Rainbow Dickerson

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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]

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Beans Lily
TBAPotentialKira

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Banshee Tocho's MomEpisode: "Innocent Might Be a Bit of a Stretch"
2016 Chicago Fire Liz BrexelEpisode: "The Last One for Mom"
2018 Gone Fiona GardnerEpisode: "Exigent Circumstances"
2019The PatronEmma JaritTelevision film
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Kya [7] 2 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 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.