Tyner Rushing is an American television and film actor. Tyner was raised on the Gulf Coast in Semmes, Alabama by plant farm owners, Ralph and Patti Tyner Rushing. She studied opera and musical theatre at the liberal arts school, Birmingham-Southern College. A touring theatre job then landed her in San Francisco, where she performed on many stages. On screen, she's most notably known for her parts in Under the Banner of Heaven, The Last Thing He Told Me, Lovecraft Country, Stranger Things, For All Mankind, The Terminal List, and the upcoming HBO It the Clown