Tyner Rushing

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Tyner Rushing
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NationalityUnited States
OccupationActor
Years active2010-present

Tyner Rushing an American actress, is known for her role portraying Emma Smith in Dustin Lance Black's Under the Banner of Heaven . [1] [2] [3] [4] Other notable roles include Liz Riley in The Terminal List [5] [6] [7] [8] and Virginia Creel in Stranger Things . [9] [10] 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. [11] [12] In 2025, she joined the cast of the upcoming HBO television series It – Welcome to Derry .

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Early life and education

Rushing grew up in rural Alabama on a farm and plant nursery. [13] [14] [15] She got her start in the performing arts world as a singer and dancer in various musicals and operas. [16]

Personal life

Rushing identifies as queer. [17] She lives in Los Angeles. [18]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Lovecraft CountryBarb
2021CreepshowJune Aurora
2021 Under the Banner of Heaven Emma Smith 5 episodes
2021 Stranger Things Virginia Creel2 episodes
2021 The Terminal List Liz Riley5 episodes
2022 Echoes Maria McCleary5 episodes
2023 The Last Thing He Told Me Max Parnes
2023–present For All Mankind Samantha Massey10 episodes
2025 It – Welcome to Derry undisclosed

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