Victory Van Tuyl

In September 2024, Victory Van Tuyl was announced as part of the cast for the upcoming television adaptation of J.R.Ward's bestselling paranormal romance series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood.

[4] Van Tuyl was born in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up in Indian Hill, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.

[2][5] At age 11, she moved back to Atlanta and began acting in community theatre, starring in several productions, including A Christmas Carol, Hansel and Gretel, Ramona Quimby and Will Rogers Follies.

[5][6][7][8] She signed with an agent and began traveling the Southeast, appearing in a number of independent films, such as Winter’s Tale, Magellan, and the lead role in Magic in the Forest.

[13] She appeared in Season 6 of the ABC series Castle, playing the role of Kris Howard in the episode “Smells like Teen Spirit.”[10] In 2014 she starred in the independent film The Stable Boy, which is in post-production.