Devyn Tyler

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Devyn Ariel Tyler (* around 1991 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American film and stage actress and former child actress . She first gained international fame in 2007 for her role as Helen Farmer in The Great Debaters .

life and career

Tyler was born in New Orleans, the largest city in the US state Louisiana, to Deneen and Kevin Tyler, and spent much of her childhood here. In New Orleans, among other places, she was trained in various dance styles at the Lusher Alternative Elementary School by Kathy DeJean, a trained dancer. Before that, she attended a Montessori elementary school before moving to Lusher Middle School . Shortly after she started at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, she had to leave home because of Katrina and settled with her family in Houston , Texas . While she was still living in New Orleans, she was first used in larger and more well-known and film productions. She had her first relevant role in the film Jordan Superstar , published in 2004, alongside Danielle Panabaker , Brenda Song or Taran Killam . Before that, she was in lesser-known productions, including On With the Show on Bravo TV / Cox Channel , In Dreams by Morrison Productions , Partners for Healthy Babies by the Gallinghouse Group and the Disney production Life Bites .

A year later she was seen in Another Disney Channel Original Movie , The Greatest Magician in the World , in a minor role alongside Aly Michalka , Johnny Pacar and Frank Langella . In the German-language dubbed version, Esra Vural lent her the voice. Another year later she was on the cast of James Gartner's Game to Win , in the lead role with Josh Lucas as basketball coach Don Haskins . In Houston she finally attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts , where she appeared for the school theater group in the plays A Midsummer Night's Dream (as Hermia ) and Ladies of the Jury (as Evelyn Snow ).

In 2007 she played the role of Helen Farmer , daughter of James Farmer senior (played by Forest Whitaker ) and Pearl Farmer ( Kimberly Elise ) in The Great Debaters , and had her first major role in a film production. The following year, 2008, she was seen in the role of Queenie's (played by Taraji P. Henson ) 14-year-old daughter in David Fincher's three - time Oscar-winning The Strange Case of Benjamin Button . After receiving a scholarship from the National YoungArts Foundation , which she graduated from in 2009 as an alumni, and as part of the Presidential Scholars Program in 2009, she began studying at Columbia University . There she chose “French and Francophone Studies” as her main course, although she already had “French” at high school. In spring 2010 she took part in the comedy Measure for Measure as part of the King's Crown Shakespeare Troupe and played Mariana , the fiancée of the protagonist and governor Angelo , who was abandoned years ago .

That same year she was also seen in the small supporting role of Mia Mueller in a total of six episodes of the short-lived television series The Gates . From her sophomore year 2011, she had the opportunity to develop further with the help of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship , which is awarded annually to five sophomores from underrepresented minorities who are interested in doctoral studies and professional careers and who have the necessary potential for this. In her senior year at university, she also appeared in Act 3 of the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett , when she slipped into the role of Vladimir .

Devyn Tyler spent the fall semester 2011 at Reid Hall in Paris through the Columbia-Penn Program . On her return to New York City , Tyler became a peer adviser in the university's Office of Global Programs , where she was the contact point for other students and prepared them for the semester abroad in France. She also taught as an assistant on a course for middle school students at the Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change in Harlem . In 2013 she finally completed her studies with the academic degree of a bachelor's degree and stated that she would continue her Ph.D. wanting to work in "French". In the same year, after concentrating mainly on her studies in the previous years, she had a major appearance in the again three-time Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave , directed by the British Steve McQueen . For her role as the adult Margaret Northup , she was nominated as part of the extended cast for a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award in the category "Best Acting Ensemble"; in the end, the American Hustle ensemble emerged victorious in this category.

Due to a partnership between the National YoungArts Foundation and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC , Tyler has already participated in two pieces listed there, including 2014 in Six Americans and 2015 in Danny Rothschild's Home, Again . In 2016, the television series Underground is due to be released, in which Tyler will appear in three different episodes as Seraphina . She will also appear in Kenneth "Kenny" Glenaan's film Dirt Road to Lafayette , which was filmed in the Lafayette , Louisiana area from mid-June to mid-July 2015 . In addition to her acting career, Tyler has been a member of the International Thespian Society , the National Honor Society and the American Leadership Forum for years .

Filmography

Film appearances (also short appearances)

Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)

various appearances (e.g. in advertisements etc.)

  • On with the show
  • In dreams
  • Partners for Healthy Babies
  • Life bites

Theatrical appearances

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kathy DeJean is a dance artist at Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans , accessed October 22, 2015
  2. ↑ a b Presidential Scholars 2009 ( Memento of the original dated February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed October 22, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / presidentialscholars.net
  3. ↑ 2013 PHOENIX FILM CRITICS SOCIETY NOMINATIONS (English), accessed on October 22, 2015
  4. ↑ Six Americans ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed October 22, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kennedy-center.org
  5. ↑ Danny Rothschild: Home, Again  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed October 22, 2015@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.kennedy-center.org  
  6. ^ Dirt Road to Lafayette in Lafayette , accessed October 22, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Tyler, Devyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tyler, Devyn Ariel (full name); Tyler, Devyn A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American child actress and actress
DATE OF BIRTH around 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana , United States