Celeste O'Connor
{{Short description|American actor (born 1998)}}{{pp-protected|small=yes}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Celeste O'Connor
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|12|2}}
| birth_place = Nairobi, Kenya
| nationality = American
| education = Johns Hopkins University
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 2017–present
}}
Celeste O'Connor (born December 2, 1998) is an American actor. They are known for playing Paloma Davis in the Amazon original film Selah and the Spades.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/celeste_oconnor/?hl=en | title=Celeste O'Connor (@celeste_oconnor) • Instagram photos and videos | access-date=2021-12-19 | archive-date=2022-09-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172126/https://www.instagram.com/celeste_oconnor/?hl=en | url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Celeste O'Connor was born on December 2, 1998, in Nairobi, Kenya, to a White-American father and Kenyan mother.{{Cite web|url=https://castingfrontier.com/blog/actress-celeste-oconnor/|title='Freaky' Actress Celeste O'Connor: Black Women Are the Blueprint for Every Form of Art|first=Apul|last=Patel|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115221503/https://castingfrontier.com/blog/actress-celeste-oconnor/|url-status=live}} O'Connor and their younger brother were raised in Baltimore, Maryland by their parents.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-17|title=Interview with: Celeste O'Connor from Selah and the Spades|url=https://www.mtrnetwork.net/interview-with-celeste-oconnor-from-selah-and-spades/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812182517/https://www.mtrnetwork.net/interview-with-celeste-oconnor-from-selah-and-spades/ |archive-date=2020-08-12 |access-date=2020-07-08|website=MTR Network|language=en-US}} They attended Notre Dame Preparatory School and studied the violin and singing at Peabody Preparatory. {{Asof|April 2020}}, O'Connor was attending Johns Hopkins University majoring in public health and pre-medicine.{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Sameer|date=17 April 2020|title=Despite coronavirus shutdown, Baltimore actress Celeste O'Connor breaks out in Prime's 'Selah and the Spades'|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-celeste-o-connor-20200416-20200417-7cotpeluy5ewhbc2urglvmvsf4-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420231032/https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-celeste-o-connor-20200416-20200417-7cotpeluy5ewhbc2urglvmvsf4-story.html |archive-date=2020-04-20 |access-date=2020-07-08|website=Baltimore Sun}} They also took a courses in Islamic studies. O'Connor is interested in the social determinants of health including food security, housing insecurity, and education.
Career
O'Connor played the younger version of Gugu Mbatha-Raw's character in the 2018 Netflix film, Irreplaceable You. They appeared in the 2019 film, Wetlands. In 2019, O'Connor played Paloma Davis in the film, Selah and the Spades. Reporter Anagha Komaragiri of The Daily Californian praised O'Connor's "subtle" and "pensive presence" until the "tense finale".{{Cite web|last=Komaragiri|first=Anagha|date=April 24, 2020|title='Selah and the Spades' is smart, stylish teen drama|url=https://www.dailycal.org/2020/04/23/selah-and-the-spades-is-smart-stylish-teen-drama/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430225047/https://www.dailycal.org/2020/04/23/selah-and-the-spades-is-smart-stylish-teen-drama/ |archive-date=2020-04-30 |access-date=2020-07-08|website=The Daily Californian|language=en-US}}
O'Connor was cast in July 2019 for the film Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and reprised their role in the 2024 sequel.{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=July 8, 2019|title='Ghostbusters 2020' Rounds Out Cast With Two Newcomers|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ghostbusters-2020-cast-celeste-oconnor-logan-kim-newcomers-1203261342/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711103257/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ghostbusters-2020-cast-celeste-oconnor-logan-kim-newcomers-1203261342/|archive-date=July 11, 2019|access-date=July 13, 2019|work=Variety}} In May 2022, they were cast as one of the co-leads in the superhero film Madame Web (2024). https://deadline.com/2022/05/madame-web-celeste-oconnor-joins-sony-marvel-film-1235031569/ In December 2024, it was announced that they would appear in Scream 7.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/scream-7-adds-celeste-oconnor-1236191718/|title=‘Scream 7’ Adds Celeste O’Connor To Cast|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=December 2, 2024|access-date=December 2, 2024|archive-date=December 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202235258/https://deadline.com/2024/12/scream-7-adds-celeste-oconnor-1236191718/|url-status=live}}
Personal life
O'Connor is an advocate for improving diversity and representation in the entertainment industry.{{Cite web|url = https://collider.com/ghostbusters-afterlife-cast-character-guide/|title = Ghostbusters: Afterlife Cast & Character Guide: Who's Returning and Who's New in the Sequel?|website = Collider|date = 24 November 2021|access-date = 19 December 2021|archive-date = 19 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211219000250/https://collider.com/ghostbusters-afterlife-cast-character-guide/|url-status = live}} O'Connor is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.{{Cite web |url=https://galoremag.com/celesteoconnor/ |title=CELESTE O’CONNOR PURSUED THEIR ACTING CAREER WHILE BEING A COLLEGE STUDENT |date=June 3, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Galore}}
Filmography
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Category:21st-century American actors
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Category:21st-century African-American actors
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