Tyner Rushing

Tyner Rushing is an American actress known for her role portraying Emma Smith in FX on Hulu's Under the [Banner of Heaven (miniseries)|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 (TV series)|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.

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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 from ’'Orfeo ed Euridice.’'

Personal life

Rushing is queer. She lives in Los Angeles.