Iyana Halley

Iyana Halley
Iyana Halley
Born	January 27, 1993 (age 31); New York City, New York, U.S
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present

She appeared in films True to the Game (2017) and its sequels, If Not Now, When? (2019), Dutch (2021), Licorice Pizza (2021) and Beast (2022).

Life and career

Halley was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, and began career appearing in television series Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez, Tosh.0, Family Time and The Mayor. In 2017 she made her big screen debut appearing in the drama film True to the Game, and later reprised her role in its sequels in 2020 and 2021. In 2018 she was featured in the final episode of HBO miniseries Sharp Objects and later co-starred in the drama film If Not Now, When?. In 2019 she appeared in the miniseries I Am the Night and starred in an episode of HBO anthology series, Room 104. She also appeared in films The Hate U Give (2018), Nineteen Summers (2019), Dutch (2021), Between Forever (2021) and Licorice Pizza (2021).

In 2022, Halley played the leading role in the thriller film Wayward, and starred opposite Idris Elba in the survival action horror film Beast. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and bombed on box-office. On television, she had recurring role in the NBC drama This Is Us, and guest-starred in two episodes on ABC comedy series Abbott Elementary as Sheryl Lee Ralph's character's daughter. In 2022 she guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and later had recurring roles on Good Trouble and All American: Homecoming. In 2023 she starred in the BET+ miniseries, Angel. Also in 2023, Halley starred opposite Garcelle Beauvais in the Lifetime television film Black Girl Missing playing title part. In 2024 she starred in the thriller film One Night Stay.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Sins of the Father	Casey	Short film
2017	True to the Game	Bria
2018	The Hate U Give	Bianca
2019	Skin in the Game	Runway
2019	Best of Life	Hope Best	Short film
2019	Nineteen Summers	Young Porsha
2019	If Not Now, When?	Teenage Patrice
2020	True to the Game 2	Bria
2021	Black Prom	Dahlia	Short film
2021	Dutch	Sam
2021	Between Forever	Gigi
2021	Real Talk	Theresa
2021	Licorice Pizza	Brenda
2021	True to the Game 3	Bria
2022	Wayward	Dawn
2022	Beast	Meredith Samuels
2023	Rock the Boat	Sommer
2024	One Night Stay	Jessica

Television

Year	Legacy	Role	Notes
2013	Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez	Patty Holt	Episode: "A Work of Heart/Your Juice Stained My Opportunity"
2015	Tosh.0	Teenage Girl	Episode: "Fedora Hero Saves Eggs"
2017	Family Time	Young Regina	Episode: "Let Cheatin' Dogs Lie"
2017	The Mayor	Tina	Episode: "Will You Accept This Rose?"
2018	Sharp Objects	Mae	Episode: "Milk"
2019	I Am the Night	Sharon	Episode: "Pilot"
2019	Room 104	Zohara	Episode: "Rogue"
2021	On My Block	Aaliyah	Episode: "Chapter Thirty"
2021	Partners in Rhyme	Chloe	Episode: "PregNOT"
2022	Abbott Elementary	Taylor Howard	Episodes: "Open House" and "Zoo Balloon"
2022	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Aretha Green	Episode: "Tangled Strands of Justice"
2021–2022	This Is Us	Adult Annie	3 episodes
2023	Angel	Sheree	Miniseries
2023	Black Girl Missing	Lauren	Television film
2022–2023	All American: Homecoming	Wilinda	4 episodes
2021–2023	Good Trouble	Kendy	4 episodes

References

External links

Iyana Halley at IMDb

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