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)

Ajiona Alexus

Acting Born March 16, 1996 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)

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Marissa McKay

Empire

Young Cookie

Empire

Teenage Loretha

13 Reasons Why

Sheri Holland

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Self - Presenter

Marvel's Runaways

Livvie

BMF

Kato

Code Black

Keesha Platt

Light as a Feather

Candace Preston

Breaking In

Jasmine Russell

Acrimony

Young Melinda

Bad Girl

Ruth Quinn Robinson