Vanessa Baden Kelly

Vanessa Jennifer Baden-Kelly is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best known as a child actress in the Nickelodeon television series Gullah Gullah Island (1994, 1998) and Kenan & Kel (1996, 2000). In 2017, she co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in the web series Giants, executive produced by Issa Rae. In 2019, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in Giants.