literally meant song, but she was never one for the sugary, radio-friendly stuff. She grew into more of a minor-key melody—steady, haunting, the kind that doesn’t leave your head even when the band stops playing. Born December 7, 1978, raised in Calabasas, the product of … Read More “Shiri Appleby – The Quiet Storm Behind the Camera and the Girl Who Wouldn’t Stay Small” »

Maude Annabelle Apatow entered the world on December 15, 1997, and the jokes wrote themselves before she could walk: daughter of filmmaker Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann, born straight into the glow of studio lights and premiere nights. Hollywood is a town obsessed with lineage—who you come from, who you know, whose shadow you’re … Read More “Maude Apatow – The Quiet Flame Lighting Her Own Damn Path” »