Celeste O'Connor | |
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Born | Nairobi, Kenya | December 2, 1998
Nationality | American |
Education | Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2017–present |
Celeste O'Connor (born December 2, 1998) is an American actor. They played Paloma Davis in the Amazon original film Selah and the Spades . [1]
Celeste O'Connor was born on December 2, 1998, in Nairobi, Kenya, to a White American father and Kenyan mother. [2] O'Connor and their younger brother were raised in Baltimore, Maryland by their parents. [3] They attended Notre Dame Preparatory School and studied the violin and singing at Peabody Preparatory. As of April 2020 [update] , O'Connor was attending Johns Hopkins University majoring in public health and pre-medicine. [4] They also took a courses in Islamic studies. [3] O'Connor is interested in the social determinants of health including food security, housing insecurity, and education.
O'Connor played the younger version of Gugu Mbatha-Raw's character in the 2018 Netflix film Irreplaceable You . [5] They appeared in the 2019 film Wetlands. [4] In 2019, O'Connor played Paloma Davis in the film Selah and the Spades . [4] Reporter Anagha Komaragiri of The Daily Californian praised O'Connor's "subtle" and "pensive presence" until the "tense finale". [6]
O'Connor was cast in July 2019 for the film Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and reprised their role in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024). [5] In May 2022, they were cast as one of the co-leads in the superhero film Madame Web (2024). [7] In December 2024, it was announced that they would appear in Scream 7 . [8]
O'Connor is an advocate for improving diversity and representation in the entertainment industry. [4] [9] O'Connor is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. [10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Wetlands | Amy Johnson | |
2018 | Irreplaceable You | Teen Abbie | |
2019 | Selah and the Spades | Paloma Davis | |
2020 | Freaky | Nyla Chones | |
2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Lucky Domingo | |
2022 | The In Between | Shannon | |
2023 | A Good Person | Ryan | |
2024 | Madame Web | Mattie Franklin | |
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Lucky Domingo | ||
2026 | Scream 7 | TBA | Filming [11] [12] |