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Ayanna Berkshire
Actor, ProducerBorn January 17, 1977 (47 years)
Ayanna Berkshire is an American stage and screen actress, a resident artist of Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, Oregon) and a 2020 recipient of the TCG and Fox Fellowship Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship, recognized for distinguished achievement. She is best known for her role as Cora in the first of the Twilight Saga films. Originally from a remote island chain in Washington State, Ayanna was just three years old when she began performing for audiences as a young dancer and actress. She had her first agent at 13 years old and has been working professionally since the age of 20. Ayanna splits her time between Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Filmography
| 2024 | The Way We Speak · as Annette Davis |
| 2023 | New Life · as Molly Presser |
| 2023 | Who Are You People · as Therapist |
| 2023 | Sometimes I Think About Dying · as Emma |
| 2022 | Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts · as Narrator |
| 2020 | All Together Now · as Officer Garland |
| 2020 | The Dark Divide · as Mrs. Gordon |
| 2019 | The Shasta Triangle · as Sam |
| 2019 | Shrill (TV Series) · as Bartender |
| 2018 | Leave No Trace · as Dr. Berkshire (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Lean on Pete · as Cop 1 |
| 2017 | In The Vault (TV Series) · as Dean Meredith Waldron |
| 2017 | American Vandal (TV Series) · as Joan Mcgovern |
| 2015 | The Benefits of Gusbandry (TV Series) · as Budtender |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! (TV Series) · as Renee |
| 2015 | Significant Mother (TV Series) · as Receptionist |
| 2014 | The Librarians (2014) (TV Series) · as Dr. Njenga |
| 2014 | The Record Keeper · as The Counselor |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. (TV Series) · as Samantha 'sammy' Jones |
| 2012 | The Record Keeper (TV Series) · as The Counselor |
| 2012 | Awake (TV Series) · as Staff Nurse |
| 2011 | Grimm (TV Series) · as Dr. Rose |
| 2011 | Bucksville · as Dr. Athena White |
| 2011 | Portlandia (TV Series) · as Anna |
| 2010 | Parenthood (2010) (TV Series) · as Caroline Lee |
| 2010 | Extraordinary Measures · as Wendy Temple |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Interviewer |
| 2008 | Wendy and Lucy · as Pound Employee |
| 2008 | Leverage (TV Series) · as Sarah Pennington |
| 2008 | Twilight · as Cora |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Thumbsucker · as Hotel Clerk |
| 2005 | Say Uncle · as Mother #2 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Doctor |
| 2004 | The Dust Factory · as Hope |
| 2003 | |
| 2000 | Men of Honor · as Jazz Club Dancer |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Helpful Woman |