Person

Ajiona Alexus

Acting · Born 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)

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  Grey's Anatomy

  Marissa McKay

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  Empire

  Young Cookie

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  13 Reasons Why

  Sheri Holland

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  MTV Movie & TV Awards

  Self - Presenter

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  BMF

  Kato

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  Marvel's Runaways

  Livvie

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  Code Black

  Keesha Platt

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  Breaking In

  Jasmine Russell

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  Light as a Feather

  Candace Preston

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  Acrimony

  Young Melinda

• 2025Mary J. Blige's Family AffairKendra
• 2023Strength of a WomanKendra
• 2023Real LoveKendra
• 2022Sons 2 the GraveShawna Wilson
• 2021BMFKato
• 2018Light as a FeatherCandace Preston
• 2018Breaking InJasmine Russell
• 2018AcrimonyYoung Melinda
• 2018Family BloodMeegan
• 2017Marvel's RunawaysLivvie
• 201713 Reasons WhySheri Holland
• 2017Something Like SummerAllison Cross
• 2016Bad GirlRuth Quinn Robinson
• 2015Code BlackKeesha Platt
• 2015My First LoveNoelle
• 2015EmpireYoung Cookie
• 2012The Rickey Smiley ShowDeAnna
• 2005Grey's AnatomyMarissa McKay
• 1992MTV Movie & TV AwardsSelf - Presenter