Zelda Harris (born February 17, 1985) is an American

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. Harris was born in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

to Karen and Philip Harris. She has a sister, Kenya. She attended

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

, where she was a member of the Class of 2007. She began acting at age three. Harris beat out more than one thousand other children for the role of Troy Carmichael in

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...

's '' Crooklyn'', the role for which she is best known. She also played Jessi Ramsay in ''The Baby Sitters Club'' film. Subsequent to her acting work, Harris was a singer with ''Zelda and the Lo Los''. As of 2021, she is working as a teacher.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Zelda 1985 births Actresses from New York City American child actresses American television actresses Living people African-American actresses American film actresses 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women