“I believe I’ve a slight revisionist historical past about why I needed to turn into an actor. Some individuals in my household say that I’ve been speaking about it since I used to be a bit child. I spent my summers at Interlochen, an unimaginable arts camp, however I had a second the place I noticed I may really make a profession out of it after I noticed fellow campers making use of to conservatory and humanities applications. So after I graduated highschool, I went on to review at Carnegie Mellon Faculty of Drama, and after that, I shot The Wilds in New Zealand, and Tiny Stunning Issues in LA. Humorous sufficient, two months after I signed my lease in LA, I acquired forged as Diana in Stereophonic [in New York].
Stereophonic was the very last thing I auditioned for earlier than the world shut down in 2020. That iteration of the play in the end by no means went ahead, however then in Might of final 12 months, I auditioned for it once more and acquired it. Truthfully, the entire trajectory of this play was not one thing I anticipated in any respect. We first began off Broadway, and my associates would come and ask if it’d switch. I keep in mind saying, ‘Possibly, however doesn’t that take years? Who is aware of the place I’ll be then?’ By the tip of our run in December, the producers advised us we’d be on Broadway by March. I really feel actually fortunate to have the ability to do that—and to have been nominated for a Tony for Finest Featured Actress in a Play? I couldn’t have predicted that. I used to be in mattress, a textual content thread with my household, when nominations had been introduced. I used to be shocked after I noticed my title. Particularly to have been nominated in a class subsequent to Juliana Canfield, my castmate who’s modified my life not simply as a performer, however as an individual. I felt very honored.
SKINCARE
I put on a variety of stage make-up for Stereophonic, however Danucera’s Cerabalm takes all the pieces off rather well with out stripping my pores and skin. I attempt to therapeutic massage it in for a few minutes earlier than getting within the bathe. If I’m not double cleaning, I’ll simply use La Roche-Posay’s light cleanser from their Toleriane line. It’s no-frills and simply will get the job accomplished. I get facials at Rescue Spa with Livia Fagaras, and she or he really useful the D22 Tonic from Danucera. It evenly exfoliates the pores and skin. I additionally picked up iS Medical’s Professional-Heal Serum after I was searching for a vitamin C serum. I’m actually attempting to be higher with vitamin C as a result of my pores and skin seems much less boring after I use it. My sister was the one who advised me I have to get higher with serums, so Danucera’s Mega Serum can also be within the rotation.
The Wealthy Cream from Augustinus Bader isn’t low cost, so it’s onerous for me to justify it as an on a regular basis cream, however I prefer it when my pores and skin seems a bit extra boring. Normally I simply use Danucera’s Cream Supreme—it’s wealthy, but it surely doesn’t clog my pores. If I simply need a moisturizer that I can actually slather on when my pores and skin is tremendous dry and I don’t need to fear in regards to the price ticket, I like Vanicream. I additionally like face oils through the fall and winter. I like True Botanicals’ Pure Radiance oil. It smells superb. True Botanicals’ lip balm is fairly nice, too. The colour actually stays on regardless of me licking my lips the entire time—and it tastes good. [Laughs]
I’ve a prescription adapalene gel that basically helps with the blackheads and sebaceous filaments on my nostril, however I’ve additionally observed a distinction in my pores and skin texture since I’ve had it—it’s extra even. Two or 3 times per week, or when I’ve patches of lifeless pores and skin, I exploit Tatcha’s Rice Polish. It’s a bodily exfoliator, but it surely’s really very light. I additionally use Masque Vivant a few days per week. Individuals say it smells dangerous, however I don’t suppose it does. It perhaps smells like soy sauce? And I’m actually loving Biodance’s Bio-Collagen masks. It goes on white however turns clear. Despite the fact that it’s a sheet masks, it’s not like different masks that slip off, so you possibly can stroll round with it on.
If somebody asks me about my desert island magnificence merchandise, I’m not going to say eye cream, however some time in the past, my darkish circles had been fairly dangerous so I picked up Biologique Recherche’s Creme Contour des Yeux Biosensible. I like that it’s packaged with a chilly steel wand. I swap between that one and Danucera’s Iconic eye cream. After which I’ve used La Roche-Posay’s Anthelios tinted SPF 50 for some time. I don’t put on basis or concealer daily, and this provides me simply sufficient protection and a bit little bit of glow. You may get it at each single pharmacy and I like that if I run out of it, I do know the place I can go to purchase it quick.
MAKEUP
I actually like strolling by way of the world feeling like myself. Generally I purchase a bit of clothes as a result of I’m like, ‘I need to be this woman,’ however then I by no means put on it as a result of I by no means get up within the morning eager to be that woman. I’ve an identical feeling in direction of make-up. I’m desirous about experimenting extra however I gravitate in direction of the identical issues again and again.
