Willa Fitzgerald was born on January 17, 1991,[1] in Nashville, Tennessee,[2] the only child of musician parents[3] who were in a band together for two decades prior to her birth.[4]
Between 2013 and 2014, Fitzgerald played the role of Lola Laffer in the Amazon Studiospoliticalweb television series Alpha House. The series lasted two seasons before being cancelled.[6] On April 23, 2014, it was reported that Fitzgerald obtained a recurring role in USA Network's drama series Royal Pains as Emma Miller.[7] Between 2014 and 2015, she also obtained guest-starring roles in various television series such as Blue Bloods, The Following and Gotham.[8]
On August 5, 2014, she was cast in MTV's Scream.[9][10][11] On July 29, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season that premiered on May 30, 2016.[12][13] On April 26, 2017, MTV announced that Scream would undergo a reboot featuring a new cast.[14][15]
Fitzgerald's credits in theater include works such as Couple in the Kitchen, The Private Sector, Cow Play and The Cat and the Canary.[16][17][18] In August 2016, she joined the cast of the film Misfortune,[19] directed by Lucky McKee and released in October 2017 under the title Blood Money.[20]
In January 2016, she was cast in the go90 web series Relationship Status. She portrayed the role of Beth in a two-episode arc.[21]
In November 2017, she was cast as the lead of E!'s pilot #Fashionvictim as Anya St. Clair.[27] In March 2018, the pilot was not commissioned to go forward with E!.[28] In December 2017, she was cast to play Kitsey Barbour in The Goldfinch based on Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name,[29] which was released on September 13, 2019.[30]
In July 2018, Fitzgerald was cast as one of the lead roles in the USA Network drama pilot Dare Me, which was picked up to series in January 2019.[30] On April 30, 2020, the series was canceled after one season.[31] In December 2018, Fitzgerald was cast in an episode of the Netflix anthology drama series, Heartstrings.[32] The series premiered on November 22, 2019.[33] In April 2019, it was announced that Fitzgerald would guest star in the sixth season of the TV Land comedy-drama series Younger.[34]
In March 2021, she was cast as officer Roscoe Conklin in the first season of the Amazon Prime Video series Reacher,[35] which premiered in February 2022. In June 2022, she was announced to star in Steven Brand's noir thriller Joe Baby.[36]
^"Introducing April Starring Willa Fitzgerald". Rose & Ivy Journal. March 29, 2022. Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. My parents were musicians when I was growing up—they were in a band for 20 years even before I was even a thought. They are both creative people and I think as a kid, it's a natural thing to rebel against what your parents are like. So for a long time, I said I wasn't going to be like that, and I went hard into just being a nerd, learning as much as I possibly could, and being good at school.
^Castillo, Bree (January 13, 2020). "Q&A | Willa Fitzgerald". Flaunt Magazine. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
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