The queen of roasts chats with VF about getting sober, venturing into feature films at 41, and the difference between men who flop and herself: “I don’t have the room to fail.”
Since starting her company TeaTime, she and producing partner Ro Donnelly have released a string of indie hits—and they’re hoping to go bigger and braver in the next few years: “I don’t even know how to explain it without throwing anybody under the bus.”
The 23-year-old is best known for playing high schoolers onstage (John Proctor Is the Villain) and onscreen (Stranger Things), but her own school experience was anything but conventional.