| Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly | |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1991–present |
| Spouse: | Sean Patrick Dinwoodie |
| Children: | Weston-Warren Patrick Dinwoodie |
| Website: | www.everlastingent.com |
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (born June 28, 1985) is an American actress.
Kelly was born in Fairfax, Virginia. She later moved to Atlanta, Georgia for better exposure in her film career.
She is goddaughter of late actress and civil rights activist Yolanda King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kelly was taught by Janet Lawing at Covenant Presbyterian preschool in Marietta, Georgia. She graduated Valedictorian from Sunland Christian Academy in Sunland, California and attended Hillcrest Christian School in Granada Hills, California.
She attended Mount St. Mary's College in Brentwood and is a graduate of UCLA in Westwood.
Has been nominated for over 4 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Youth Performance. In 2009, she won Best Lead Actress at The NAACP Theater Awards in Beverly Hills.
King and Kelly starred in 3 films together HBO's America's Dream, Odessa and they shared the same role of Reena Evers in Ghosts of Mississippi, daughter of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
She is the adopted granddaughter of actors Cicely Tyson, Bill Cobbs, and Marla Gibbs. Tyson, Cobbs, and Gibbs all adopted Kelly as their granddaughter after playing her grandparents on film.
She performed in several film and television projects such as A Time to Kill and What's Love Got to Do with It as young Tina Turner. Kelly has also appeared in guest-starring roles on shows like E.R. and Roseanne. In early 2010 Kelly played Marcia in the movie Preacher's Kid.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Young Anna Mae Bullock | ||
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Little Anna | ||
| 1996 | [1] | Tonya Hailey | ||
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Reena Evers – Age 10 | ||
| 1998 | Raven | Short film | ||
| 1998 | Milo | Kendra | ||
| 1998 | Blossoms and Veils | Short film | ||
| 2000 | Odessa | Angela | Short film | |
| 2001 | Flossin | Ardelia | ||
| 2006 | The Still Life | Art buyer | ||
| 2007 | Tournament of Dreams | Slick | ||
| 2009 | Genius in Heels | Zora | Short film | |
| 2010 | Preacher's Kid | Marcia | ||
| 2011 | Nocturnal Agony | Bay Bay | ||
| 2012 | Locked in a Room | Attorney Goldstein | ||
| 2013 | State of Mind | Gina | Short film | |
| 2016 | Sgt. Hills' Wife | Pre-production, on hold | ||
| 2017 | Race to Judgment | Kat Wallace | Pre-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–1993 | I'll Fly Away | Adlaine Harper | 19 episodes | |
| 1993 | Class of '61 | Statie | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Living Single | Camille | Episode: "Living Single... with Children" | |
| 1993 | I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Adlaine Harper | TV movie | |
| 1994 | On Our Own | Hannah | Episode: “Pilot” | |
| 1994 | Monty | Tina | Episode: "The Principal's Interest" | |
| 1994 | Roc | Robin | Episode: "You Shouldn't Have to Lie" | |
| 1994 | Sweet Justice | Niara | Episode: "The Power of Darkness: Part 1" | |
| 1994 | Roseanne | Geena Williams | Episode: "White Men Can't Kiss" | |
| 1994 | Lily in Winter | Louetta Covington | TV movie | |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Serena | Episode: "Fear Not!" | |
| 1996 | America's Dream | Lara | TV movie | |
| 1996 | ER | Monique | Episode: "John Carter, M.D." | |
| 1996 | Pam Ferris | Episode: "Out of the Past" | ||
| 1997 | Young Jeanette | TV movie | ||
| 1997 | Goldina (voice) | Episode: "King Midas" | ||
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Young Ebenita | TV movie | |
| 1998 | Maximum Bob[2] | Wanda Grace | 7 episodes | |
| 1999 | Any Day Now | Episode: "A Parent's Job" | ||
| 2000 | Freedom Song | Dora Charles | TV movie | |
| 2000 | City of Angels | Savannah | Episode: "When Worlds Colitis" | |
| 2000 | Imani (voice) | Episode: "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" | ||
| 2000 | Estelle | Episode: "Killing Me Softly" | ||
| 2001 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Lisa | Episode: "The Body" | |
| 2002 | Even Stevens | Denise | Episode: "Your Toast" | |
| 2004 | "Good Girls Don't..." | Shaquandra | Episode: "I Never" | |
| 2006 | Hannah Montana | Olivia | Episode: "I Can't Make You Love Hannah If You Don't" | |
| 2018–present | Fly | Capt. Skylar Wyatt | Also writer |