Giorgia Whigham

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Giorgia Whigham
Born (1997-08-18) August 18, 1997 (age 27)
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present
Father Shea Whigham

Giorgia Whigham (born August 18, 1997 [1] ) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Kat in the first season of 13 Reasons Why , Amy Bendix in the second season of The Punisher , Beth in the third season of Scream , and Blaire in Ted .

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Life and career

Giorgia Whigham is the daughter of Christine Whigham and actor Shea Whigham. [2] Whigham had her first break in the acting world starring alongside Ellery Sprayberry in the 2016 short film Pinky. [3] Following her acting debut, she won roles on a variety of TV shows including Shameless , Son of Zorn , 13 Reasons Why , and The Orville . [4] [5] On September 13, 2017, it was announced that Whigham would join the third season of the VH1 slasher television series Scream as a series regular. She starred in the role of Beth. [6] The third season premiered on July 8, 2019. [7] On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Whigham would appear in the second season of Netflix's The Punisher . [8] In 2019, she co-starred in the film Saving Zoë , which was an adaptation to Alyson Noël’s bestselling young adult novel of the same title, starring alongside sisters Laura Marano and Vanessa Marano. [9] In 2017 and 2022, she guest-starred as Lysella on the first and third seasons of The Orville . In 2022, she was cast as Blaire Bennett on the Peacock series Ted , the television prequel of the film of the same name. [10]

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2016PinkyNadiaShort film
2018 Sierra Burgess Is a Loser Chrissy
2019N.I.SamanthaShort film
2019 Saving Zoë Carly
2020 What We Found Cassie
2021 Dashcam Mara
2023 A Little White Lie Charlie
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Shameless Toria1 episode
2016–2017 Son of Zorn Shannon3 episodes
2017The Legend of Master LegendAshleighTelevision film
2017 13 Reasons Why Kat2 episodes
2017 Chance Pepper3 episodes
2017; 2022 The Orville Lysella2 episodes
2018 Animal Kingdom Sarah1 episode
2018 Dirty John Teenage Denise Meehan-Shepherd1 episode
2019 The Punisher Amy Bendix Main role, 11 episodes
2019 Scream BethMain role, 6 episodes
2020–2021 Legacies Jade4 episodes
2020 Into the Dark Shauna Shore1 episode
2023 Waco: The Aftermath Becca Whitsett2 episodes
2024 Ted Blaire BennettMain role

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