Tyner Rushing

Rushing speaking on a panel for The Terminal List in 2022

Tyner Rushing is an American actress known for her role portraying Emma Smith in FX on Hulu's Under the Banner of Heaven. Other notable roles include Liz Riley in The Terminal List and Virginia Creel in Stranger Things. 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. In 2025, she joined the cast of the HBO supernatural horror television series It: Welcome to Derry, Hulu’s Murdaugh: Death in the Family and Amazon Prime Video's It's Not Like That.

Early life and education

Tyner Rushing was born to Ralph Rushing and Patti Tyner Rushing and grew up in Semmes, Alabama on a farm and plant nursery. She got her start in the performing arts world as a singer and dancer in various musicals and operas, and attended Birmingham–Southern College as a vocal performance major. Rushing was one of five winners of the Dorsey Whittington Concerto/Aria Competition. She performed with the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra as part of her prize and sang an aria (as a mezzo-soprano) from ’'Orfeo ed Euridice.’'

Personal life

Rushing is queer. She lives in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Lovecraft Country Barb
2021 Creepshow June Aurora
Under the Banner of Heaven Emma Smith 5 episodes
The Terminal List Liz Riley 5 episodes
2022 Echoes Maria McCleary 5 episodes
Stranger Things Virginia Creel 2 episodes
2023 The Last Thing He Told Me Max Parnes
2023–2024 For All Mankind Samantha Massey 10 episodes
2025 Murdaugh: Death in the Family Detective Laura Rutland 3 episodes
2025–present It: Welcome to Derry Young Ingrid Kersh 1 episode
2026 It's Not Like That Jenny

References

  1. ↑ "Collider interviews Tyner Rushing". Collider. 13 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Screenrant interviews Under the Banner of Heaven cast". Screen Rant. 29 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "FX Networks highlights Tyner Rushing as Emma Smith in Under the Banner of Heaven".
  4. ↑ "Sunstone Magazine interviews Tyner Rushing". 17 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Tyner Rushing joins Chris Pratt in the Terminal List on Variety.com". 25 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Features, C. E. (2021-05-26). "Tyner Rushing onboard Chris Pratt-starrer The Terminal List". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  7. ↑ "The Terminal List Star Tyner Rushing on Being Chris Pratt's Right Hand Woman (Exclusive)". ComicBookMovie.com. 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  8. ↑ "Tyner Rushing talks the Terminal List and Stranger Things with DIAL News".
  9. ↑ Holmes, Martin (2022-09-21). "'For All Mankind' Season 4: Tyner Rushing Joins Cast as Series Regular". TV Insider. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  10. ↑ "Deadline announces Tyner Rushing joining main cast of AppleTV's For All Mankind". 20 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Tyner Rushing interview on season 4 of For All Mankind". 12 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Murdaugh Murders Hulu Series Casts Tyner Rushing (EXCLUSIVE)".
  13. 1 2 Colurso, Mary (May 27, 2021). "Alabama's Tyner Rushing to play 'Bama born badass' in new Chris Pratt series". The Birmingham News. Advance Publications. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Tyner Rushing stops by FAME recording studio". 23 December 2023.
  15. ↑ Andrew Garfield On Knitting, Cuddling, and Lassoing - Under the Banner of Heaven | POPSUGAR (Video). April 29, 2022. Event occurs at 1:30.
  16. ↑ "'For All Mankind' Star Tyner Rushing Shares Her Thoughts on Season 4 (And That Epic Finale), Excitement for Season 5, and More!". 12 January 2024.