Rainbow Dickerson

Rainbow Dickerson is an American actress.[1] She is most noted for her performance as Lily in the 2020 film Beans,[2] for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2020.[3]

Of self-identified Thai and Rappahannock descent,[4] she was named one of four Rising Stars at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[1]

Career

In 2009, Dickerson starred in Florida Studio Theatre's production of José Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted.[5] In 2019, she played Bianca in A.R.T.'s production of Othello.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Beans Lily
TBA Potential Kira

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Banshee Tocho's Mom Episode: "Innocent Might Be a Bit of a Stretch"
2016 Chicago Fire Liz Brexel Episode: "The Last One for Mom"
2018 Gone Fiona Gardner Episode: "Exigent Circumstances"
2019 The Patron Emma Jarit Television film
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Kya[7] 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b Veracia Ankrah, "TIFF brings female voices to the forefront through Rising Stars program". National Post, September 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Sheri Linden, "‘Beans’: Film Review | TIFF 2020". The Hollywood Reporter, September 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "VFCC Vote for Violation". Northern Stars, March 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "THE BEGINNING". www.rainbowdickerson.com. Retrieved February 24, 2024. I am a self identified Thai and Rappahannock (a Northeast Woodland Tribe) woman also with some unknown Caucasian roots. I say 'self identified' because I was not raised in any specific culture, I'm not a legal citizen of Thailand nor enrolled in the Rappahannock tribe, and I don't have strong ties to any specific community.
  5. ^ Holmes, January (February 5, 2009). "FST looking for love". The Bradenton Herald. p. 22E. Retrieved September 14, 1972.
  6. ^ Aucoin, Don (January 20, 2019). "Portrait of Pride, Prejudice in ART's 'Othello'". The Boston Globe. p. B10. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  7. ^ Williams, Caleb (July 20, 2022). "'Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Reunites Rainbow Dickerson With Star Kiawentiio (EXCLUSIVE)'". Knight Edge Media. Retrieved July 20, 2022.