Shailyn Pierre-Dixon

[1] She is best known for her role as the young Aminata in the television miniseries The Book of Negroes, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2016.

[2] She has also appeared in the films The Best Man Holiday, Suicide Squad[3] and Jean of the Joneses, and she plays the character Frances in the television series Between.

Pierre-Dixon was born June 1, 2003, in Caledon, Ontario, to parents, Christina Dixon, a Canadian actress, writer, and producer, and Maurice Pierre.

[7] Her first major role was in the 2013 Hollywood film, The Best Man Holiday, as Kelly, the on-screen daughter of Regina Hall and Harold Perrineau.

In 2016, she appeared in Jean of the Joneses as Mary Jones[4] and Suicide Squad as Zoe Lawton, the daughter of Deadshot (played by Will Smith).