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Shailyn Pierre-Dixon is a Canadian child actress. She is best known for her role as the young Aminata in the television miniseries The Book of Negroes, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2016. She has also appeared in the films The Best Man Holiday, Suicide Squad and Jean of the Joneses, and she plays the character Frances in the television series Between.
Born
Sunday, 01 June 2003
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Well | Sarah Devine | 2025 |
| Macy Murdoch | Macy Murdoch | 2023 |
| Life with Luca | Willow | 2023 |
| Pretty Hard Cases | Shanika Shepherd | 2021 |
| Departure | Jada Collins | 2019 |
| Jean of the Joneses | Mary Jones | 2016 |
| Suicide Squad | Zoe Lawton / Zoe | 2016 |
| Between | Frances | 2015 |
| The Book of Negroes | Young Aminata | 2015 |
| The Best Man Holiday | Kelly | 2013 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Well | Sarah Devine | 2025 |
| Macy Murdoch | Macy Murdoch | 2023 |
| Life with Luca | Willow | 2023 |
| Pretty Hard Cases | Shanika Shepherd | 2021 |
| Departure | Jada Collins | 2019 |
| Jean of the Joneses | Mary Jones | 2016 |
| Suicide Squad | Zoe Lawton / Zoe | 2016 |
| Between | Frances | 2015 |
| The Book of Negroes | Young Aminata | 2015 |
| The Best Man Holiday | Kelly | 2013 |
