Eaddy Mays

Eaddy Mays is an American actress and producer born in Huntington, New York and raised by her mother in Port Washington, New York. Mays is known for her role as Elaine in the 2009 Academy Award winning film The Blind Side (film) in which she appeared opposite Sandra Bullock in the infamous ‘ladies who lunch’ scenes. Mays is also known for her portrayal of as Victoria Argent in the MTV supernatural drama series, Teen Wolf, a role that led to her being dubbed “The Scariest Mom on TV” and even “The Scariest Person on TV.”

Mays began acting as a child at the age of ten when she was cast as Gerda in The Port Washington Play Troupe production of The Snow Queen, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, adapted and directed by Susanne Traub. As a young teenager, Mays hosted video presentations for the production company owned by her step-father, singer/songwriter/actor, Bob Haymes, writer of the song "That's All" which is part of the Great American Songbook. During Mays's freshman year of college, Haymes died of Lou Gehrig’s Disease. This work brought the teenage Mays to China in 1984 and later to Hong Kong and Japan.

Mays began high school at Paul D. Schreiber High School and during her Junior year moved with her family to Greenville, South Carolina where she graduated at age 17 from James L. Mann High School. During her school years, she was cast as “Courtney” in the play Class Dismissed, written at age 19, by Craig Nevius. The play takes place in a classroom after an English teacher who, when frustrated with his students' lackadaisical approach to their education, takes severe measures, and holds his toughest students hostage at gunpoint in his classroom. The show was produced by The South Carolina Children's Theatre.

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