Meet Aliyah.

Aliyah Celeste is a Dallas-bred actress and multidisciplinary artist working between Los Angeles and Dallas. She began her formal arts training at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts before earning a B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Acting from the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Her creative life spans film, television, commercial work, hosting, live entertainment, and the canvas.

Across acting and visual art, Aliyah is drawn to the people, stories, and experiences that make us who we are. As a biracial Black and white woman, she is fascinated by duality: the contrast between identities, emotions, and the different sides of ourselves we reveal to the world. The complexity, beauty, and strength of women inform her portraiture and her interest in characters with depth, contradictions, and emotional complexity.

She approaches performance with curiosity, looking for the humanity beneath a character and seeking moments that feel honest, specific, and memorable. In her portraits, charcoal pencil and acrylic painting meet in an exploration of expression, vulnerability, and quiet strength. A lifelong lover of music, she finds inspiration in the women and artists who have shaped culture and her own creative life. Alongside her personal practice, she has spent several years creating and teaching art through private events, brand experiences, and live painting classes.