Aurora Perrineau (born September 23, 1994) is an American actress and model. She is best known for starring as Shana Elmsford in Jem and the Holograms (2015), the live-action film adaptation of the 1980s animated television series Jem, Giselle Hammond in Blumhouse’s Truth Or Dare, C in HBO’s Westworld, and as Tanya in Netflix’s When They See Us crime drama television miniseries.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Perrineau was born to model Brittany Perrineau and actor Harold Perrineau.^[7][8]

Perrineau is a model signed to Click Model Management, Inc.^[9]

In 2012, Perrineau starred in the direct-to-video film Air Collision.^[10] In 2014, Perrineau appeared in episodes of Newsreaders^[11] and in Chasing Life as Margo.^[12] In April 2014, it was announced that Perrineau was cast in the role of Shana in Jem and the Holograms, based on the hit 1980s cartoon.^[1] The film came under fire for casting Perrineau, a straight-haired, biracial actress for the role of Shana, a character who had a dark complexion and afro-textured hair.^{[13][14][15][16]} The film was released on October 23, 2015, and was a box office flop, making only $1.4 million in its opening weekend.^[17]

In July 2014, Perrineau was cast in Drake Doremus's film Equals.^{[3][18][19][8]} The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2015.^[20] Perrineau had a small role in the film Passengers, released on December 21, 2016.^[21][22]

In 2018, Perrineau was cast as Giselle Hammond in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare.^[23]