Odessa A’zion has shortly change into one among Hollywood’s most talked-about rising stars — and 2025 has formally been her breakout yr.
From exhibiting off her sharp comedic timing reverse Rachel Sennott to sharing the massive display screen with Gwyneth Paltrow and Timothée Chalamet, the 25-year-old actress has confirmed she’s greater than prepared for the highlight. Previously finest recognized for Netflix’s Grand Military and a string of buzzy horror movies, Odessa now stars in two of the season’s largest tasks: Sennott’s I Love LA, at the moment airing weekly on HBO, and A24’s sports activities drama Marty Supreme, which hit theaters on Christmas Day.
Odessa grew up surrounded by the leisure business. Her father, Felix O. Adlon, is a German author and producer, whereas her mom, Pamela Adlon, is an Emmy-winning actress finest recognized for voicing Bobby Hill on King of the Hill and starring in Californication and Louie. Pamela additionally earned a number of Emmy nominations as a author and producer for Louie and later created and starred in FX’s Higher Issues.
Pamela has beforehand shared how a lot her daughters influenced her work — particularly for her present, Higher Issues. “My real-life daughters, they selected the ladies,” she informed Jimmy Kimmel Dwell whereas discussing casting the sequence. “I confirmed them the tapes for casting, and so they forged the ladies who they thought was finest. It’s sort of bizarre. It’s like choosing your re-enactor of your life.”
Rising up in Los Angeles, Odessa developed a love for appearing early on. She informed Teen Vogue that Jack Nicholson’s efficiency in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest impressed her. “I simply actually needed to be like that,” she stated.
As a child, Odessa staged performs and wrote skits alongside her siblings — older sister Gideon and youthful sister Valentine, who’re additionally actors. Her first credited function got here within the 2011 dramedy Conception, which starred her mom and featured an ensemble forged together with Connie Britton, David Arquette and Julie Bowen.
By her teenagers, Odessa was decided to carve out her personal path. “I needed to [act] after I was youthful, however my household didn’t let me,” she defined. “Once I was 15, I went and obtained an agent and simply began doing it alone.”
That drive paid off. After gaining consideration in Grand Military and style movies like Hellraiser, Odessa has stepped into a brand new period of her profession. In Marty Supreme, she performs Rachel Mizler, the love curiosity of Chalamet’s Marty Mauser, in a forged that additionally consists of Fran Drescher, Gwyneth Paltrow and Tyler, the Creator.
With back-to-back high-profile roles and simple display screen presence, Odessa is simply getting began. Scroll by means of our gallery to see each film and TV present she’s starred in up to now.
