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)
Filmography(20)
movieMary J. Blige's Family Affair
as Kendra · 2025 · 10.0
movieStrength of a Woman
as Kendra · 2023 · 8.6
movieReal Love
as Kendra · 2023 · 8.1
movieSons 2 the Grave
as Shawna Wilson · 2022 · 8.7
tvBMF
as Kato · 2021 · 8.0
tvLight as a Feather
as Candace Preston · 2018 · 7.7
movieBreaking In
as Jasmine Russell · 2018 · 6.0
movieAcrimony
as Young Melinda · 2018 · 6.8
movieFamily Blood
as Meegan · 2018 · 4.6
tvMarvel's Runaways
as Livvie · 2017 · 7.3
tv13 Reasons Why
as Sheri Holland · 2017 · 7.5
movieSomething Like Summer
as Allison Cross · 2017 · 5.7
movieBad Girl
as Ruth Quinn Robinson · 2016 · 6.0
tvCode Black
as Keesha Platt · 2015 · 7.8
movieMy First Love
as Noelle · 2015 · 9.0
tvEmpire
as Young Cookie · 2015 · 7.1
tvEmpire
as Teenage Loretha · 2015 · 7.1
tvThe Rickey Smiley Show
as DeAnna · 2012 · 0.0
tvGrey's Anatomy
as Marissa McKay · 2005 · 8.2
tvMTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1992 · 8.1