Riley Dandy drew attention with her foul-mouthed and ruthless "final girl" Tori Tooms in the instant holiday-classic horror "Bloody Christmas." Her new film "Everything Will Be Different" was a standout in the SXSW 2024 midnight section. All of this is a sharp contrast to how her film success began: the lead role in the Netflix romantic comedy "This Is Love." The film rose to No.

2 in the U.S. and No. 4 worldwide in its first week of release. She followed with a scene-stealing role in the HBO Max film "Hollywood Christmas," which topped the list of most-watched HBO Max films at No. 1.