It was her first-ever audition tape...and she landed a lead on #TheWhiteLotus 🪷⁠ ⁠ #MarissaLong, a 25-year-old model from Tulsa, has never been an actor before. Her closest brush with the business had been helping her boyfriend record audition tapes in a bedroom in the Valley.⁠ ⁠ But then, one day last November, she decided to tape one of her own — and ended up with a leading role on the most prestigious HBO series since Bran Stark ascended to the Iron Throne, or at least since Tom Wambsgans took over Waystar Royco.⁠ ⁠ "It was just the craziest thing that could ever happen, the very definition of surreal," she says of her astounding beginner's luck.⁠ ⁠ Read the full feature at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ Photographer: Lenka Ulrichova lenkaulrichovaphoto