{"id":119871,"date":"2022-10-06T12:29:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.castingnetworks.com\/?post_type=news&p=119871"},"modified":"2025-05-03T11:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T18:35:17","slug":"acting-up-alyah-chanelle-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.castingnetworks.com\/news\/acting-up-alyah-chanelle-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Up: Alyah Chanelle Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"

The snapshot: Alyah Chanelle Scott<\/a> plays a reality TV star who gets hired to star in the reboot of an early 2000s sitcom in the very funny Hulu series, Reboot<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

(The eight-episode season premiered on September 20 with new episodes dropping every Monday)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Performance:<\/h3>\n

For all the funny things that happen in Hulu\u2019s Reboot<\/em>, an inside-baseball Hollywood sendup from Steve Levitan (co-creator of Modern Family<\/em>), there\u2019s something about a reality TV star getting hired to star on a sitcom that doesn\u2019t feel at all far-fetched in the year 2022.<\/p>\n

I could easily spend time talking about Reboot<\/em>\u2019s entertaining repartee between a dysfunctional father\/daughter showrunner team (Rachel Bloom and Paul Reiser). Or the seismic amount of sexual tension between the show\u2019s co-stars Bree and Reed (Judy Greer and Keegan-Michael Key). Or even the twisted romance between Johnny Knoxville\u2019s character and a former child star\u2019s mom. But instead, I\u2019ll focus on the performance that feels right for Casting Networks \u2013 as it involves a reality TV star who is out of her depth on her first real acting job. Or is she?<\/p>\n

Enter Timberly (Scott), the star of F*ckbuddy Mountain<\/em>, who gets forced on Reboot<\/em>\u2019s showrunners by Hulu. (Yes, the streamer actually stars as a fictionalized version of itself in the series). Timberly checks a lot of demographic boxes, including a sizable social following, but she lacks one key ingredient upon arrival: the ability to act. She also likes to read stage directions when speaking her dialogue, which I\u2019m no actor, but I hear isn\u2019t really how the gig works.<\/p>\n

However, when Key’s character, a more dramatically trained Reed Sterling, teaches Timberly a thing or two about acting, she begins to morph from \u2018duckling into swan.\u2019 Unfortunately, a jealous, thin-skinned, past-her-prime Bree (Greer) gets her hands on Timberly and reverses the good work Reed has done. This leads to Timberly performing her dialogue with wildly off-putting gesticulations that play like a hybrid performance between speaking and \u2026 signing.<\/p>\n

Watching Timberly getting played by these chronically insecure acting vets is cringe-inducing \u2014 and highly amusing. But we soon realize that maybe she\u2019s not so green as Timberly takes things into her own hands \u2013 namely, Bree, after a night on the town together. Now Bree, who\u2019s left to process what\u2019s she done (Timberly) starts Googling things to get a snapshot of her future like \u201coscar winning lesbians\u201d and \u201cwhat does yous laid\u201d mean after Timberly tells her \u201cyou slayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s all fun to watch \u2013 especially when Timberly playfully breaks the news to Key\u2019s Reed, who still has the hots for Bree after the two dated on the show\u2019s first go \u2018round. Overall, Scott\u2019s presence lends a license to amusingly show the gen X\/gen Z divide and how times have changed with the power of social media and sexual identification. Even though she may not be in every episode, Scott nails her role and becomes a character we want to see onscreen more.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to hoping Timberly\u2019s reality check continues into the inevitable season two.<\/p>\n

The Career:<\/h3>\n

If you thought you recognized the young Scott from somewhere but just can\u2019t place the face, I\u2019m here to help. It\u2019s from The Sex Lives of College Girls<\/em>, the excellent HBO Max series from co-creator Mindy Kaling I wrote about once<\/a> starring a talented ensemble cast. In Sex Lives<\/em>, Scott plays Whitney, a college freshman\/soccer player and daughter of a female Senator, who endures many-a-life-lesson<\/a> while having an impetuous affair with her married college soccer coach.<\/p>\n

Scott played her scenes well in Sex Lives<\/em> too and even though her plotline had a little bit of an ABC Afterschool Special quality at times, you could see her talent coming from a mile away.<\/p>\n

Born in Houston, Texas, the 25-year-old Scott attended \u2013 and received her BFA from \u2013 the University of Michigan where she was in the musical theater program. When Scott was a senior, she landed the female lead role in The Book of Mormon<\/em> in the musical\u2019s U.S. national tour performing hundreds of shows until the Covid pandemic scuttled things (just a bit) in 2020.<\/p>\n

Now, with The Sex Lives of College Girls<\/em> coming back and Reboot<\/em> still playing out its first season, the sky\u2019s the limit for Scott \u2013 an apt metaphor considering her mom is a NASA engineer.<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more about Scott, you may want to check out this revealing interview<\/a> she did with Grazia<\/em>, which covered everything from what it was like growing up in Texas to overcoming her impostor syndrome. It\u2019s rare you see a young actress speak with such frankness and honesty, which should bode well for her growth as an actress as her promising career grows from here.<\/p>\n

Looking to get your big break? Sign up or login to Casting Networks<\/a> and find your next role today!<\/p>\n

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