Laneikka Denne

Laneikka Denne is an award-winning actor and writer from Western Sydney. She wrote her debut play DEAD SKIN at seventeen, which was awarded the State Theatre Company x Flinders University Young Playwright’s Award and premiered at Kings Cross Theatre in 2021, published by Australian Plays.

Laneikka is the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022, her play DEAD SKIN will be performed LA and Off-broadway in New York while she works on a feature film adaption of the play at Diversity Entertainment, LLC. This small grant goes towards Laneikka’s flights to the USA.

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