Carlacia Grant is an American television actress. She is a series regular on ''

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Early life

Grant was born in

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and also lived for a time in

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. She graduated from

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in May 2023, with a Bachelor of Science in Media and Communication Studies with a minor in English. She started acting at a summer camp production of

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'' when she was 13 years-old following a suggestion to try it from her grandmother.

Career

She made her television debut playing Irene in the ''

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’s'' 2016 remake of ''

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''. She played Danielle Turner in '' OWN'' series '' Greenleaf'' series and Leesha in '' Game of Silence''. She also appeared in a 2021 episode of '' The Resident''. In November 2020 she auditioned for ''

'' teen mystery drama ''

''. The following year, she debuted in a recurring role as Bahamian Cleo on season two of the series. She reprised the role for season's three and four, promoted to be a series regular.

Personal life

Her parents are from the Caribbean and she has Haitian heritage through her mother and Jamaican heritage from her father.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Carlacia American television actresses Living people Actresses from Connecticut Date of birth unknown Florida State University alumni 21st-century American actresses American people of Haitian descent American actors of Jamaican descent