Actor
Ajiona Alexus
Born March 16, 1996 in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA
10 films
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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First watchAcrimony20186.7as Young MelindaFaithful wife Melinda, who is tired of standing by her devious husband Robert, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. That's when she lost it, and now she cannot let it go.View filmEssential films
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10 films as actor- 2025Mary J. Blige's Family AffairKendra
- 2023Strength of a WomanKendra
- 2023Real LoveKendra
- 2022Sons 2 the GraveShawna Wilson
- 2018Breaking InJasmine Russell
- 2018AcrimonyYoung Melinda
- 2018Family BloodMeegan
- 2017Something Like SummerAllison Cross
- 2016Bad GirlRuth Quinn Robinson
- 2015My First LoveNoelle