Devyn Tyler: Every Fascinating Fact About The Actress That No one Told You About

34-year-old Devyn Tyler is an American actress fondly known for her roles as Veronique in Snowfall and Ardelia Mapp in Clarice
She had always had a thing for performance and picked up dancing at an early age. This prompted her actress mother and father to send her to a school of performing arts despite losing their house in New Orleans to Hurricane Katrina
Devyn started off her career in theatres but took a break to study French and Francophone studies before returning with a bang to the big screens.

Famous for her roles as Ardelia Mapp in Clarice and Veronique in Snowfall, Devyn Tyler is a well-established American actress. She has been active on the silver screens for about 2 decades and doesn’t seem to be slowing down soon.

Starting off her career in acting from a young age, it is no surprise that Tyler’s movie credits are heading to about 40 roles. Interestingly, the college saw her picking up a course that was out of the acting field but Devyn Tyler found her way back to her first love. Her family suffered a setback when they lost their house to hurricane Katrina in 2005 and had to move to Houston.

Hurricane Katrina Destroyed Her Home in New Orleans

The American actress was born Devyn Ariel Tyler in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her date of birth is said to be May 7, 1991, and she was reportedly born as the only daughter of Mr. Kevin Tyler and Mrs. Deneen Tyler.

Devyn’s mother is said to be a former actress and so it is no wonder where the 34-year-old picked up her skills from. She initially began her entertainment journey as a dancer before discovering a profound love for theatre and acting.

Upon realizing their daughter’s love for dance, Mr. and Mrs. Tyler then chose to send her to schools that would help her finesse her talent. It is reported that she attended Lusher Alternative Elementary School. While here, Devyn was exposed to a lot of dance styles and techniques.

Moving on, she reportedly studied at Montessori Elementary school and then graduated from Lusher Middle School. However, in 2005, she had to move to Houston with her family as they relocated.

The reason for the Tyler family’s relocation was the devastating consequence of Hurricane Katrina. Back in New Orleans, the hurricane hit hard and destroyed cities and homes. Devyn’s family house was one such home that was ravaged by the disaster.

Back in Houston, the family started afresh with help from well-meaning people who donated to their cause.

She Started off in Theatre

As already stated, Tyler’s love for dance and performance saw her delve into theatre works. By the age of 8, she has already starred in her first production, and subsequently, bagging roles came easily to Ariel.

She attended High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she studied theatre. Throughout her High-school days, the actress was in a theatrical production or another. Despite being fond of theatre, she took a break from it for about 3 years. Returning back to acting saw the New Orleans-born fully partaking in the film industry after joining. Meanwhile, reports have it that Tyler, while studying, still got involved in some productions. The title of the movie is Act 3 of Waiting for Godot, which was filmed while she was in her senior year. In the production, she was cast as Vladimir.

Devyn Tyler has been in about 36 Movies and Series

Stop coming for the actress from Snowfall! Her name is Devyn Tyler, and she’s BEAUTIFUL. #SnowfallFX pic.twitter.com/GOxSsoYbp8

— Joy De’Angela (@joydeangela) March 19, 2022

From 2004 to date, Devyn Tyler has been in quite a number of productions. While most have brought her stardom, there are other roles that brought a lot of criticism. One such role is Veronique in Snowfall.

The bane for the trolls the actress received was more of a wardrobe malfunction. According to fans and followers of the series, the wig and presentation of Devyn were not flattering.

Joy De’Angela made a tweet asking people to leave her alone. The tweet also sparked another wave of arguments and debates. Some of her other roles are:

Stuck in the Suburbs (2004 TV Movie) – As Devyn
Now You See It (2005 TV Movie) – As Linking Rings Girl
Glory Road (2006) – As Cager’s Sister
The Great Debaters (2007) – As Helen Farmer
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) – As Queenie’s Daughter age 14
The Gates (2010 TV Series) – As Mia Muller
12 Years a Slave (2013) – As Margaret Northup
Underground (2016) – As Seraphina
NCIS: New Orleans (2016 TV Series) – As Amelia Boyd
Baggus Plasticus, the Invasive Species (2016) – As Devyn
Tyler (2016) – As Tyler
Shock and Awe (2017) – As Reporter Number 1
Dynasty (2017 TV Series) – As Brianna
Cut Off (2017) – As Kate Stone
Winks (2017) – As Shamikah
The Haunted (2017) – As Grace
The Quad (2018 TV Series) – As Mina Berry
Supercon (2018) – As Tameron
Queen Sugar (2018 TV Series) – As Elaine
Out of Blue (2018) – As Stella Honey
The First (2018 TV Series) – As Samantha
Cloak & Dagger (2019 TV Series) – As Ballet Instructor
Synchronic (2019) – Danika (Uncredited)
Hot Date (2019 TV Series) – As Liz
Watchman (2019 TV Mini-Series) – As Elise Abar
The Purge (2019 TV Series) – As Tonya
One of These Days (2019/2020) – As Deandra
Unhinged (2020/2021) – As Mrs. Ayers
Antebellum (2020) – As Melanie
Fear the Walking Dead (2020 TV Series) – As Nora
The Security of Fear (2021)
The Underground Railroad (2021 TV Mini-Series) – As Meg
Clarice (2021 TV Series) – As Ardelia Mapp
Night Teeth (2021) – As The Concierge
Deep Water (2022) – As Mary Washington
Snowfall (2022 TV Series) – As Veronique

Devyn Tyler Studied French and Francophone Studies

Tyler Devyn Ariel first studied French while at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In 2011, she got a fellowship with the support of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship to study at Columbia.

The fellowship allowed her to apply for and study any course for the duration of her college years. Devyn was a recipient of this support from the spring of 2011.

She also got to spend a semester during the fall of 2011, in Paris courtesy of the Columbia-Penn Program at Reid Hall. With this, she became a peer adviser in the Office of Global Programs. Her job description was to offer resource services for fellow students who wanted to study abroad, in Paris.

Apart from this, Devyn was a co-teacher for an extracurricular French course. She taught the middle school at Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change in Harlem.

As a teacher, the actress engaged her students in research on French-speaking countries. With her knowledge of the French language, history, and culture, she speaks the French language fluently.

She has a Reasonable Net Worth

34-year-old Devyn Tyler has been an actress since 2004 and has played the lead in a couple of notable movies. As such, it is expected that she should have a huge net worth already. Although the exact figures that make her net worth have not been published yet, it is believed to be within the range of $1-$3 million.

She was part of the movie The Great Debaters as Helen Farmer and it was worth $30.2 million. This, according to rotten tomatoes is her highest-grossing movie role. Unhinged grossed $20.6 million and Devyn played the role of Mrs. Ayers in the movie.

With her roles in such movies, she sure does make a good amount of money and so would continue to as she is still active.

Devyn Tyler is a bi-lingual African-American actress who from the age of 8 has proven that the spotlight was for her. With her background in dance and theatre, she is an all-around entertainer. Although she took a three years hiatus from acting to pursue her degree in French and Francophone studies, she is back and has been gracing screens better than before.

The actress is still quite young and would surely be part of more movies. However, if she thinks of retiring from acting, she could always fall back on teaching or furthering her degree.