Meet Myha’la, who plays Harper Stern in Industry – and just revealed she had a secret wedding

Today, on January 11, season four of Industry premiered to rave reviews. The Guardian called it “a daring, debauched and jaw-dropping treat” and Variety labelled it a “wildly ambitious reinvention”. The financial thriller exploring the ins and outs of the cutthroat investment banking world stars Myha’la, Marisa Abela, Ken Leung, Kit Harington and more. Charlie Heaton and Kiernan Shipka have joined the cast in season four.\n\n\nMyha’la broke some big news to fans amid excitement over the new season too. Dropping a carousel of wedding photos with actor Armando Rivera on January 5, she revealed that the pair had tied the knot a year ago. “Sos [sorry] if this is how you’re finding out, promise we didn’t tell most everyone,” she wrote cheekily.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView this post on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA post shared by Myha’la (@mmyhala)\n\n\n\nSo, what else do we know about Myha’la?\nWhat’s her background?\n\nMyha’la, 29, grew up in San Jose, California, where she was raised by her hairstylist mother, Susan, according to Vulture. The actress called her mum the “life of the party”, adding that all her salon clients “were obsessed with [her]”. There is not much information available about her father, whom she appears to prefer not to talk about. Myha’la attended a Catholic high school, per Byline magazine.\nHow did she get into acting?\n\nMyha’la had Broadway ambitions since she was six, per her interview with Vulture. At that age, she was doing dance recitals where she’d perform the song “Puttin’ on the Ritz”. When it was time for her to pick a career, she went straight for acting with the support of her mother. “She [her mother] was never concerned about a job [for me]. She just believed that I was going to make it happen. I do attribute that confidence and love for myself to her completely,” Myha’la shared.\n\nAfter studying theatre at Carnegie Mellon University, Myha’la started auditioning for stage roles, but found screen acting to be more suited to her career aspirations. She set out to audition for TV shows and landed the role of Harper Stern in Industry. The 29-year-old has since appeared in films like Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and Leave the World Behind (2023), and was on an episode of Black Mirror.\nHer relationship with Armando Rivera\n\nMyha’la met Armando Rivera in 2020 while going through her Instagram DMs to thank fans for their supportive messages after Industry first came out, she told W Magazine. He was studying journalism in college at the time and asked if he could interview her. She agreed, and the two hit it off. “We just kept finding reasons to talk,” she recalled fondly. They eventually took their dates from FaceTime to face-to-face in 2021 and told the world they were engaged in 2024.\n