Saleka Night Shyamalan (born August 1, 1996), known mononymously as Saleka, is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of director

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and was cast as a fictional

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, Lady Raven, in his thriller film '' Trap'' (2024). As a singer, she has performed songs for her father's projects such as the

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series ''

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'' (2019–2023) and his films '' Old'' (2021) and '' Trap'' (2024), and also released her first studio album ''Seance'' (2023).

Early life

Saleka is the eldest daughter of filmmaker

. She and her sisters grew up watching horror films. Saleka studied classical piano as a child but decided to pursue singing and songwriting. She studied Literary Arts and Music at

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Career

Saleka has opened for acts like

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and

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. Upon debuting her first single, "Clarity", in September 2020, ''

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'' called Saleka "a new artist to watch". Saleka frequently collaborates with her younger sister,

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, who has directed a majority of her music videos. Her debut album, ''Seance,'' was released in late 2022. Saleka recorded the majority of ''Seance'' at MilkBoy studios, Philadelphia. In 2021, Saleka released "The Sky Cries" for the second season of ''

.'' The music video for the single was directed by her father, M. Night Shyamalan. She released three more songs for the third season of the series. The four songs were compiled in an EP, released on March 25, 2022. Within the show's canon Saleka's songs are said to be from the never-seen, in-show performer, Vivian Dale, who has died tragically. In June 2022,

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announced Saleka as one of four supporting acts for his North American Give or Take Tour on August and September 2022. Saleka made her acting debut in her father's film '' Trap'' (2024), for which she also wrote fourteen songs. Her

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for the film, '' Lady Raven'', was released on August 2, 2024.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Filmography

References

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* * {{Authority control 1996 births Living people People from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Brown University alumni American people of Indian Tamil descent American people of Malayali descent Singers from Pennsylvania American rhythm and blues singers M. Night Shyamalan