---
name: "Chyna Layne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chyna-layne"
fi1m_id: "chyna-layne"
imdb_id: "nm1822939"
tmdb_id: 109563
wikidata_id: "Q5118591"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T07:22:05.576111+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chyna Layne

## Identity

Chyna Layne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chyna-layne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chyna-layne
- **IMDb ID:** nm1822939
- **TMDB ID:** 109563
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5118591
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyna_Layne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5118591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1822939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109563

Actor. Born in New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyna_Layne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5118591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1822939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109563

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire*](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chyna Layne is an American actress and producer. She was born in New York City to a Jamaican father and a Filipina mother.

Layne made her screen debut in the 2007 HBO television film *Life Support*. She appeared in *Cadillac Records* (2008) and played Rhonda in the 2009 film *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire*. She also produced and starred in the independent film *A Deeper Love* (2007).

Her later credits include the role of Shemekka Epps in the Netflix series *She's Gotta Have It* (2017–2019) and Elsa in *The First Purge* (2018). She has appeared in numerous independent films and guest roles on television series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Rhonda — [page](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Judge Me Not* (2023), series, as Judge Zelma Jay Johnson · Executive Producer
- *In Broad Daylight* (2019), as Jordan Boudreaux
- *The First Purge* (2018), as Elsa
- *She's Gotta Have It* (2017), series, as Shemekka Epps
- *We Are Family* (2017), as Shee-Lee
- *Tales* (2017), series, as Aaliyah Marlow
- *Barbershop: The Next Cut* (2016), as Kayla (uncredited)
- *72 Hours* (2015), as Kandice
- *Daddy's Home* (2014), as Janae
- *Life of Crime* (2013), as Loretta
- *All Screwed Up* (2012), as Teenisha
- *David E. Talbert's: A Fool and His Money* (2012), Actor
- *Back Then* (2012), as Young Rochelle, Georiga Miller
- *Workaholics* (2011), series, as Sherry
- *Deceptz* (2011), as Kelly
- *Left Unsaid* (2010), as Asia
- *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire* (2009), as Rhonda — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md)
- *FlashForward* (2009), series, as Nervous Woman
- *Cadillac Records* (2008), as Pot's Girlfriend Juanita
- *Hardrock* (2007), as Doreen
- *Life Support* (2007), as Deyah

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