About Briana

Briana Kennedy is an actor, director, screenwriter, teacher, producer, voice-over artist, and dancer with over 30 years of professional experience across film, television, theater, commercial, and voice-over. A graduate of UNLV with a BFA in Film, Briana is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota and is now based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

She can most recently be seen as Ruby in The Hook, starring Malin Ackerman and Michael Jai White, as well as Tina in the feature film Real Ones, based on the true story of Alejandro Zavala, starring Guillermo Iván and directed by Art Camacho—both set for theatrical release in 2026. Additional credits include Detective Villanueva in Sarah Elizabeth Mintz’s Good Girl Jane, which won Best Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival, starring Andie MacDowell and Rolando Boyce; mean girl Sandy in Damion Smith’s The Block Trilogies, starring Glenn Plummer and Marcus T. Paulk; recurring Officer Lacy on Nickelodeon’s Henry Danger and Danger Force; the voice of Tape Girl in Five Nights at Freddy’s; Officer Sweeney on SWAT (CBS); Luz in Marvin Lemus’s Vámonos; Tiny in Stalker (CBS); Lead Dancer in Pharrell Williams’ Happy music video; and as one of the faces of the MGM Rewards Las Vegas commercial campaign. She also created extensively with the Old Navy brand throughout 2025 and continuing into 2026.

Briana has recently completed her first short film, Underground Overture, in which she stars, and which she also wrote, directed, and produced through her production company Lady Luck Pictures, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Through this process, she fell deeply in love with storytelling once again—this time from a more expansive, full-bodied, and collaborative point of creation. She is eager to continue telling bold, resonant stories alongside beautiful artists.