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Occupation
  
Actress, singer, model

Name
  
Serayah McNeill

Height
  
1.60 m

Website
  
serayahlove.com

Role
  
Actress

Nationality
  
American

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Full Name
  
Serayah Ranee McNeill

Born
  
June 20, 1995 (age 28) (
1995-06-20
)
Encinitas, California, U.S.

Residence
  
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Parents
  
Kanika McNeill, Joseph Eyres

Similar People
  
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Profiles

Serayah Ranee McNeill (born June 20, 1995) is an American actress, model and singer, best known for her role as singer Tiana Brown on the television show Empire.

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Early life

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Serayah Ranee McNeill was born in Encinitas, California. She graduated from Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, where she played for the girls' varsity basketball team, in 2013. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Acting career

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The character of Tiana on Empire marks her first major acting role. In a 2015 interview with Black Enterprise, Serayah stated of her role, "One thing I always say about this show is it's a lot of drama, but it's family drama so people relate. Every family has some type of drama, and I think that it touches on a lot of the entertainment business and the music business. Some exaggerated parts, but it really does touch on some of the things that happen." She was added to the series regular cast on August 26, 2015.

Musical career

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In 2015, Serayah appeared in singer Taylor Swift's video for the song "Bad Blood" as the character Dilemma. On July 18, 2015, Swift performed a rendition of her song "Style" alongside McNeill on the Chicago stop of her The 1989 World Tour. She performed at Marshall Academy of the Arts in Long Beach in March 2015. In 2016, she was featured in the RedOne song "Don't You Need Somebody, that also features Enrique Iglesias, R. City and Shaggy.

