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KiKi Layne

Highest Rated: 95% If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

Lowest Rated: 38% Don't Worry Darling (2022)

Birthday: Dec 10, 1991

Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Midwestern actress KiKi Layne burst onto the acting scene with her powerful turn as a pregnant woman fighting for the rights of her baby's father in Barry Jenkins' "If Beale Street Could Talk" (2018). Born Kiandra Layne in 1992 and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Layne became interested in acting as an elementary school student, which prompted her to study acting and music at the School for Creative and Performing Arts. She continued her studies at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, and immersed herself in the city's prestigious theater scene. After landing a handful of television roles, including a guest turn on "Chicago Med" (CBS, 2015- ), Layne headed west to Los Angeles in 2017 to try her hand in Hollywood. Her rise to prominence took relatively little time: a friend who was auditioning for the male lead in "Beale Street" - director Barry Jenkins' follow-up to the Oscar-winning "Moonlight" (2016) -asked Layne to read for the role of Tish, a young pregnant woman who fights for the release of her friend and lover (played by Stephan James), on his audition tape. Feeling inspired by the role, Layne submitted her own audition tape and within two weeks' time, was hired to play Tish in the feature film. She then reunited with Jenkins for an adaptation of Richard Wright's "Native Son" (2019), among other feature film projects.

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Highest-Rated Movies

95% 68% If Beale Street Could Talk Watchlist 81% 79% Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers Watchlist 80% 71% The Old Guard Watchlist 76% 83% Dandelion Watchlist
62% 48% Native Son
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49% 37% Coming 2 America Watchlist 42% 40% Captive State Watchlist 38% 74% Don't Worry Darling Watchlist
43% The Staggering Girl
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Dandelion 76% 83% 2024 Dandelion/Theresa Actor Don't Worry Darling 38% 74% 2022 Margaret Actor Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers 81% 79% 2022 Actor Coming 2 America 49% 37% 2021 Meeka Actor The Old Guard 80% 71% 2020 Nile Actor The Staggering Girl 43% 2019 Actor Native Son 62% 48% 2019 Bessie Actor Captive State 42% 40% 2019 Carrie Actor If Beale Street Could Talk 95% 68% 2018 Tish Rivers Actor
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