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Ajiona Alexus

Acting

1996-03-16

Tuskegee, Alabama, USA

Ajiona Alexus Brown (born March 16, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She began her career starring in the TV One sitcom The Rickey Smiley Show (2012–2014), and later played Teenage Cookie Lyon in the Fox musical drama series, Empire (2016–2019). She starred in the Netflix teen drama series, 13 Reasons Why (2017–2018), the Hulu supernatural thriller, Light as a Feather (2018–2019), and the starz crime drama, BMF (2021). Alexus also starred in films Something Like Summer (2017), Acrimony (2018),Breaking In (2018), Mary J. Blige's Real Love and Strength of a Woman (2023)

Known For 19 titles

Grey's Anatomy (2005) subtitle poster

as Marissa McKay

Empire (2015) subtitle poster

as Young Cookie

Empire (2015) subtitle poster

as Teenage Loretha

13 Reasons Why (2017) subtitle poster

as Sheri Holland

MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) subtitle poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

BMF (2021) subtitle poster

Marvel's Runaways (2017) subtitle poster

Marvel's Runaways

Code Black (2015) subtitle poster

as Keesha Platt

Light as a Feather (2018) subtitle poster

Light as a Feather

as Candace Preston

Strength of a Woman (2023) subtitle poster

Strength of a Woman

Breaking In (2018) subtitle poster

as Jasmine Russell

Acrimony (2018) subtitle poster

as Young Melinda

Real Love (2023) subtitle poster

Family Blood (2018) subtitle poster

My First Love (2015) subtitle poster

Sons 2 the Grave (2022) subtitle poster

Sons 2 the Grave

as Shawna Wilson

Mary J. Blige's Family Affair (2025) subtitle poster

Mary J. Blige's Family Affair

Bad Girl (2016) subtitle poster

as Ruth Quinn Robinson

Something Like Summer (2017) subtitle poster

Something Like Summer

as Allison Cross

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