Alyah Chanelle Scott facts for kids

Alyah Chanelle Scott (born July 3, 1997) is an American actor, director, and Tony Award winning producer. She is best known for her roles as Whitney Chase on the 2021 HBO Max series The ... of College Girls and as Timberly Fox on the 2022 Hulu series Reboot.

Early life and education

Alyah Chanelle Scott grew up in Pearland, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Her mother is a NASA aerospace engineer and her father works in finance at a car company. She attended Glenda Dawson High School, graduating in 2015.

She received a BFA from the University of Michigan's musical theatre program.

Career

Acting

Scott spent various summers performing in productions at Music Theatre Wichita, including The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pippin. While in her senior year of college, Scott landed the role of Nabulungi, the female lead in The Book of Mormon, for the musical's U.S. national tour. She joined the tour in July 2019 and performed in hundreds of shows through early 2020 when its shows were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

..... The show was renewed for a second season.

Scott also starred in Steve Levitan's Reboot, as Timberly Fox, which premiered on Hulu on September 20, 2022.

Producing

As a co-producer on the Runyonland Sussman team for the 2023 Broadway revival of Parade, Scott won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. That same year she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for the 2023 revival of Ibsen's A Doll's House, starring Jessica Chastain (as a co-producer with the with OHenry Theatre Nerd Productions / Runyonland MMP team).

Scott's other production credits include the 2023 Broadway revival of The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, Gutenberg! The Musical!, and the 2024 revival of The Wiz.

Directing

Scott directed the music video to Reneé Rapp's song Talk Too Much, released in August 2023.

Filmography

Television

Stage

Music videos

Awards and nominations