Zelda Harris

{{short description|American actress}}

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| yearsactive = 1988—present

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Zelda Harris is an American actress.

Harris attended Princeton University, where she was a member of the Class of 2007.{{Cite news |date=2020-06-30 |title=Photos from The Baby-Sitters Club Cast: Then & Now |url=https://www.eonline.com/photos/31144/the-baby-sitters-club-cast-then-now |access-date=2021-10-13}}

She began acting at age three.{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Allan |title='ZACTLY, ZELDA! |language=en-US |work=chicagotribune.com |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-05-31-9406010355-story.html |access-date=2021-10-13}}

Harris beat out more than one thousand other children for the role of Troy Carmichael in Spike Lee's Crooklyn, the role for which she is best known.{{Cite news |last=Egedegbe |first=Gracious |date=2021-07-10 |title=Zelda Harris AKA Troy in 'Crooklyn' Is Now 36 and Looks Healthy after Fight with Fibroids |language=en |url=https://news.amomama.com/267534-remember-zelda-harris-who-played-troy-ca.html |access-date=2021-10-13}} She also played Jessi Ramsey in The Baby-Sitters Club film.

Subsequent to her acting work, Harris was a singer with Zelda and the Lo Los.{{Cite news |last=Cadet |first=Danielle |title=Spike Lee Directed Crooklyn — Black Women Brought It To Life |language=en |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/05/232958/crooklyn-movie-cast-spike-lee-black-legacy |access-date=2021-10-13}} As of 2021, she is working as a teacher.{{Cite news |date=2021-01-13 |title=Your Friendly Black Sidekick |language=en-us |work=The Cut |url=https://www.thecut.com/2021/01/the-cut-podcast-the-friendly-black-sidekick-in-90s-movies.html |access-date=2021-10-13}}