[1][2] Darkings's mother María del Carmen Teresita Bucknam sold food, while her father, Jackie Kerr, was a boxer who hailed from Limón, Costa Rica.

[2] In an interview with journalist Freddy Serrano [es], Darkings stated that she had a hard childhood due to being black and being from the capital San José.

[4] Darkings has acted in films such as Noi siamo angeli (1997), Caribe (2004), El último comandante (2010),[5] Un regalo esencial (2018),[6] and Todos somos Óscar (2019).

[13] She later expressed her support for presidential candidate Luis Guillermo Solís of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC).

[4] In an article for La Nación published amidst the George Floyd protests in the United States, Darkings recalled her experiences with discrimination based on skin colour in Costa Rica.