Who is she?
A 22-year-old model turned actor. "A star-is-born turn" is how Rolling Stone described her performance as a gawky, love-struck 17-year-old in Crazy, Stupid, Love (out next week). It's a grownup romantic comedy that throws her in with a heavyweight cast: Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Marisa Tomei.
How grownup can it be with a title like Crazy, Stupid, Love?
Reviews from the US have mostly glowed: "wise and wonderfully character-driven" wrote the trade paper Variety. Tipton's babysitter is hopelessly devoted to Steve Carell, a middle-aged Mr Average. Trouble is, his 13-year-old son is smitten with her.
A crush on Steve Carell? Seriously?
He is the nicest dad on the babysitting circuit. Besides, she's hardly the coolest girl in school. Tipton's direction consisted mostly of "more awkward! More awkward!"
The model-to-actor transition isn't always pretty. How does she do?
Knockout: all sweetness and blushes and gangling limbs and thrift-store cardigans. Her heart was never really in modelling, says Tipton. She moved to LA to become a writer at the age of 18, was spotted by a model agency and appeared on America's Next Top Model – not the best advert for an acting career. She says: "Directors take one look and think, 'Oh, how cute. You think you're going to act.'"
What next?
Starring with Greta Gerwig in Damsels in Distress, Whit Stillman's first film in 13 years. Plus writing a zombie movie in her spare time.
Cath Clarke
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