Ella Stiller is a certified Swiftie.
The 22-year-old daughter of actor couple Ben Stiller, 58, and Christine Taylor, 52, graduated from The Juilliard School in New York on Friday, May 24, and celebrated the milestone over the weekend.
In a Taylor Swift-infused Instagram caption, the high school senior quoted the 14-time Grammy winner’s song “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” — but she put a twist on it by jokingly referring to Juilliard as an “asylum” in the text.
“I WOULDN’T LAST AN HOUR IN THE ASYLUM (@juilliardschool) WHERE I WAS RAISED,” Ella wrote, referring to track 10 on Swift’s 2024 album. Department for tortured poets (TTPD).
Swift’s lyrics have been similarly used by other Swifties on social media, ever since the song “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” was released on April 19, to jokingly call their hometowns, schools or employers “asylum”.
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The singer added a song and six more songs from TTPD on her Eras Tour on May 9 when she resumed touring, at which point she coined “Female Rage: The Musical” to describe TTPD time of the show.
In addition to quoting Swift, Ella said she was proud to have “survived” Juilliard.
“(No, like, really) Yesterday I graduated from Juilliard with a degree in acting,” Ella continued. “I couldn’t be happier to finish or prouder to survive or more grateful to my family for their unwavering support that got me there and through. I have a degree in acting!!! Whoops!!!”
Ella’s carousel of photos shows her showing off her diploma while wearing a cap and gown and laughing with her dad on the streets of NYC
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor with their daughter Ella in May 2024.
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Stiller and Taylor welcomed Ella in 2002. She is one of their two children. Ella’s graduation was also celebrated by her brother Quinlin, born in 2005, and in the fifth photo of the Instagram carousel, he can be seen proudly hanging out with his older sister.
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