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)

Filmography

• 2025Mary J. Blige's Family Affair — Kendra, Executive Producer
• 2023Real Love — Kendra
• 2023Strength of a Woman — Kendra
• 2022Sons 2 the Grave — Shawna Wilson
• BMF — Kato
• 2018Acrimony — Young Melinda
• 2018Breaking In — Jasmine Russell
• 2018Family Blood — Meegan
• Light as a Feather — Candace Preston
• 13 Reasons Why — Sheri Holland
• Marvel's Runaways — Livvie
• 2017Something Like Summer — Allison Cross
• 2016Bad Girl — Ruth Quinn Robinson
• Code Black — Keesha Platt
• Empire — Young Cookie, Teenage Loretha
• 2015My First Love — Noelle
• The Rickey Smiley Show — DeAnna
• Grey's Anatomy — Marissa McKay

Appearances as themselves (1)

• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter