Aya Cash
Biography
Aya Cash is an American actress whose work spans television, film, and theater. Born in San Francisco, she studied at the San Francisco School of the Arts and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from the University of Minnesota in 2004 before moving to New York City. Early television appearances included Brotherhood, Law & Order, and The Newsroom, and she was a regular on the 2011 Fox comedy Traffic Light. From 2014 to 2019 she starred as Gretchen Cutler on FX's You're the Worst, receiving Critics' Choice Television Award and TCA Award nominations, with The A.V. Club calling her second-season work the best TV performance of 2015. She later played Clara Vought in The Boys. Her film roles include The Oranges (2011), Begin Again (2013), Game Over, Man! (2018), and Scare Me (2020). In 2026 she appeared on Broadway in Giant and received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Play.
44years old
Turns 45 on July 13in 272 days
- Born San Francisco
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Aya Rachel Cash (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 17 years2009 to 2026
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Early training
Cash trained at the University of Minnesota, graduating in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting through a program run with the Guthrie Theater.
Beyond film
In 2025, Cash played Jessie Stone in Mark Rosenblatt's play Giant in London's West End. She took that same part to Broadway in 2026 at the Music Box Theatre.
Beyond film
Cash has also performed on Off-Broadway. In 2014, she took the lead in the first staging of Zoe Kazan's play Trudy And Max In Love.
Aya Cash movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Aya Cash shares two films with Catherine Keener, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Catherine Keener's page
J.K. Simmons's page
Allison Janney's page
Colleen Camp's page
Marisa Tomei's page
Sam Rockwell's page
John CarneyDirector, 1 film, 2013
All films by John Carney
All films by Kyle Newacheck
Julian FarinoDirector, 1 film, 2011
All films by Julian Farino
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.