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Rayna Tharani

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Rayna Tharani
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Rayna Tharani is an actress, writer and director known for films such as For Colored Girls. She has appeared in many television shows including Rosewood (FOX) NCIS (CBS) Criminal Minds (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) among others. She moved to Los Angeles as a dancer upon graduating from San Diego State with a bachelors in Fine Arts, Journalism and English Lit. She became a member of the LA Poets Society after releasing her first book: Pages of Me, a lovesick journey in 2015. Rayna will make her directorial debut in 2016 with her documentary Aphrodite Rising. She is of East Indian, and Indonesian heritage.
BornJanuary 13
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    Known for

    Jude Law in The Young Pope (2016)
    The Young Pope
    8.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Maribeth
    Morris Chestnut in Rosewood (2015)
    Rosewood
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Felicia
    Mark Hamill in Criminal Minds (2005)
    Criminal Minds
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Marguerite Churchill
    Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Thandiwe Newton, Anika Noni Rose, and Kerry Washington in For Colored Girls (2010)
    For Colored Girls
    6.3
    • Renee
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Haithem Badrani, Leonidas Gulaptis, and Niyanta Gamble in Breaking Tradition (2024)
      Breaking Tradition
      6.2
      • Mrs. Abdul Khan
      • 2024
    • Sophia (2018)
      Sophia
      Short
      • Sophia
      • 2018
    • Jude Law in The Young Pope (2016)
      The Young Pope
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Maribeth
      • 2016
    • Window of Opportunity (2015)
      Window of Opportunity
      5.5
      • Maria
      • 2015
    • Morris Chestnut in Rosewood (2015)
      Rosewood
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Felicia
      • 2015
    • Days of Our Lives (1965)
      Days of Our Lives
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Navidad
      • 2015
    • The McCarthys (2014)
      The McCarthys
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Hot Female Mourner
      • 2014
    • Funny or Die Net Neutrality (2014)
      Funny or Die Net Neutrality
      Short
      • Mom
      • 2014
    • The FCC Wishes the World Wide Web a Happy Birthday
      Short
      • 2014
    • Wayne Knight, Kristen Johnston, David Alan Basche, and Donald Faison in The Exes (2011)
      The Exes
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Cheerleader #2
      • 2014
    • Mark Hamill in Criminal Minds (2005)
      Criminal Minds
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Marguerite Churchill
      • 2014
    • Flashback (2013)
      Flashback
      5.5
      Short
      • Safia
      • 2013
    • The Kindred (2010)
      The Kindred
      6.3
      Short
      • Cassandra
      • 2010
    • Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Thandiwe Newton, Anika Noni Rose, and Kerry Washington in For Colored Girls (2010)
      For Colored Girls
      6.3
      • Renee
      • 2010
    • Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, Gary Cole, Katrina Law, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS (2003)
      NCIS
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Mary Roberts
      • 2010

    Writer

    • Sophia (2018)
      Sophia
      Short
      • story by
      • 2018
    • This Side of Her (2016)
      This Side of Her
      • Writer
      • story
      • 2016

    Director

    • Sophia (2018)
      Sophia
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • This Side of Her (2016)
      This Side of Her
      • Director
      • 2016
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    Personal details

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      • Official Site
    • Height
      • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
    • Born
      • January 13
      • San Diego, California, USA
    • Other works
      Appeared in Virgin Mobile commercial
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Pictorial

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      She is of East Indian English and Indonesian descent
    • Nicknames
      • Rayns
      • Rayna Tharáni

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