Serayah Ranee McNeill (known professionally as Serayah, born June 20, 1995) is an American actress, singer, and model who is a friend of Taylor Swift.
Career[]
Born in Encinatas, California, Serayah is best known for her work as singer Tiana Brown on the Fox drama series Empire, which is her first big acting role in a television series. It is also her first major acting role. She also appears as Dilemma in Taylor's Bad Blood music video. Two songs that she did on Empire, "Keep It Movin'" and "Drip Drop", appear on the show's season 1 soundtrack. She has also appeared in two films, 2016's Lucky Girl and 2017's Burning Sands.
Friendship with Taylor[]
Serayah with Taylor at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards
Taylor and Serayah have mutual friends in common, and she even spent the 4th of July at Taylor's Rhode Island home. She also sat next to Taylor at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, and joined Swift's group at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.
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