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name: "Ayanna James Kimani"
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# Ayanna James Kimani

Costume designer. Born in Jamaica.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Also known as:** Ayanna James

## Biography

Ayanna James Kimani, also credited as Ayanna James, is a costume designer working in film and television. Jamaican-born and based in Los Angeles, she began in fashion after studying biochemistry at Florida A&M University, initially through blogging and celebrity styling.

She served as costume designer on the HBO series *Insecure* (2016–2018). Other credits include *Queen Sugar* (2019), *Tall Girl 2* (2022), *All American: Homecoming* (2022) and *Emperor of Ocean Park* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, ayannakimani.design, latimes.com, forbes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Insecure* (2016), Fi1m 81, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/insecure.md)

## Also known for

- *Tall Girl 2* (2022), Costume Design

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