Samantha Sloyan

Samantha Sloyan (born January 4, 1979) is an American actress. Sloyan is best known for her multiple collaborations with filmmaker Mike Flanagan in Hush, The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, and The Fall of the House of Usher. She has also appeared in recurring roles on Scandal and the twelfth season of Grey's Anatomy.

Samantha Sloyan
Born	January 4, 1979 (age 45) Los Angeles, CA
Occupation	Actress • Producer
Years active	2003–present
Relatives	James Sloyan (father) Diedre Linehan (mother)

Career

Sloyan first appeared the 2003 independent feature film My Life with Morrissey as a florist. She continued to appear in a few short films such as No Shoulder, Shamelove, and Autodoc. In 2009, she produced and starred in the short film Plus One. Sloyan has also guest-starred in several television series such as The Beast, The Forgotten, Law & Order: LA, and NCIS. She played a recurring role as a White House employee named Jeannine Locke in the first three seasons of Scandal. She also guest-starred in another ShondaLand production titled Private Practice in 2010. Sloyan continued to appear in smaller films, including In the Key of Eli, Tape 407, and the television movie Murder in Mexico: The Bruce Beresford-Redman Story.

In 2014, Sloyan guest-starred in four television series Castle, Parks and Recreation, Hawaii Five-0, and Rizzoli & Isles. She began a recurring role in the ShondaLand production Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Penelope Blake. She first appeared in the eleventh season episode "How to Save a Life", which included the death of lead character, Derek Shepherd, played by Patrick Dempsey. She appeared again in the 12th season, including the show's 250th episode "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", which was mostly focused on Sloyan's character.^[1]

In 2021, Sloyan portrayed Catholic fanatic Beverley Keane in the miniseries Midnight Mass, directed by Mike Flanagan.

On stage, Sloyan acted at the Geffen Playhouse and the Segerstrom Center for the arts. She received the LADCC and LA Weekly awards for her performance in Munched.^[2]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	My Life with Morrissey	Florist	Independent feature film
2005	No Shoulder	Bobbie	Short film
	3 Wise Women	Waitress #2
2006	Shamelove	Julie
2009	Plus One	Lindsay	Short film; also producer
	Autodoc	Emmy Hennings
2011	In the Key of Eli	Megs
2012	Area 407	Lois	Originally titled Tape 407: The Mesa Reserve
2013	Do You Have a Cat?	Marissa	Short film
2016	Losing In Love	Dr. Barton
	Fantastic	Michelle
	Hush	Sarah Greene
	Cat Killer	The Mother	Short film
2017	I'm Not Here	Jaime	Short film
2019	Pappy Hour	Jean Mulligan	Short film
	Miss Virginia	Mrs. Watson
2023	Good Daughter	Rebecca	Short film
	Love You, Mama	Lee	Short film
	Invaders From Proxima B	Jane Jankins	Online released in May 2024
2024	The Place Between	Beatrice
	The Life of Chuck	Miss Rohrbacher

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Beast	Grace Morton	Episode: "No Turning Back"
	The Forgotten	Nurse	Episode: "Railroad Jane"
2010	Law & Order: LA	Rachel Forester	Episode: "Echo Park"
2011	The Cape	Television reporter	Episode: "Endgame"
	NCIS	Emily Goodwin	Episode: "Engaged (Part I)"
2012–2014	Scandal	Jeannine Locke	Recurring role; 8 episodes (seasons 1-3)
2013	The Fosters	ER Doctor	Episode: "Vigil"
2014	Castle	Pam Clark	Episode: "Room 147"
	Parks and Recreation	Erica	Episode: "New Slogan"
	Hawaii Five-0	Sarah Richmond	Episode: "Ho'i Hou"
	Futurestates	Lisa	Episode: "Ant"
	Rizzoli & Isles	Alex Ruebens	Episode: "If You Can't Stand the Heat"
2015–2016	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Penelope Blake	Recurring role; 20 episodes (seasons 11-12)
2015	Murder in Mexico	Gretchen Thorne	Television film
	Criminal Minds	Tracy Senarak	Episode: "The Witness"
2017	Maggie	Dr. White	Episodes: "Past Life Depression"
	The Good Doctor	Mrs. Gallico	Episode: "Point Three Percent"
2018	Here and Now	Officer	Episode: "It's Coming"
	The Haunting of Hill House	Leigh Crain	Recurring role; 8 episodes
	SEAL Team	Victoria Seaver	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2019	Proven Innocent	Gabrielle Parcell	Episode: "Shaken"
	Animal Kingdom	Jennifer	Episode: "Know Thy Enemy"
	The Rookie	Alice Sheldon	Episode: "Warriors and Guardians"
	Truth Be Told	Sharon Dostikas	Episode: "Not Buried, Planted"
	Everyone Together	Caroline	Unsold television pilot
2020	Helstrom	Jolene Spivey	Episodes: "Leviathan" and "Scars"
2021	Midnight Mass	Bev Keane	Main role; 7 episodes
2022	The Midnight Club	Shasta	Main role; 7 episodes
2023	Minx	Joan Didion	Episode: "I Thought the Bed Was Gonna Fly"
	The Morning Show	Cheryl	Episode: "The Stanford Student"
	The Fall of the House of Usher	Tamerlane Usher	Main role; 8 episodes[3]
	Creepshow	Lorna Snell	Episode: "Twenty Minutes with Cassandra"

References

1. Denninger, Lindsay (October 22, 2015). "Who Plays Penny On 'Grey's Anatomy'? Samantha Sloyan Is The Hospital's Newest Resident". Bustle. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
2. "Samantha Sloyan". Geffen Playhouse. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
3. Doupe', Tyler (2022-08-29). "'The Fall of the House of Usher': Everything We Know So Far About Mike Flanagan's New Series". Dread Central. Retrieved 2023-08-26.

External links

• Samantha Sloyan at IMDb