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Ayanna Berkshire

Actor, ProducerBorn January 17, 1977 (48 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

  • The Librarians (2014)
  • Punk Love
  • Who Are You People
  • In The Vault
  • The Way We Speak
  • Bucksville
  • The Benefits of Gusbandry

Known For

  • Lean on Pete
  • New Life
  • Sometimes I Think About Dying
  • The Dust Factory
  • The Shasta Triangle
  • The Dark Divide
  • Say Uncle
  • Punk Love
  • Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts
  • The Way We Speak

Filmography

2024
The Way We Speak · as Annette Davis
2023
New Life · as Molly Presser
2023
2023
2022
2020
All Together Now · as Officer Garland
2020
The Dark Divide · as Mrs. Gordon
2019
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
Punk Love · as Officer Lawson's Girl
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

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