Actresses from Wyoming

It's been a long journey from Riverton, Wyoming, to Hollywood for up-and-coming actress Ashlynn Yennie. The star of Showtime's 2016 series "Submission" grew up in a small town where terms like "bondage" and "sado masochism" were considered taboo...

It's a long way from Cody, Wyoming, to Hollywood. The journey hasn't been easy for Hannah Barefoot. The up-and-coming actress discovered her love for theater in the Cody High School drama department. After studying at the University of Wyoming, Barefoot dropped out of college, moved to Portland, Oregon, got married and had a son...

By the time she was 16-years-old, Wyoming native Mildred Harris was among the most well known actresses in the world when her torrid love affair with Charlie Chaplin became the first tabloid scandal in Hollywood history. Born in Cheyenne in 1901, the daughter of a telegraph operator scored her first Hollywood movie role at the age of 11, when she was cast in The Post Telegrapher...

Wyoming has produced its fair share of famous actors and actresses over the years. None were move beloved in their time than Isabel Jewell. Jewell was born in Shoshoni, Wyoming, in 1907. After school, she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, and joined a theater company...