My favourite mascara is CoverGirl’s Lash Blast in Black Brown, which opens up my eyes with out being an excessive amount of. For my pores and skin, I like Kosas’ concealer in 1.5 C as a result of it doesn’t crack and blends out properly. It’s nonetheless a bit expensive, however I’m not spending $60 on concealer both. I principally apply it to my nostril to cowl up redness. Giorgio Armani’s Luminous Silk basis—I exploit 3.75—is just the most effective. It actually seems like pores and skin. I suppose it’s pricier than different foundations, but it surely lasts a extremely very long time for me. I really like to purchase a travel-sized bottle as a result of I don’t undergo it shortly sufficient and I do not need the muse to oxidize.
Generally I get up and I don’t like my face—like perhaps I look a bit puffy—and that’s after I pull out Westman Atelier’s contour stick in Biscuit to carve out my cheekbones. I put on it on my eyes some days, too. In the meantime, Chanel’s Multi-Use Glow Stick in Dragée offers me a pleasant flush. I like carrying it on my nostril, and typically my lips, if I’m not carrying every other make-up. If I need extra coloration, I seize the Wholesome Glow Solar-Kissed Powder from Chanel in Gentle Coral. I swipe my brush on the bronzer half, after which take a smaller brush to brush the pink on the apples of my cheeks. I stayed away from bronzer for some time. I used to be actually into the porcelain doll look, however I used to be additionally a bit traumatized from highschool, when bronzer turned me orange. Oh, and by the best way, if I need to have a blush on the go, I throw Charlotte Tilbury’s lipstick in Pillow Discuss Medium in my bag. I acquired it from a make-up artist who made my lips look unimaginable, but it surely’s a bit extra pink than I need it to be so I apply it to my cheeks as a substitute.
Make-up artist Shayna Gold gave me Make Up For Ever’s lip liner in Wherever Caffeine, a heat caramel nude, for the Tony’s. The colour actually matches my lips, so it will probably actually make them look barely fuller than they’re. After I need extra pink, I am going for Laura Mercier’s lip liner in Rosewood. My lips look so juicy with it. Generally I placed on Chanel’s Rouge Coco Baume in Fall For Me over it.
HAIR
A few years in the past, I began getting a couple of wiry, grey hairs. Possibly I’ll dye it for a job someday or I’ll need to experiment, however proper now, it feels genuine and uncooked. I do know individuals take a look at it as an age marker, however I simply suppose the colour is so cool. I actually need a skunk stripe actually badly—Additionally, I suppose I’m fairly typical in how I do and put on my hair and what sort of haircuts I get, so that is my small means of being unconventional. Think about: Sarah Pidgeon, silver fox at 28… [Laughs] That and I don’t need to go to a salon each six weeks for touch-ups. I already get haircuts with Megan Robinson at Pearlita each couple of weeks and that’s sufficient. She does dry cuts with a razor, and I like that I can actually visualize the way it’s going to look as she’s slicing it. I don’t ever depart the salon being like, ‘My hair isn’t going to look even near what it seems like now.’ I’ve additionally by no means gotten a nasty haircut from her.
I used to be launched to Rōz’s shampoo and conditioner from a hairstylist in LA. I’ve a little bit of a pure curl and wave to my hair, and the Rōz merchandise enable my hair to do its pure factor with out getting frizzy. Additionally they odor superb. I’ve scalp eczema psoriasis, which could be embarrassing. It’s not as onerous to take care of in the summertime as a result of my scalp is not as dry, however I’ve a medicated shampoo that I exploit typically. Apart from that, I exploit Head & Shoulders shampoo and conditioner to maintain all of it in test. Oh, and I like Crown Affair’s oil. It smells nice, too.
Final 12 months I purchased Shark’s FlexStyle as a result of I began going to extra occasions and didn’t all the time have a hair individual. It simply offers you an excellent blowout, and my philosophy is that if my hair seems good, it doesn’t matter how my face seems. I additionally don’t know how you can give myself a blowout utilizing only a brush and an everyday hair dryer, and this actually simplifies the method.
If I need a bit further one thing, I spray Byredo’s Mojave Ghost hair fragrance. Hair actually holds on to scent and I like that individuals can odor it on me after I hug them. It’s a bit masculine however nonetheless heat and in no way overpowering. I’ve had the identical bottle for years as a result of a bit goes a good distance.
FRAGRANCE
Le Labo’s Gaiac is certainly one of their metropolis scents—it’s impressed by Tokyo. You possibly can solely purchase it in September, however in case you have a bottle then you will get it refilled. It’s woody and musky and horny, and each time I put on it, I get compliments. Comme des Garçons’s Blackpepper is a bit more recent however nonetheless horny. I needed to purchase it for thus lengthy. Earlier than I took the plunge, I might spray it on the retailer, and if I used to be carrying a sweater or a shirt, I cherished that I may odor it on me later. In the meantime, Perfumer H’s Ink smells like ink dried on paper. My good friend Ben turned me on to it. The bottle I’ve proper now’s his, so it’s our bottle really. [Laughs]”
—As advised to Daise Bedolla
Photographed by Shana Trajanoska in New York on July 22, 2024