A few years ago, if you’d asked Matilda Lawler—one of the stars of HBO Max’s hit series Station Eleven—if she had any interest in acting, her answer would have been a definitive no.

Matilda was raised in New Jersey by parents who are also actors. Her mother, Mara, is well known in the world of voiceovers. Her father, Matthew, played Special Agent Gabe Clements in ABC’s The Family. “I never, ever wanted to be an actor,” 13-year-old Matilda tells AIR MAIL Pilot. “I wanted to get away from it as much as possible.”