Skai Jackson
Biography
Skai Jackson is an American actress who began as a child model in national commercials and got her first major acting role in Liberty Kid, a 2007 independent film. Born in 2002 in the Staten Island borough of New York City, she followed that with cameos in The Rebound (2009) and The Smurfs (2011), and appeared in the television film The Watsons Go to Birmingham (2013). She became known for playing Zuri Ross on the Disney Channel sitcom Jessie from 2011 to 2015, a role that earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination, and reprised it on the spin-off Bunk'd from 2015 to 2018. She later voiced characters in the Marvel Rising franchise and DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders, wrote a 2019 memoir, Reach for the Skai, and in 2020 was a semi-finalist on Dancing with the Stars. The film Sheroes (2023) was her first feature role in ten years.
24years old
Turns 25 on April 8in 177 days
- Born Staten Island
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Skai Syed Jackson (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 10 years2013 to 2023
Every film, newest first
- 2023SheroesIMDb rating 3.3
- 2023The Man in the White VanIMDb rating 5.4
- 2021Muppets Haunted MansionIMDb rating 6.3
- 2013The Watsons Go to BirminghamIMDb rating 6.6
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A first
Artist Mike Deodato, who co-created Ironheart, also known as Riri Williams, confirmed that Skai Jackson was the inspiration for that Marvel comic book character. Jackson has said she wants to portray Ironheart in a live-action adaptation.
A role that slipped away
Jackson tried out for a part that was not named in the 2018 Marvel movie Black Panther. For the second Black Panther film and later MCU projects, Marvel gave the Ironheart role to Dominique Thorne.
Behind the camera
Jackson's first book, Reach for the Skai: How to Inspire, Empower, and Clapback, came out in 2019. That same year she started voicing Summer on the Netflix animated series DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders, which finished in 2020.
First role
Jackson's first major acting role was in Liberty Kid, a 2007 independent film. She then appeared as a guest in a 2008 episode of Rescue Me.
Beyond film
Jackson appeared in the 2019 music video for Lil Nas X's "Panini". The video went viral and spawned several memes because her character could not escape the rapper.
Skai Jackson movies on Netflix
Worked with
Skai Jackson made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Danny Trejo's page
Edward Asner's page
Sean Astin's page
David Alan Grier's page
Will Arnett's page
Taraji P. Henson's page
Kirk R. ThatcherDirector, 1 film, 2021
All films by Kirk R. Thatcher
Warren SkeelsDirector, 1 film, 2023
All films by Warren Skeels
Jordan GertnerDirector, 1 film, 2023
All films by Jordan Gertner
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.