Amelia Rose Blaire Dechart is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Willa Burrell on the HBO series True Blood and Piper Shaw on the MTV series Scream.[1][2][3]

Amelia Rose Blaire Dechart
Born
Alma materThe Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2002, 2010–present
Spouse
(m. 2018)
Children1

Career

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Blaire studied acting at age 15 when she first started classes at The Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts in Los Angeles, California. After a summer studying Shakespeare with the British American Drama Academy in London, she began working with Oscar-nominated actress Lindsay Crouse, who directed her towards the Atlantic Theater Company's two-year conservatory program in New York City. After graduating, she completed Atlantic's LA Program of master classes with David Mamet, Felicity Huffman, Clark Gregg and others. On August 23, 2013, it was announced that she had been promoted to a series regular on the HBO television series, True Blood.[4]

On April 22, 2015, it was announced that Blaire joined in a recurring role as Piper Shaw in the first season of MTV's Scream.[5]

Personal life

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Blaire was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles.[6] In June 2017, Blaire announced her engagement to actor Bryan Dechart on Twitter.[7] They married on June 30, 2018. She and her husband regularly stream video games on Twitch under the brand Dechart Games. On New Year’s Eve 2023, the couple announced they were expecting their first child on their Twitch stream. [8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Blown Away Hot Girl Short film
2012 Sitter Wars Ariel
2012 Commencement Christa Richmond
2013 This Is Where We Go Annie Short film
2013 The Colony Shelby Baker
2015 Caught Paige
2017 Echelon Cyra Short film
2018 Angels in Stardust Loretta
2018 You'll Only Have Each Other Maggie Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Strong Medicine Jane Kellher Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
2010 Drop Dead Diva Abbey Tildon Episode: "Bad Girls"
2010 90210 Laura Mathison 4 episodes
2011 The Protector Bridget Episode: "Beef"
2011 Grimm Sarah Jessup Episode: "Danse Macabre"
2012 Touch Natalie Episode: "Noosphere Rising"
2012 The Glades Brooke Hudson Episode: "Poseidon Adventure"
2012 Perception Annie Episode: "Kilimanjaro"
2012 Royal Pains Fiona Episode: "Hurts Like a Mother"
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Nicole Price Episode: "Wonderland Story"
2013–14 True Blood Willa Burrell 19 episodes
2014 The Mentalist Bibby Fortensky Episode: "Black Market"
2015 Grey's Anatomy Hillary List Episode: "The Great Pretender"
2015 Blue Bloods Sarah Grant Episode: "Bad Company"
2015–16 Scream Piper Shaw 12 episodes
2015 Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise Amelia "Charlotte" Hope Television film
2016 Criminal Minds Violet Episode: "Hostage"
Year Title Role Notes
2019 L.A. by Night Suzanne Rochelle 4 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 Quantum Break Amy Ferraro Also motion capture
2018 Detroit: Become Human Traci
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Theo, Additional Voices [9]
TBA Lunafon: Tales of the Moon Oak The Pirate Queen [10]

Music videos

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Year Title Artist
2018 "Trouble Man" Chris Pierce

Awards

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Year Award Category Result Ref
2015 TV Guide Awards Best Villain (Scream) Won [citation needed]
2018 Golden Joystick Awards Best New Streamer/Broadcaster (shared with Bryan Dechart) Won [11]

References

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  1. ^ Sarene Leeds (July 30, 2013). "Q&A: 'True Blood' Actress Amelia Rose Blaire on Vamping It Up". Rolling Stone.
  2. ^ Lindsay Miller (June 6, 2014). "True Blood's Amelia Rose Blaire: I'd Choose Alcide Over Bill". popsugar.com.
  3. ^ Brett Bodner (September 2, 2015). "'Scream' TV Series Killer Speaks After Finale; Actor Talks About Playing The Person Behind The Brandon James Mask". International Business Times.
  4. ^ Stanhope, Kate (August 23, 2013). "True Blood Promotes Amelia Rose Blaire to Series Regular". TV Guide. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  5. ^ Ausiello, Michael (April 22, 2015). "True Blood Vamp Joins MTV's Scream". TVline. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Vault's Exclusive Interview with Willa – Amelia Rose Blaire". The Vault. August 1, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  7. ^ Amelia Rose Blaire [@AmeliaRBlaire] (June 10, 2017). "We're getting married!! @BryanDechart proposed in the gardens of Louis XIV's palace @CVersailles an incredible start to our new chapter 💝" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Dechart Games (December 31, 2023). New Years Stream & BIGGEST ANNOUNCEMENT EVER + WIN Epic Prizes + !GiftPrizes (all prize gifters entered to win RK900 Custom Controller) – via Twitch.
  9. ^ Bryan Dechart #DechartGames [@BryanDechart] (October 18, 2020). "< RT to ANNOUNCE! > @AmeliaRBlaire & I are THRILLED to share this screenshot of both of our characters in #Cyberpunk2077! We're excited to play it LIVE on http://Twitch.tv/DechartGames on Sundays! Thanks @CDPROJEKTRED for inviting us to be a part of this incredible game! #CP2077" (Tweet). Retrieved October 18, 2020 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Bryan Dechart #DechartGames [@BryanDechart] (May 30, 2019). "< RT to ANNOUNCE! > I'm so excited to share our next voice acting project! #Lunafon by @ddraighouse is a magical video game with a stellar cast! @AmeliaRBlaire plays The Rat Pirate Queen, @rclark98 plays Dogfeilion, @Jack_Septic_Eye is Arawn & I play Noone! Music by @ostadnima!" (Tweet). Retrieved May 30, 2019 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "The Golden Joysticks 2018 voting is open for Best New Streamer/Broadcaster". GamesRadar. October 19, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
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