20 Most Underrated Actors Working Today

As it stands, Samantha Sloyan may just be the most underappreciated actor working today, a virtuoso powerhouse who has been quietly stealing the show of every project she's starred in. 

Known as one of the primary collaborators of the great Mike Flanagan, Sloyan has every base covered. She played a grieving mother, recently, on the second season of The Pitt, delivering one of the show's most powerful guest performances, and she was a pivotal heartbreaker in a critical subplot of Grey's Anatomy's eleventh season.

But it's with Flanagan that the actress has soared highest. From a scheming parishioner in the psychological Midnight Mass - a treasure trove of superlative acting talent in which she emerges as the ensemble's most compelling personality - to a shaken entrepreneur hunted by the Death in the bloody Fall of the House of Usher, Sloyan has spent over a decade finding stark humanity in characters ranging from pure evil to hopelessly doomed. 

As of this writing, she's currently set to portray the iconic Margaret White in Flanagan's upcoming Carrie miniseries, a role that will surely - hopefully - help her wicked talents be more appreciated by critics and audiences alike.