Bria Vinaite (/vɪˈnaɪtjə/;[1] born Barbora Bulvinaitė[2] on June 10, 1993) is a Lithuanian-born American actress, best known for her debut role as Halley in Sean Baker's 2017 film The Florida Project.
[3] Vinaite was born in Alytus, Lithuania, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, around age 6 or 7.
[4] The Florida Project was Vinaite's acting debut, where she played the lead role of Halley, a former stripper and single mother living at a budget motel close to Walt Disney World.
[7] She made a cameo in Drake's music video for "Nice for What", released in April 2018.
At 19, she started a clothing line called ChroniCal Designs, selling marijuana-themed bikinis and baseball caps.