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Birth Name: Kiana Alexa Madeira
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: November 4, 1992
Ethnicity: * father – Azorean Portuguese * mother – Black Nova Scotian, Irish, First Nations
Kiana Madeira is a Canadian-born actress. She starred as Deena in the trilogy Fear Street Part One: 1994 , Fear Street Part Two: 1978 , and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 . Her roles also include the films Giant Little Ones , She Never Died , the sequels After We Fell , After Ever Happy , and After Everything ; Brother (2022), and Morningside ; the shows Really Me , Sacred Lies , Coroner , Trinkets , and My Adventures with Superman ; and the made-for-tv movies Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars , Salem Falls , Bad Hair Day , The Swap , and the Bruno & Boots trilogy.
Her father was born in Portugal, with roots in the Azores. She has written , “…the other half is split between Irish, Native Indian and Canadian-Black.” She was raised in Mississauga.
Kiana is married to actor Lovell Adams-Gray.
Kiana’s paternal grandfather was named Joao Madeira.
Kiana’s paternal grandmother was named Alda Martins. Alda was born on São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.
Kiana’s maternal grandmother was Retha Elaine Sparks (the daughter of Frederick Alexander “Freddie” Sparks and Laura Mae Downey). Retha was born in Loon Lake, Nova Scotia, and was of Black Nova Scotian descent. Frederick was the son of John Roland Sparks and Blanche Mae Downey. Laura was the daughter of Walter Downey and Agnes McLellan.
Sources: https://www.instagram.com
Obituary of Kiana’s paternal grandmother, Alda (Martins) Madeira – https://www.arbormemorial.ca
Obituary of Kiana’s maternal grandmother, Retha Elaine Sparks – https://www.dignitymemorial.com