Reiya Downs is a Canadian actress who portrayed Shay Powers in Degrassi and Degrassi: Next Class.
Trivia[]
- Reiya is a Virgo.
- She has a younger sister named Riele Downs, who played Charlotte on the Nickelodeon television series Henry Danger and its animated spin-off, but returned to voice a character.
- She is the daughter of actress Elle Downs, who was in Sorority Surrogate with former Degrassi actors Cassie Steele and Daniel Kelly.
- She is of mixed Jamaican, Cherokee Indian, and African descent.
- Her favourite TV show is Once Upon a Time.
- Her first acting role was in the 2005 film "Four Brothers", as the daughter of characters played by Andre 3000 (of hip-hop group OutKast) and Taraji P. Henson (of Empire fame).
- Her character, Shay, who has a mother, whose name is Mrs. Powers was played by her real-life mother Elle Downs.