Victoria Pedretti

Victoria Pedretti is an American actress whose breakout came with the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), where she portrayed the tormented Eleanor “Nell” Crain, a role that earned her critical praise and cemented her reputation as a modern scream queen. Born on March 23, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pedretti grew up in a culturally rich household of Italian ancestry and was raised Jewish, celebrating a bat mitzvah and navigating an early diagnosis of ADHD. She discovered a passion for musical theatre at Pennsbury High School and later honed her craft at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, where she earned a BFA despite professors who cautioned her against a professional acting career. Beginning in 2014, she appeared in short films such as Sole and Uncovering Eden before landing the pivotal role in Mike Flanagan’s horror anthology, a performance described by reviewers as the “soul” of the series and praised for its emotional depth and terrifying realism. She continued to expand her genre repertoire by joining the cast of Netflix’s thriller You as Love Quinn, delivering a blend of menace and vulnerability that garnered an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Villain. Pedretti’s film work includes a turn as Leslie Van Houten in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and a lead in the Sundance‑highlighted thriller Ponyboi (2024), where she emphasized the importance of representing under‑explored narratives. In 2024 she made her Broadway debut in a revival of An Enemy of the People, earning acclaim for her strong, nuanced stage presence, and she has since voiced a desire to pursue further theatrical projects. Beyond screen and stage, she resides in New York, engages in artistic collaborations, and as of 2025 announced an engagement to photographer Ethan Delorenzo, marking a new personal milestone alongside her rising career.