Her early roles included 2015 film
Vacation and 2015
Amazon Prime Video comedy
The Kicks. She also appeared in the
Phillip Youmans film
Burning Cane and crime drama
True Detective. In 2017, she was nominated for
Outstanding Performance by a Youth at the
48th NAACP Image Awards for her role as Kizzy Kinte in 2016
History Channel miniseries
Roots. In 2020, she had a lead role portraying Ethelrida Pearl Smutny, a precocious teenager and the series narrator, in the fourth series of American anthology show
Fargo in which she appeared alongside
Timothy Olyphant and
Jessie Buckley. That year, she could also be seen in
Apple TV+ series
Amazing Stories. She had a lead role in 2023 horror film
Dark Harvest. In 2025, she has a recurring role as track athlete Tammy in
Netflix adaptation of the
Judy Blume novel
Forever. ==Filmography==