Tyner Rushing | |
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![]() Rushing speaking on a panel for The Terminal List in 2022 | |
Born | Tyner Rushing June 12, 1988 |
Nationality | United States |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2010–present |
Tyner Rushing an American actress, is 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] [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 supernatural horror television series It – Welcome to Derry and Hulu’s Untitled Murdaugh Murders series. [13]
Rushing grew up in rural Alabama on a farm and plant nursery. [14] [15] [16] She got her start in the performing arts world as a singer and dancer in various musicals and operas. [17]
Rushing identifies as queer. [18] She lives in Los Angeles. [19]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | “Lovecraft Country” | Barb | |
2021 | “Creepshow” | June Aurora | |
2021 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Emma Smith | 5 episodes |
2021 | Stranger Things | Virginia Creel | 2 episodes |
2021 | The Terminal List | Liz Riley | 5 episodes |
2022 | Echoes | Maria McCleary | 5 episodes |
2023 | The Last Thing He Told Me | Max Parnes | |
2023–present | For All Mankind | Samantha Massey | 10 episodes |
2025 | It – Welcome to Derry | undisclosed | |