Alyah Chanelle Scott (born July 3, 1997) is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as Whitney Chase on the 2021 HBO Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls and as Timberly Fox on the 2022 Hulu series Reboot. Scott won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, as a producer on the 2023 revival of Parade.
Early life and education Alyah Chanelle Scott grew up in Pearland, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Her mother is a NASA aerospace engineer and her father works in finance at a car company. She attended Glenda Dawson High School, graduating in 2015.
She received a BFA from the University of Michigan's musical theatre program.
Career Acting Scott spent various summers performing in productions at Music Theatre Wichita, including The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pippin. While in her senior year of college, Scott landed the role of Nabulungi, the female lead in The Book of Mormon, for the musical's U.S. national tour. She joined the tour in July 2019 and performed in hundreds of shows through early 2020 when its shows were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scott starred on Mindy Kaling's The Sex Lives of College Girls, as Whitney Chase, which premiered on HBO Max on November 18, 2021. The show was renewed for two more seasons before being cancelled in 2025.
Scott also starred in Steve Levitan's Reboot, as Timberly Fox, which premiered on Hulu on September 20, 2022.
Producing As a co-producer on the Runyonland Sussman team for the 2023 Broadway revival of Parade, Scott won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. That same year she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for the 2023 revival of Ibsen's A Doll's House, starring Jessica Chastain (as a co-producer with the with OHenry Theatre Nerd Productions / Runyonland MMP team).
Scott's other production credits include the 2023 Broadway revival of The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, Gutenberg! The Musical!, and the 2024 revival of The Wiz.
Directing Scott directed the music videos to Reneé Rapp's songs "Talk Too Much" and "Snow Angel", released in August 2023 and June 2023, respectively.
Filmography Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2019The Walk Off McKenna Film short 2021–2025The Sex Lives of College Girls Whitney Chase Lead role 2022Reboot Timberly Fox Recurring role 2025 Hal & Harper Jesse
Theater YearProductionRoleVenue(s) Notes 2019–2020The Book of MormonNabulungiU.S. national tour 2025 Dry Land Ester The Newman Mills Theater, Off-Broadway Main role; one-off benefit reading All Nighter Tessa
Music videos Year Title Artist Notes 2022 "Too Well" Reneé Rapp 2023 "Snow Angel" Director "Talk Too Much"
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2023 Drama League Award Outstanding Revival of a Play (as a producer) A Doll's House Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play (as a producer) Best Revival of a Musical (as a producer) Parade Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Revival of a Musical
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