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My Take
Willa Fitzgerald is, to me, one of the most quietly compelling actresses of her generation. The Yale pedigree shows — not in showiness, but in how precisely she calibrates each role, from the final-girl lead in Scream to the unsettling cheer coach in Dare Me and the grounded officer in Reacher. She has a gift for characters who seem composed on the surface while something complicated churns underneath. I suspect casting directors are only beginning to grasp her range. Born in Nashville in 1991, she is entering the years when character actresses bloom into leads, and I would bet on a breakout role finding her soon.
Overview
Willa Fitzgerald (born January 17, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for her starring role as Emma Duval in MTV's Scream. She has played cheer coach Colette French in the USA Network's television drama series Dare Me and officer Roscoe Conklin in the Amazon Prime Video television series Reacher.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Willa Fitzgerald
- Name (Japanese)
- ウィラ・フィッツジェラルド
- Reading
- うぃら・ふぃっつじぇらるど
- Born
- January 17, 1991 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Goat
- Origin
- Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Yale University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.