Lyliana Wray

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Lyliana Wray
Born (2004-12-30) December 30, 2004 (age 19) [1]
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Lyliana Wray is an American actress who began her career with Marvista's 2015 film Girl Missing [2] and has since gone on to appear in Paramount's 2016 film Maximum Ride, ABC's Strange Angel, NBC's The Night Shift, Nickelodeon's 2019 revival of Are You Afraid of the Dark? [3] [4] and Paramount's 2022 release of Top Gun: Maverick. [5] [6]

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Career

She appeared in Joel Soisson's Girl Missing. [2] In 2016, Wray appeared in Paramount's release of James Patterson's Maximum Ride . [7] That same year, Albedo Absolute, a short-film directed by Vlad Marsavin, was released. [8] In 2017, Wray appeared in Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah's The Night Shift. [9] The following year, Lyliana was cast in the Black-ish season four episode "North Star," [10] appeared as young Susan in three episodes of the television series Strange Angel [11] and was cast in the lead role of Rachel Carpenter [3] in Nickelodeon's revival of Are You Afraid of the Dark? . Wray appears in Joe Kosinski's Top Gun: Maverick in the role of Amelia Benjamin. [5] [6] [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Maximum Ride AngelFilm
2022 Top Gun: Maverick Amelia BenjaminFilm

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Girl MissingSavannah KnowlesTelevision film
2017 The Night Shift NayaEpisode: "Family Matters"
2018 Strange Angel Young Susan3 episodes
Black-ish RileyEpisode: "North Star"
2019 Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Midnight Society Rachel CarpenterMain role

Short film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Albedo AbsoluteViolet

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