Ivy Wolk (born August 24, 2004) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her roles as Tellulah on the Freeform series ''

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'' (2020) and as Crystal in

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's film ''

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'' (2024). She is also known online for her provocative social media presence on

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and

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Life and career

Ivy Wolk was born on August 24, 2004, and raised in Los Angeles. Her mother is a

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and her father is the censor for ''

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'' As a child, she was a member of the

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, a

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league. At the age of 13, she began posting comedic videos on

under the handle @fathoodbitch and gained more than 200,000 followers. She had her first professional onscreen role as Tellulah, a drama-starting high schooler and

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to main character Genevieve, played by Maeve Press, on the first season of the Freeform comedy television series ''

'', which aired in 2020. She deactivated her account soon after booking the role in 2019 at the request of Freeform executives. ''

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''s Alamin Yohannes called her a standout among the show's recurring characters. She did not return for its second season. She later rejoined TikTok under the username @lives_in_a_society during the

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and gained a following for her provocative persona. After tweets of hers were shared online and garnered controversy, she soon deleted her TikTok account. While finishing high school, she played a small role in

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's 2022 film '' The Bubble''. Wolk briefly attended

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, where she joined a

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group, but dropped out in her first year after shooting the film ''

'' at the start of 2023. In the film, she played Crystal, a teenage candy shop employee whose friend, Vanya (played by Mark Eidelstein), hires a sex worker, Anora (played by

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), to be his girlfriend. Wolk had direct messaged the film's director,

, on

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while in high school after attending a screening of his film '' Red Rocket''; she said Baker was drawn to her "weird internet presence" and invited her to audition. ''Anora'' won the

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on its premiere at the

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. Wolk appeared later that year in the ensemble cast of the FX television series ''

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'' as Chelsea, a sardonic high school student and best friend to Kayla, played by

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. Michael Cuby of ''

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'' praised Wolk as "a more-than-welcome screen presence" in the series. Also that year, she had a supporting role in

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's comedy film ''The Code'' as Colette. Wolk moved to

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after appearing in ''Anora'' and began performing

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in New York. Wolk is set to appear in

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's upcoming film ''

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'' and

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's '' Outcome''.

Public image

Wolk became known for her presence on

, where her tweets have routinely garnered controversy, and is associated with the

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group. Wolk has been described by Tobias Hess of ''

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'' as an "internet provocateur" whose tweets "frequently invite virality and vitriol" and by Michael Cuby of ''

'' as a "

sensation". ''Interview''s Emily Sandstrom wrote in 2024 that her tweets consisted of "unbridled, witty and perverse cultural commentary" as well as "more vulnerable personal accounts of coming of age in the thorny entertainment industry". For ''

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'', Jose Useche and Allison Bloom wrote that she was "known for her dry humor, tasteful apathy, and sardonic delivery". She was included on

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's 20 Under 20 list in 2024. Jason P. Frank of ''

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'' wrote that she typically portrayed Zoomers "who have a tendency to say cancellable things". Wolk is also known online for her appearance, particularly her sharp

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and her

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. Wolk has listed

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, and

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as her biggest inspirations.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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