Scarlet Spencer

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Scarlet Spencer
BornFebruary 28, 2007 (2007-02-28) (age 17)
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

Scarlet Spencer (born February 28, 2007) [1] is an American teen actress. She played Ivy in the Nickelodeon sitcom series Cousins for Life and Izzy in the Netflix series BlackAF .

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Career

Spencer started her career by going to numerous film schools and participating in theatre productions. She was featured in several commercials and modelling shoots. In 2018, she was cast for a role in the Nickelodeon series Cousins for Life as Ivy. [2] In 2019 it was announced that Spencer had landed the role of Izzy in Netflix series BlackAF alongside Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones, Iman Benson and others. BlackAF was released in 2020. [3] [4] [5] She was also featured in the Netflix film Bright as Sofia Ward alongside Will Smith, Joel Edgerton and Noomi Rapace, among others. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Double-CrossTabithaShort film
2014The story of Ag-GagMovie star kidA short movie which she played the role of a movie star kid
2015GrayCo-StarShort film
2017 Bright Sophia Ward
2018HintPhantom 1Short film
2017Thirty-one and doneAmeliaShort film
2020 Promising Young Woman Gabby

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Awkward Cute girl
2016 Teachers Amelia
2016 Colony Becca
2017 Black-ish Young Santamonica
2018 Shameless Xan
2019 Cousins for Life Ivy
2020Mildred & MaggiePennyTV mini series
2020 BlackAF Izzy

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