Riele Downs Explained

Riele Downs
Birth Date:8 July 2001
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Actress • voice actor
Years Active:2005–present

Riele Downs (born July 8, 2001) is a Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress, playing Faith in the 2013 film The Best Man Holiday. She went on to co-star as Charlotte on the Nickelodeon television series Henry Danger from 2014 to 2020.

Life and career

Downs was born on July 8, 2001.[1] She has indicated that she has "some experience with dancing".

Downs started acting when she was 3 years old, and got her first role in the 2005 film Four Brothers playing the role of Amelia Mercer. She appeared in A Russell Peters Christmas Special in 2013. The same year, Downs played Faith Sullivan in the 2013 comedy-drama film The Best Man Holiday.[2] In 2014, she appeared in the television films Fir Crazy and The Gabby Douglas Story.

In 2014, Downs was cast in her first starring role, on the Nickelodeon television series Henry Danger, playing the role of Charlotte, who is the best friend of the titular character.[3] [4] [5] In 2017, she co-starred with Lizzy Greene in the Nickelodeon television film Tiny Christmas.[6]

In 2022, Downs starred in the lead role of Darby Harper in the Hulu film Darby and the Dead.[7] [8]

In 2024, Downs was cast as Carlesha Gaither in the Lifetime film Abducted Off the Streets: The Carlesha Gaither Story as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature films that is based on the kidnapping of Carlesha Gaither.[9]

Filmography

Television and film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Four BrothersAmelia Mercer Film
2008 ReGenesis Young Jamila Thompson Episode: "Bloodless"
2009data-sort-value="Da Kink in My Hair, The" Da Kink in My HairShawnee Episode: "Forced Ripe Mango"
2010Rookie BlueLittle GirlEpisode: "Fresh Paint"
2010Made... The MovieKarinnaTelevision film
2010Peep and the Big Wide WorldBaby Ant / Bunny 2 / Bunny 5 Voice role; 2 episodes
2013data-sort-value="Best Man Holiday, The" The Best Man HolidayFaithFilm
2014data-sort-value="Gabby Douglas Story, The" The Gabby Douglas StoryArielleTelevision film
2014Ruby Skye P.I.: The Maltese PuppyKatFilm
2014–2020Henry DangerCharlotteMain role
2015Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday SpecialSheilaTelevision special
2017Nickelodeon's Not So Valentine SpecialRiele/VanessaTelevision special
2017Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp SpecialDaleTelevision special
2017Tiny ChristmasEmmaTelevision film
2018data-sort-value="Adventures of Kid Danger, The" The Adventures of Kid DangerCharlotteMain voice role
2019All ThatHerselfEpisode 1105
2022Darby and the DeadDarby HarperStreaming film
2023Bel-AirYazmin StaatsRecurring role, 5 episodes[10]
2024Abducted Off the Streets: The Carlesha Gaither StoryCarlesha GaitherTelevision film
Charlotte Page/Cyborg CMain role

Notes and References

  1. Web site: rie :) on Instagram: "18 ! ". https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BzrH5CHgwLK . 2021-12-24 . registration. Instagram. Riele Downs. July 9, 2019.
  2. Web site: Riele West Downs . Maria Juhl . . March 25, 2018.
  3. Web site: Stacey Grant . Ella Anderson & Riele Downs Reveal Secrets About the Henry Danger Musical . . June 11, 2019 . July 9, 2019.
  4. Web site: Day 27: Interview with Riele Downs . 2016 . . March 26, 2018.
  5. From DanWarp website:
  6. Web site: Caleb Lundberg . Romy Pecullan . Alivia Saunders . Jackson Vasquez . Nickelodeon movie 'Tiny Christmas' is big on laughs . Kidsday (from Newsday) . November 30, 2017 . subscription . December 2, 2022.
  7. News: Matt Grobar . 'Darby And The Dead' Premiere Date: Riele Downs & Auli'i Cravalho Lead Supernatural Teen Comedy From 20th Century Studios . . November 3, 2022 . November 3, 2022.
  8. Web site: Natalia Winkelman . 'Darby and the Dead' Review: Sixteen With a Sixth Sense . . December 1, 2022 . December 2, 2022.
  9. Web site: Riele Downs and Kenya Moore to Headline Lifetime’s ‘The Carlesha Gaither Story’. Urban Hollywood 411. Frances. Price. December 7, 2023. January 28, 2024.
  10. Web site: Mekishana Pierre . 'Bel-Air' Season 2: Saweetie to Appear, Brooklyn McLinn, Jazlyn Martin and Riele Downs to Guest Star . Entertainment Tonight . January 12, 2023 . May 23, 2023 . ...but three new actors have been cast in recurring roles..
  11. Web site: Avengers: End Game, Stranger Things, Dwayne Johnson Among Winners At Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards. Deadline Hollywood. Bruce Haring. May 2, 2020. May 3, 2020.