Biography

For several years, Kerri Randles has been acting, writing and developing projects for Film, Stage and Television. Kerri started her career as an actress in Chicago, Illinois. Her first break into films came working with directors Oliver Stone (Heaven and Earth) and William Friedkin (Jailbreakers), respectively. Subsequent roles after that included Marilyn Monroe, in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge for HBO, directed by Martha Coolidge, Poor White Trash, and Scenes of the Crime. She most recently worked with Angelina Jolie on Clint Eastwood's, Changeling. In June 2010, Kerri brought her one-woman show Can't You Hear Me Knockin? to the stage, opening the first ever Hollywood Fringe Festival to rave reviews. The show went on to New York for a successful limited engagement, and will play the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, August 2011. A memoir, Can't You Hear Me Knockin?, will follow in 2012.

In 2005 Kerri founded her own production company, Littlecommando Productions. In 2007 she helped to bring Alison Eastwood's directorial debut film, Rails & Ties to the big screen, shepherding a successful tour of the festival circuit. Kerri was also instrumentally involved in the Exit Through the Gift Shop debut at Sundance and the subsequent L.A. premiere and 2011 Oscar campaign for the film. Kerri currently resides in Los Angeles. She is an avid art collector and is known to produce shows for artists. She collaborated on Banksy's Los Angeles show, Barely Legal, in 2006, and also produced The Sex Lives of Mannequins in Chicago and Los Angeles for producer Charles Evans Jr. (Aviator).
- IMDb mini biography by: R. MILLER

Kerri Randles is a filmmaker, actress, writer, and producer whose career spans decades of artistic exploration across film, television, and stage. A fearless storyteller known for her emotional honesty and cinematic intelligence, Kerri's work reflects a deep reverence for bold, character-driven narratives. She began her creative journey in Chicago, studying under Steven Ivcich at the University of Illinois Chicago and honing her craft in the legendary improv theaters of Second City and The Annoyance with Mick Napier. Her on-screen debut came through early collaborations with celebrated directors Oliver Stone (Heaven & Earth) and William Friedkin (Jailbreakers), followed by standout roles in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Marilyn Monroe (HBO, dir. Martha Coolidge), Scenes of the Crime, Poor White Trash, and Clint Eastwood's Changeling, opposite Angelina Jolie. In 2010, Kerri wrote and performed the critically acclaimed solo show Can't You Hear Me Knockin'?, which premiered at the inaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival and went on to successful runs in New York and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show is now being adapted into a memoir and feature project. Her passion for filmmaking extends behind the camera as well. In 2005, she founded Littlecommando Productions, through which she helped shepherd Rails & Ties, the directorial debut of Alison Eastwood, onto the festival circuit. She also played an instrumental role in the Oscar campaign and premiere of Exit Through the Gift Shop (dir. Banksy), and collaborated on the artist's provocative 2006 LA exhibition Barely Legal. A known curator and arts advocate, she has produced several visual and performance-based projects, including The Sex Lives of Mannequins for producer Charles Evans Jr. (The Aviator). In 2023, Kerri made her directorial debut with the short film Midnight Girl, which earned awards and recognition for its bold, emotionally resonant storytelling. Kerri is developing a slate of film and television projects for production in 2026 that reflect her auteur sensibility and commitment to amplifying underrepresented voices through the lens of artistic truth.
- IMDb mini biography by: R. Miller