Dichen Lachman, known for her roles in sci-fi films such as Dollhouse, Agents of SHIELD, Altered Carbon, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World Dominion, and more. Her most high-profile role is as Gemma in Apple TV’s dystopian office drama Severance. She has also starred in a horror film called Vampires of the Velvet Lounge, which imagines the character Elizabeth Báthory (Mena Suvari) living in Savannah, Georgia, with a new vampire hunter named Cora. Lachmann's performance in the film gives her a new entry into the horror genre. She believes that people are drawn in by vampires' duality, which humans often struggle with.