# Xaria Dotson
**Xaria Dotson** (born 1997) is an American actress and visual artist from [Portland, Oregon](https://www.edgepedia.org/portland-oregon), known for playing Evie Grayson in the horror series *The Birch*, Tori Carucci in the second season of Netflix's *American Vandal*, and Jules Mathis in the Netflix limited series *[Devil in Ohio](https://www.edgepedia.org/devil-in-ohio)*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1997, Portland, Oregon, United States[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/) |
| Signature roles | Evie Grayson in *The Birch* (2019–2021, 18 episodes); Tori Carucci in *American Vandal* season 2 (2018, 5 episodes); Jules Mathis in *Devil in Ohio* (2022, 8 episodes)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/) |
| First screen appearance | A Fred Meyer print ad at nine months old[2](https://entertainment.ie/person/xaria-dotson/) |
| First acting award | Best acting award as a new talent, Portland 48 Hour Film Festival 2013, for *Red Courage*[2](https://entertainment.ie/person/xaria-dotson/) |
| Other credits | Lisa in *Chad* (2021, 1 episode); Girl with Bike in *American Brothers* (2019); *Double Oh Awesome* (2016)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/) |
| Background | Parents worked at ABC Kids and Teens, a Portland acting and modeling school; studied digital media[2](https://entertainment.ie/person/xaria-dotson/) |
## Early life and training
Dotson grew up inside the Portland entertainment market. Both of her parents worked at ABC Kids and Teens, a vocational school for acting and modeling, and her first appearance before a camera came at nine months old in a print ad for the supermarket chain [Fred Meyer](https://www.edgepedia.org/fred-meyer).[2](https://entertainment.ie/person/xaria-dotson/) In a 2021 interview she described her father as a Portland actor whose classes she sat in on as a child, saying "He taught me everything I know."[3](https://pophorror.com/interview-with-xaria-dotson-for-season-two-of-crypt-tvs-the-birch/)
Her own account of her childhood centers on books, rewatched VHS tapes, and sketchbooks. At age 11 she joined a local children's theater, where she says she fell in love with costume, community, and performance.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/) She later studied digital media while working on commercial sets including [Lincoln Navigator](https://www.edgepedia.org/lincoln-navigator) and Google.[2](https://entertainment.ie/person/xaria-dotson/)
## Career
**Short films and indie work.** Dotson's screen acting debut came in 2013 with the short film *Red Courage*, in which she played Elizabeth Jensen; that performance won her the best acting award as a new talent at the Portland 48 Hour Film Festival.[2](https://entertainment.ie/person/xaria-dotson/) She appeared in the short *Double Oh Awesome* in 2016 and had a minor role as Girl with Bike in the 2019 film *American Brothers*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/)
**Television breakthrough.** In 2018 she was cast as Tori Carucci in the second season of *American Vandal*, Netflix's true-crime mockumentary series, appearing in five episodes.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/) Her largest role to date followed in *The Birch*, Crypt TV's supernatural horror series for [Facebook Watch](https://www.edgepedia.org/facebook-watch), in which she starred as Evie Grayson across both seasons from 2019 to 2021. She has described Evie as a young, creative survivor of loss and betrayal who chooses to fight the creature of the forest rather than submit to it.[3](https://pophorror.com/interview-with-xaria-dotson-for-season-two-of-crypt-tvs-the-birch/) She also guest-starred as Lisa in a 2021 episode of the TBS comedy *Chad*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/)
**Devil in Ohio.** In 2022 Dotson played Jules Mathis, the middle daughter of [Emily Deschanel](https://www.edgepedia.org/emily-deschanel)'s character Suzanne, in *Devil in Ohio*, an eight-episode Netflix limited series adapted from Daria Polatin's 2017 novel of the same name.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/247695/xaria-dotson) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/news/) Netflix's cast guide describes Jules as a wallflower passionate about photography who puts others' needs before her own and sees a chance at friendship when the mysterious cult escapee Mae joins the household.[6](https://cdn.nflxext.com/tudum/articles/devil-in-ohio-cast-trailer)
## Artistry beyond acting
Dotson identifies as an artist as well as an actress, a self-description that appears at the top of her own IMDb biography.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/) Drawing and visual storytelling have been constants since childhood, and she shares personal artwork alongside her acting work on social media.[7](https://weeklyinsights.net/xaria-dotson/)
## Disputed details
Most databases, including IMDb, TVmaze, and MovieMeter, record her birth date as 1997, in Portland, Oregon.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/247695/xaria-dotson) • [8](https://www.moviemeter.com/celebrities/2431141/xaria-dotson) CompareTV alone lists a birth date of 1998, in Los Angeles, California, with parents named Lori and John Dotson.[9](https://www.comparetv.com.au/actor/xaria-dotson/) The majority of sources support the Portland record, and the CompareTV entry conflicts with the biographical accounts placing her upbringing in Portland families connected to the local acting school.[2](https://entertainment.ie/person/xaria-dotson/)
## References
1. [Xaria Dotson, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/)
2. [Xaria Dotson, Entertainment.ie](https://entertainment.ie/person/xaria-dotson/)
3. [Interview with Xaria Dotson for Season Two of Crypt TV's 'The Birch', PopHorror (March 24, 2021)](https://pophorror.com/interview-with-xaria-dotson-for-season-two-of-crypt-tvs-the-birch/)
4. [Xaria Dotson, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/247695/xaria-dotson)
5. [Xaria Dotson, IMDb News](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7322047/news/)
6. [Who is In 'Devil in Ohio'? Cast Guide, Netflix Tudum](https://cdn.nflxext.com/tudum/articles/devil-in-ohio-cast-trailer)
7. [Xaria Dotson: Her Life, Acting Career, and Creative Journey, WeeklyInsights](https://weeklyinsights.net/xaria-dotson/)
8. [Xaria Dotson, MovieMeter.com](https://www.moviemeter.com/celebrities/2431141/xaria-dotson)
9. [Xaria Dotson, CompareTV](https://www.comparetv.com.au/actor/xaria-dotson/)
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