Chyna Layne

Chyna Layne is an American actress and producer. She made her screen debut playing the leading role in the 2007 independent drama film A Deeper Love and later co-starred in films Life Support (2007), Cadillac Records (2008) and Precious (2009). From 2017 to 2019, Layne starred as Shemekka Epps in the Netflix comedy-drama series, She's Gotta Have It .

Layne was born in New York City. Her father is Jamaican and mother is Filipina.^[1] She made her screen debut appearing in the HBO drama film Life Support (2007), and later that year played the leading role and serviced as a producer in the independent drama film A Deeper Love.^[2] The following year, Layne appeared in a small role in the biographical drama film Cadillac Records . In 2009 she played the lead in the action comedy film All Screwed Up,^[3] and co-starred in the drama film Precious .^[4] Since then, Layne appeared in a number of independent and made-for-television films and guest-starred on television series Workaholics and Major Crimes . She also had supporting roles in films Life of Crime (2013) and The First Purge (2018).

From 2017 to 2019, Layne starred as Shemekka Epps in the Netflix comedy-drama series, She's Gotta Have It .^{[5] [6]} In 2023, Layne went to star and executive producer in the Allblk legal drama series, Judge Me Not loosely based on the life Oof Judge Lynn Toler.^{[7] [8]}

• Chyna Layne at IMDb

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• Actresses from New York (state)
• American actors of Jamaican descent
• American film actresses
• American television actresses

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