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