ABOUT OLUNIKé ADELIYI
Cast member of the 2019 horror film The Prodigy with previous film credits in 2015's A Christmas Horror Story and 2010's Saw 3D. She was featured in the television series Flashpoint in the role of Leah Kerns and later portrayed Giselle in Workin' Moms .
Her first ever acting role was as Artful Dodger in a middle school production of Oliver Twist. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
She had an uncredited role in the film John Q where she met Denzel Washington . Washington inspired her to continue her acting pursuit.
She is of Jamaican-Nigerian descent. Her parents are Sunday Adeliyi, a computer scientist and Roxiana Bell, a nurse. Her daughter Alesha is an actress on the TVOKids series Taste Buds.
She acted alongside Taylor Schilling in the 2019 film The Prodigy.
