Victoria Pedretti

American actress (born 1995)

Victoria Pedretti
Born (1995-03-23) March 23, 1995 (age 29)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationCarnegie Mellon University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

Victoria Pedretti (born March 23, 1995) is an American actress. Her accolades include an MTV Award, a Saturn Award, and nominations for two Critics' Choice Awards

Pedretti rose to prominence for her work in the Netflix anthology series The Haunting, playing the supporting role of Eleanor "Nell" Crain in Hill House (2018) and the leading role of Danielle "Dani" Clayton in Bly Manor (2020), and for starring as Love Quinn in the Netflix thriller series You (2019–2023). She starred as Leslie Van Houten in the comedy-drama film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Katherine in the biographical-drama film Shirley (2020) and Irma Eckler in the biographical-drama film Origin (2023). She plays the supporting role of Angel in the thriller-drama film Ponyboi (2024) and is starring in the lead role of Dylan in the queer-drama short-film Fall Risk (2024).

Early life

Pedretti was born in Philadelphia on March 23, 1995.[1] Her father is of partial Italian American descent, while her maternal grandmother was Ashkenazi Jewish. Pedretti was raised Jewish,[2][better source needed] and had a bat mitzvah. She was diagnosed with ADD when she was seven years old.[3]

Pedretti attended Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills,[4] where she expressed an interest in musical theatre, and the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh, where she earned a BFA in acting in 2017.[5][6] She revealed in a 2020 interview that she was told by her Carnegie Mellon teachers not to pursue acting: "They were like, 'I don't know if you're cut out for this. Maybe you should try directing.' And I was like, 'That's not easier.'"[7]

Career

Pedretti rose to prominence for her role on Netflix's 2018 series The Haunting of Hill House, in which she played Eleanor "Nell" Crain Vance.[8][9][10][11] She was lauded for her performance, and earned Saturn Award and MTV Award nominations in 2019;[12] she was promptly established as a modern-day scream queen.[8][13][14] Dakota Moss of MovieWeb wrote that "Pedretti's emotions to the role add a horrifying realism to the character, and viewers can feel all of Nell's pain and anguish to the very end. This is one of the defining roles for Victoria Pedretti, and she's only getting started."[15]

Pedretti auditioned for the role of Guinevere Beck on the thriller series You[16] but did not land the part.[17] The directors later cast her as Love Quinn in the show's second season, after seeing her previous acting work and her chemistry with her co-star Penn Badgley.[6][18][19][20] The second season was released by Netflix on December 26, 2019,[21] with Pedretti's performance and the show being received positively.[22][23][24] Also in 2019, Pedretti appeared as Leslie Van Houten in Quentin Tarantino's comedy-drama film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,[25] which was a commercial success,[26] and earned her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble.[27]

In 2020, Pedretti guest-starred in the anthology series Amazing Stories as Evelyn Porter.[28] In the same year, she starred as Katherine in the biographical-drama film Shirley,,[29] which critics reviewed positively.[30][31] She was announced to lead the follow-up season to Hill House, later revealed to be titled The Haunting of Bly Manor, which was released in 2020 to positive reception. Screen Rant wrote that "if there is any performance that has absolutely been a star-making one, one would need look no further than Victoria Pedretti's incredible work..."[32] For her performance, she earned a nomination from the Critics' Choice Super Awards[33][34] and won the award for Best Frightened Performance at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards.[35] She stated that the role of Dani helped her to grow comfortable playing darker roles in the horror and thriller genres, later stating that she has "got a knack for" them.[36]

In 2021, Pedretti appeared in singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves' film Star-Crossed,[37][38] a companion feature to Musgraves' album of the same name,[39][40] in a cameo role as a woman participating in a heist. A clip from the film featuring Pedretti served as the music video for Musgraves' song "Simple Times".[41][42] She reprised the role of Love Quinn for the third season of You,[43] which was released on October 15, 2021.[44][45][46] Filming was done amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, where the intimate scenes posed a challenge to film: "This is not a show where you can be like, 'Nobody's going to kiss. It'll be fine.' So it took months to figure out how to do it safely. [...] It's weird. We have a rapport. We played a couple before, but it didn't just immediately come back after being in a global pandemic."[47] She was nominated for Best Villain at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards.[48]

Pedretti was announced in May 2021 to star in the film Lucky, based on the memoir of the same name,[49] in which she would be portraying writer Alice Sebold during her freshman year at Syracuse University.[50][51] However, in November that same year, the film was cancelled after losing its financing.[52] Pedretti was announced the next year to be headlining the Hulu original series Saint X,[53][54] but she reportedly left the series due to creative differences, with Alycia Debnam-Carey replacing her in the lead role.[55]

In 2023, Pedretti played Irma Eckler in Ava DuVernay's acclaimed biographical drama film Origin.[56][57] It was announced that she would make her Broadway debut in the 2024 Sam Gold directed adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play, An Enemy of the People acting alongside Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli at the Circle in the Square Theatre.[58]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2014 Sole Girl Short film
2014 Uncovering Eden Edie Short film [59]
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Leslie Van Houten [25]
2020 This is Not a Love Letter Girl Short film
2020 Shirley Katherine [30]
2021 Star-Crossed: The Film Heist Girl 1 [38]
2023 Origin Irma Eckler [56]
2024 Ponyboi Angel [60]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2018 The Haunting of Hill House Nell Crain Main role [8]
2019–2023 You Love Quinn Main role (season 2–3)
Guest star (season 4) 		[18]
2020 Amazing Stories Evelyn Porter Episode: "The Cellar" [28]
2020 The Haunting of Bly Manor Dani Clayton Main role [14]

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2024 An Enemy of the People Petra Stockmann Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway [58]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Refs
2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards Most Frightened Performance The Haunting of Hill House Nominated [12]
2019 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress on Television Nominated [12]
2019 International Online Cinema Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie Nominated
2019 Online Film & Television Association Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Limited Series Nominated [61]
2019 National Film and Television Awards Best Newcomer Herself Nominated [62]
2020 Critics' Choice Awards Best Acting Ensemble Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Nominated [27]
2021 Critics' Choice Awards Best Actress in a Horror Series The Haunting of Bly Manor Nominated [34]
2021 Gold Derby Awards Best Movie/Limited Series Actress Nominated [63]
2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards Most Frightened Performance Won [35]
2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Villain You Nominated [48]
2022 Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama Nominated [64]

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