Ajiona Alexus

Ajiona Alexus
Alexus in 2018
Born	Ajiona Alexus Brown (1996-03-16) March 16, 1996 (age 28) Tuskegee, Alabama U.S.
Education	Alabama School of Fine Arts
Occupations	Actress singer
Years active	2008–present

Ajiona Alexus Brown^[1] (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), and Breaking In (2018).