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Ajiona Alexus

Acting Born Mar 16, 1996 Tuskegee, Alabama, USA 20 credits

Biography

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)

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Known for

Grey's Anatomy

as Marissa McKay

Empire

as Young Cookie

Empire

as Teenage Loretha

13 Reasons Why

as Sheri Holland

Code Black

as Keesha Platt

BMF

as Kato

Marvel's Runaways

as Livvie

Full filmography

  • Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Marissa McKay
  • Empire (2015) as Young Cookie
  • Empire (2015) as Teenage Loretha
  • 13 Reasons Why (2017) as Sheri Holland
  • MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self - Presenter
  • Code Black (2015) as Keesha Platt
  • BMF (2021) as Kato
  • Marvel's Runaways (2017) as Livvie
  • Light as a Feather (2018) as Candace Preston
  • Breaking In (2018) as Jasmine Russell
  • Acrimony (2018) as Young Melinda
  • Family Blood (2018) as Meegan
  • Strength of a Woman (2023) as Kendra
  • Mary J. Blige's Family Affair (2025) as Kendra
  • Real Love (2023) as Kendra
  • Something Like Summer (2017) as Allison Cross
  • Sons 2 the Grave (2022) as Shawna Wilson
  • My First Love (2015) as Noelle
  • Bad Girl (2016) as Ruth Quinn Robinson
  • The Rickey Smiley Show (2012) as DeAnna