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Filmography

Actress
-
Favorite Son Christmas (TV Movie) (post-production) as
Dawn
2023
Best Friend as
Trisha
2021
BMF (TV Series) as
Lori
- Both Sides of the Fence (2023) - Lori
- Runnin' on E (2023) - Lori
- The King of Detroit (2021) - Lori
- Heroes (2021) - Lori
2023
Wu-Tang: An American Saga (TV Series) as
Karina
- Daytona 500 (2023) - Karina
- I Can't Go to Sleep (2023) - Karina
2022
Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding (TV Movie) as
Kelsey 'Special K' Nixon
2022
The Sound of Christmas as
Montana
2022
Kingdom Business (TV Series) as
Rbel
- Homecoming (2022) - Rbel
- Dear God (2022) - Rbel
- Love Song (2022) - Rbel
- Imagine Me (2022) - Rbel
- If I Could (2022) - Rbel
- Let It Burn (2022) - Rbel
- His Eye is on the-Raven? (2022) - Rbel
- One Moment From Glory (2022) - Rbel
2021
Hip Hop Family Christmas (TV Movie) as
Kelsey Nixon
2021
True Story (TV Mini Series) as
Andrea
- Chapter 3: Victory Lap (2021) - Andrea
- Chapter 2: Greek Takeout (2021) - Andrea
2021
Favorite Son as
Dawn
2021
Envy: Seven Deadly Sins (TV Movie)
2015
Empire (TV Series) as
Tiana Brown
- Home Is on the Way (2020) - Tiana Brown
- Over Everything (2020) - Tiana Brown
- We Got Us (2020) - Tiana Brown
- Love Me Still (2020) - Tiana Brown
- I Am Who I Am (2020) - Tiana Brown
- Come Undone (2020) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Talk Less (2020) - Tiana Brown
- Can't Truss 'Em (2020) - Tiana Brown
- Cold Cold Man (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Remember the Music (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Do You Remember Me (2019) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Good Enough (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Heart of Stone (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Stronger Than My Rival (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Tell the Truth (2019) - Tiana Brown
- You Broke Love (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Got on My Knees to Pray (2019) - Tiana Brown
- What Is Love (2019) - Tiana Brown
- The Roughest Day (2019) - Tiana Brown
- My Fate Cries Out (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Never Doubt I Love (2019) - Tiana Brown
- A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Without All Remedy (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Shift and Save Yourself (2019) - Tiana Brown
- In Loving Virtue (2019) - Tiana Brown
- My Fault Is Past (2019) - Tiana Brown
- Had It from My Father (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Master of What Is Mine Own (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils (2018) - Tiana Brown
- What Is Done (2018) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- The Depth of Grief (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Love All, Trust a Few (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Pride (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Pay for Their Presumptions (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Steal from the Thief (2018) - Tiana Brown
- The Empire Unpossess'd (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Fair Terms (2018) - Tiana Brown
- A Lean and Hungry Look (2018) - Tiana Brown
- False Face (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Of Hardiness Is Mother (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Sweet Sorrow (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Without Apology (2018) - Tiana Brown
- Birds in the Cage (2018) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Slave to Memory (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Cupid Painted Blind (2017) - Tiana Brown
- The Lady Doth Protest (2017) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Fortune Be Not Crost (2017) - Tiana Brown
- The Fool (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Bleeding War (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Evil Manners (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Full Circle (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Noble Memory (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Toil and Trouble, Part 2 (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Toil and Trouble, Part 1 (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Absent Child (2017) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Civil Hands Unclean (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Love Is a Smoke (2017) - Tiana Brown
- My Naked Villainy (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Strange Bedfellows (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Play On (2017) - Tiana Brown
- Sound & Fury (2017) - Tiana Brown
- A Furnace for Your Foe (2016) - Tiana Brown
- The Unkindest Cut (2016) - Tiana Brown
- What We May Be (2016) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Chimes at Midnight (2016) - Tiana Brown
- One Before Another (2016) - Tiana Brown
- Cupid Kills (2016) - Tiana Brown
- What Remains Is Bestial (2016) - Tiana Brown
- Sin That Amends (2016) - Tiana Brown
- Light in Darkness (2016) - Tiana Brown
- Past Is Prologue (2016) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Rise by Sin (2016) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- The Lyon Who Cried Wolf (2016) - Tiana Brown
- More Than Kin (2016) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Time Shall Unfold (2016) - Tiana Brown
- The Tameness of a Wolf (2016) - Tiana Brown
- A Rose by Any Other Name (2016) - Tiana Brown
- Death Will Have His Day (2016) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Et Tu, Brute? (2015) - Tiana Brown
- Sinned Against (2015) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- My Bad Parts (2015) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- True Love Never (2015) - Tiana Brown
- A High Hope for a Low Heaven (2015) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Be True (2015) - Tiana Brown
