Yaani King

Yaani King Mondschein (born August 10, 1981) is an American actress, best known for portraying Neely Lloyd in the crime drama series Saving Grace (2007–2010), Bridgette King in the OWN series The Kings of Napa and providing the voice and motion capture for Riley Abel in the action-adventure video game The Last of Us: Left Behind (2014).

Early life King was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on August 10, 1981. She is of Guyanese and West Indian descent She attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and later studied acting at The Actors Centre in London. Later that year, she played a plantation slave in the Civil War western film Deliverance Creek. In 2015, she was cast in a recurring role as Ada Eze on the ABC prime time television soap opera Blood & Oil, and had a role on The Magicians in 2016. She appeared in the 2020 horror comedy film Bad Hair.

In 2022, Yaani was cast as one of leads in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, The Kings of Napa.

Personal life Yaani married actor Adam Mondschein on July 25, 2012.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2014 The Last of Us: Left Behind Riley Abel Voice and motion capture