Malia Pyles on Her Breakout Role in Apple TV+'s Cape Fear
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Malia Pyles, known for roles in Baskets and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, stars in Apple TV+'s Cape Fear as Nevaeh Valentine, a mysterious and terrifying young woman who disrupts the Bowden family's life alongside Javier Bardem and Amy Adams. The role marks a major career breakthrough for the actor, who discusses her approach to saying yes to almost everything in her career and the intensity of playing such a dark character.
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· 3 pulledMalia Pyles has spent the last few years building a career on the promise of what's next, moving between the FX cult favorite Baskets and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.
In Cape Fear, Apple TV+'s starry reinvention of the Scorsese classic, that promise finally pays off.
Pyles plays Nevaeh Valentine, the enigmatic and often terrifying young woman who slips into the Bowden family's orbit and wreaks havoc, holding her own against Javier Bardem and Amy Adams in the process.
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