Carlacia Grant

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Carlacia Grant
Born
Education Florida State University
OccupationActress
Years active2016-present
Television Outer Banks

Carlacia Grant is an American television actress. She is a series regular on Netflix teen mystery drama Outer Banks .

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Early life

Grant was born in New Haven, Connecticut and also lived for a time in Florida. [1] [2] She graduated from Florida State University in May 2023, with a Bachelor of Science in Media and Communication Studies with a minor in English. [3] She started acting at a summer camp production of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island when she was 13 years-old following a suggestion to try it from her grandmother. [4] [5] [2]

Career

She made her television debut playing Irene in the History Channel’s 2016 remake of Roots . She played Danielle Turner in OWN series Greenleaf series and Leesha in Game of Silence . She also appeared in a 2021 episode of The Resident . [6]

In November 2020 she auditioned for Netflix teen mystery drama Outer Banks . [7] The following year, she debuted in a recurring role as Bahamian Cleo on season two of the series. [8] [9] [10] She reprised the role for season's three and four, promoted to be a series regular. [11] [12] [13]

Personal life

Her parents are from the Caribbean and she has Haitian heritage through her mother and Jamaican heritage from her father. [1] [4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Roots Irene1 episode
2016 Game of Silence Leesha4 episodes
2016-2017 Greenleaf Danielle Turner8 episodes
2021 The Resident Trinity1 episode
2021ApollyonJanet
2022Bae Night: The Little Black BookKim
2021-present Outer Banks CleoSeries regular

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