---
name: "Imani Lewis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/imani-lewis"
fi1m_id: "imani-lewis"
imdb_id: "nm8933067"
tmdb_id: 2102052
wikidata_id: "Q112080513"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 April 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T01:39:25.020061+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."
---

# Imani Lewis

## Identity

Imani Lewis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/imani-lewis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** imani-lewis
- **IMDb ID:** nm8933067
- **TMDB ID:** 2102052
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112080513
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imani_Lewis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112080513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8933067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2102052

Actor. Born 12 April 1999 in New York City, New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 April 1999, New York City, New York
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imani_Lewis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112080513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8933067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2102052

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Eighth Grade*](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md) (84), [*The Forty-Year-Old Version*](https://film.one/film/the-forty-year-old-version.md) (80)

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## Biography

Imani Lewis is an American actress born on 12 April 1999 in New York City. She began her screen career with a debut in the musical drama series *The Get Down* and appeared in *Star* as Karen.

Her film roles include Aniyah in *Eighth Grade* (2018), Elaine in *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), Gloria in *Vampires vs. the Bronx* (2020) and Bella in *Among the Beasts* (2023). On television she has played Calliope Burns in *First Kill* (2022) and Charmaine in *Hightown* (2020–2024), as well as guest roles in *Blue Bloods*, *The Equalizer* and *Chicago P.D.*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), Fi1m 80, as Elaine — [page](https://film.one/film/the-forty-year-old-version.md)
- *Eighth Grade* (2018), Fi1m 84, as Aniyah — [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Ricky* (2025), as Jaz
- *Aggro Dr1ft* (2024), as Female Strip Club Extra
- *Miguel Wants to Fight* (2023), as Cass
- *First Kill* (2022), series, as Calliope Burns
- *Killer Among Us* (2021), as Ricki
- *Shoplifters of the World* (2021), as Rita
- *The Equalizer* (2021), series, as Kisha Griffin
- *Vampires vs. the Bronx* (2020), as Gloria
- *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), as Elaine — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-forty-year-old-version.md)
- *Hightown* (2020), series, as Charmaine
- *Premature* (2020), as Shonté
- *Wu-Tang: An American Saga* (2019), series, as Roxanne Shanté
- *Eighth Grade* (2018), as Aniyah — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md)
- *Star* (2016), series, as Karen
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Rhonda
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Shayla Alexander
- *Today & Tmrw*, as Kimberly
- *Pure*, as Celeste
- *Killa*, as Asa Jones

## Gallery

- ![Imani Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/128607/gallery-58b690e339bf.jpg) Imani Lewis — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Imani_Lewis_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Imani_Lewis_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Imani Lewis at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Ricky"](https://film.one/media/person/128607/gallery-5b9b65407954.jpg) Imani Lewis at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Ricky" — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Imani_Lewis_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Imani_Lewis_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Imani Lewis at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Ricky"](https://film.one/media/person/128607/gallery-d63d8c2e32d4.jpg) Imani Lewis at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Ricky" — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Imani_Lewis_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_2.jpg/1280px-Imani_Lewis_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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