Runa Alyse Lucienne (born August 6, 1988) is a Guyanese and American model, actress, and social media influencer with over 3 million followers across social media. Beginning her career in her late-teens, Lucienne has appeared in numerous television shows, commercials, music videos, magazines, and national ad campaigns.

Career

Runa Lucienne has been an extra in numerous television shows including ''

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'', '' Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory'', '' The Great Indoors'', ''

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'', '' Harry’s Law'', ''

Hart of Dixie ''Hart of Dixie'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on The CW from September 26, 2011, to March 27, 2015. The series, created by Leila Gerstein, stars Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart, a New Yorker who, after her dreams of ...

'', ''

The Soul Man ''The Soul Man'' is an American sitcom created by Suzanne Martin and Cedric the Entertainer. The series is a spin-off from ''Hot in Cleveland'', in which Cedric guest starred in the 2011 episode "Bridezelka", the backdoor pilot for ''The Soul M ...

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'', '' Up All Night'',

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''NFL Sunday Pre-Game Show'',

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Total Request Live ''Total Request Live'' (commonly abbreviated as ''TRL'') is an American television program that premiered on MTV on September 14, 1998. The early version of ''TRL'' featured popular music videos played during its countdown and was also used as ...

'',

's ''Suckerfree Sunday'', and ''

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''. Runa appeared on ''

Project Runway ''Project Runway'' is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on December 1, 2004. The series focuses on fashion design. It was created by Eli Holzman and was hosted by Heidi Klum from 2004 to 2017. It has a varied airi ...

'' as Keith Bryce's model who left the competition then returned in the finale to walk at New York Fashion Week for Suede, another designer. She has been featured in commercials for

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, Footlocker,

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, Sol Republic, and other brands; appeared in music videos including "

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" by

Lil Baby Dominique Armani Jones (born December 3, 1994), known professionally as Lil Baby, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence following the release of his 2017 mixtapes ''Harder than Hard'' and ''Too Hard'' — the for ...

and

DaBaby Jonathan Lyndale Kirk (born December 22, 1991), known professionally as DaBaby (formerly Baby Jesus), is an American rapper. After releasing several mixtapes between 2014 and 2018, he signed with Interscope Records in January 2019 in a joint ...

, "

Don't Judge Me "Don't Judge Me" is a song by American singer Chris Brown on his fifth studio album, ''Fortune'' (2012). It was produced by the Messengers, and written by Brown, Nasri Atweh, Adam Messinger and Mark "Pelli" Pellizzer. The song was sent to urba ...

" by

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, "Falling in Love" by

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and " We Got Hood Love" by

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, and more. Runa has been featured in magazines such as ''

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'', ''

DUB Magazine ''DUB'' is a North American magazine covering urban culture, urban custom car culture and also features Celebrity, celebrities and their vehicles. Background DUB was founded in January 2000 by Myles Kovacs, Haythem Haddad, and Herman Flores, ...

''. Runa’s national ad campaigns include Mandee clothing store, Outre hair company, and

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. Runa was the first Guyanese-American Monster Energy Girl. She traveled to various events on behalf of Monster Energy including New York City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, appearances at Ft. Hood Army/Air Force Base and Ft. Bliss Army/Air Force Base; and multiple DUB Auto Shows.

Personal life

Runa Lucienne was born in

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, and raised in

Toledo, Ohio Toledo ( ) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the western end of Lake Erie along the Maumee River. Toledo is the List of cities in Ohio, fourth-most populous city in Ohio and List of United Sta ...

where she graduated from St. Ursula Academy. Moving to

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at the age of 18, she began her modeling and acting career while attending

Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City, United States. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools ...

and later

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a Public university, public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York ...

. With an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), she majored in mechanical engineering and in her third year of college was selected for a mechanical engineering internship with

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at the Johnson Space Center in

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in the Systems Architecture and Engineering division where she assisted with research and development of upgrades to the low-fidelity

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cockpit mockup. While in high school she participated in the

Junior Engineering Technical Society Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) was a national non-profit organization based in the United States dedicated to promoting interest in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology among high-school students. In 2011 the Test of En ...

(JETS), was the president of the Technology club, and completed her first internship with NASA at the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. In addition to her love of science, Runa participated in her schools’ track and field teams in high school and during the freshman year of college. Runa holds her high school’s high jump record and placed 12th in the state of Ohio division 1 state championships during her senior year. In college, she placed 1st in both, the indoor and outdoor, high jump conference championships, and placed 3rd in high jump in the college division of the Colgate Women’s Games held at

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh and Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eig ...

. Before discovering track and field, she studied ballet for 6 years and played basketball until her track and field career began. Runa Lucienne’s other passions include painting and mixed media art. She debuted her artwork during

Art Basel Art Basel is a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international art fair staged annually in Basel (Switzerland), Miami Beach (US), Hong Kong and Paris. Art Basel provides a platform for galleries to show and sell their work to buyers, an ...

Miami in December 2019 and plans to continue a career in painting and photography -in addition to modeling and acting. Currently living in Miami, Runa Lucienne enjoys volunteering with her church, Vous Church, the

Miami Children's Museum The Miami Children’s Museum (formerly the Miami Youth Museum) is a non-profit educational institution located on Watson Island in the city of Miami, Florida. The museum focuses on programs, classes and learning materials related to arts, cultu ...

, Paws4You (dog rescue organization), and the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation as a volunteer publicist and member of the marketing team. Runa Lucienne also enjoys traveling and has visited nearly 40 countries.

References

External links

Runa Lucienne's Official Website

Runa Lucienne on Instagram

Runa Lucienne on Facebook

Runa Lucienne on Twitter
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucienne, Runa American female models American television actresses Living people Actresses from Washington, D.C. Actresses from Toledo, Ohio 1994 births Guyanese emigrants to the United States 21st-century American women