Gideon Adlon

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Gideon Adlon (born March 30, 1997) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles in the comedy film Blockers (2018), the drama film The Mustang (2019), and the horror film The Craft: Legacy (2020). Adlon also starred in the Netflix drama series The Society (2019). She is also known for playing Violet in the video game The Walking Dead: The Final Season (2018). Adlon is from Los Angeles and holds both American and German citizenship through her father. She is the oldest daughter of actress Pamela Adlon and director Felix O. Adlon. Her younger sisters are Odessa A'zion and Valentine "Rocky" Adlon. Her paternal grandfather is German filmmaker Percy Adlon and her maternal grandfather is American writer-producer Don Segall. Her maternal grandfather was born to a Jewish family, and her maternal grandmother, originally an Anglican from England, converted to Judaism. Through her father, she descends from the German hotelier Lorenz Adlon. She studied Photography at Columbia College Chicago for a year before deciding to pursue acting full-time. She made her professional acting debut in a 2011 episode of the FX comedy-drama series Louie, which also featured her mother Pamela. She went on to make guest appearances in the Disney Channel sitcom Girl Meets World (2016), the FX comedy-drama series Better Things (2016), the ABC miniseries When We Rise (2017), the CBS crime drama series Criminal Minds (2017), and the ABC anthology crime drama series American Crime (2017).