- Poor Yorick (2015) - Tiana Brown
- Fires of Heaven (2015) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Without a Country (2015) - Tiana Brown
- The Devils Are Here (2015) - Tiana Brown (credit only)
- Who I Am (2015) - Tiana Brown
- Unto the Breach (2015) - Tiana Brown
- Dangerous Bonds (2015) - Tiana Brown
- False Imposition (2015) - Tiana Brown
- The Devil Quotes Scripture (2015) - Tiana Brown
- The Outspoken King (2015) - Tiana Brown
2017
Burning Sands as
Angel
2015
Lucky Girl as
Lisa Jackson
2015
Taylor Swift: Bad Blood (Music Video short) as
Dilemma
2014
Chocolatto Is Back! (Short) as
DV Girl #1 (as Serayah McNeill)
Soundtrack
2015
Empire (TV Series) (performer - 38 episodes)
- Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns (2018) - (performer: "Don't Take Us Down", "Big Shoes" - uncredited)
- Fair Terms (2018) - (performer: "The Big 20", "Thunder & Lightning", "No Competition" - uncredited)
- A Lean and Hungry Look (2018) - (performer: "Sweat" - uncredited)
- False Face (2018) - (performer: "Sweat" - uncredited)
- Of Hardiness Is Mother (2018) - (performer: "Unforgettable" - uncredited)
- Sweet Sorrow (2018) - (performer: "Big Shoes" - uncredited)
- Without Apology (2018) - (performer: "Beautiful" - uncredited)
- Birds in the Cage (2018) - (performer: "Big Shoes", "Beautiful" - uncredited)
- Cupid Painted Blind (2017) - (performer: "Let Me Rock" - uncredited)
- The Lady Doth Protest (2017) - (performer: "Light It All Up" - uncredited)
- The Fool (2017) - (performer: "Hate The Game" - uncredited)
- Bleeding War (2017) - (performer: "Sexxy On Em", "It's Your Birthday" - uncredited)
- Evil Manners (2017) - (performer: "Drip Drop" - uncredited)
- Noble Memory (2017) - (performer: "The Big 20" - uncredited)
- Toil and Trouble, Part 2 (2017) - (performer: "Drip Drop" - uncredited)
- Strange Bedfellows (2017) - (performer: "I Got You" - uncredited)
- Play On (2017) - (performer: "All In" - uncredited)
- Sound & Fury (2017) - (performer: "Get Me Right" - uncredited)
- A Furnace for Your Foe (2016) - (performer: "Starlight" - uncredited)
- The Unkindest Cut (2016) - (performer: "Aces High" - uncredited)
- Chimes at Midnight (2016) - (performer: "Me" - uncredited)
- One Before Another (2016) - (performer: "Starlight" - uncredited)
- Cupid Kills (2016) - (performer: "Me" - uncredited)
- What Remains Is Bestial (2016) - (performer: "Love Long Time", "The Clap Back" - uncredited)
- The Lyon Who Cried Wolf (2016) - (performer: "No Competition" - uncredited)
- Time Shall Unfold (2016) - (performer: "Body Speak" - uncredited)
- The Tameness of a Wolf (2016) - (performer: "Look But Don't Touch", "All Nite" - uncredited)
- A Rose by Any Other Name (2016) - (performer: "Look But Don't Touch" - uncredited)
- Et Tu, Brute? (2015) - (performer: "Do Something With It")
- Be True (2015) - (performer: "Get no Better (2.0)" - uncredited)
- Without a Country (2015) - (performer: "Get No Better (2.0)" - uncredited)
- Unto the Breach (2015) - (performer: "You're So Beautiful" - uncredited)
- Our Dancing Days (2015) - (performer: "Bad Girl" - uncredited)
- Out, Damned Spot (2015) - (performer: "Drip Drop" - uncredited)
- Dangerous Bonds (2015) - (performer: "Drip Drop" - uncredited)
- False Imposition (2015) - (performer: "Keep It Movin" - uncredited)
- The Devil Quotes Scripture (2015) - (performer: "Bad Girl" - uncredited)
- The Outspoken King (2015) - (performer: "Adios" - uncredited)
Self
2022
The Inspirational Sounds Holiday Special as
Self - Guest
2022
BET Awards 2022 (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2016
The Real (TV Series) as
Self
- NeNe Leakes/Monique Kelley/Serayah (2022) - Self
- Serayah/Tichina Arnold/Real Clued In/Your Fried It/Your Aspirin Can Do That (2016) - Self
2021
Urban Beauty TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Ep 104 (2021) - Self
2019
Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle Mcmahon (TV Series) as
Self
2018
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.18 (2018) - Self
2018
Song Association (TV Series) as
Self
- Serayah (2018) - Self
2018
Famous Food Truck (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.6 (2018) - Self - Guest
2018
Sheen Talk (TV Series) as
Self
- Sheen Talk Live with Serayah McNiell (2018) - Self
2018
Droppin' Cash: Los Angeles (TV Series) as
Self
2017
Amazingness (TV Series) as
Self / Self - special guest
- Episode #1.5 (2018) - Self
- Episode #1.2 (2017) - Self - special guest
2017
Wild 'N Out (TV Series) as
Self - Team Captain / Performer
- Serayah/Fatboy SSE (2017) - Self - Team Captain / Performer
2016
Harry (TV Series) as
Self
- Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo/Holiday Cooking with Sandra Lee/"Empire" Star Serayah/Harry Performs Holiday Song (2016) - Self
2016
Teen Choice Awards 2016 (TV Special) as
Self - Performer
2016
The Talk (TV Series) as
Self - Guest Co-Hostess
- Guest Co-Hostess Serayah McNeill/Alyson Hannigan/Laura Marano (2016) - Self - Guest Co-Hostess (as Serayah McNeill)
2016
2016 Billboard Music Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2016
Access Daily (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 12 April 2016 (2016) - Self
2016
Dish Nation (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.146 (2016) - Self
2016
Today (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 25 March 2016 (2016) - Self - Guest
2016
Fashion Police (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- New York Fashion Week - Spring 2016 (2016) - Self - Guest
2016
The 47th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2015
2015 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2015
BET Awards 2015 (TV Special) as
Self - Performer (as Serayah McNell)
Archive Footage
2016
From the Start! (TV Series) as
Dilemma
- Taylor Swift (2016) - Dilemma

References

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