Royana Black

Royana Black was an American actress.

A graduate of Yale University with a bachelor's degree in Victorian literature, Black gained notoriety at 10 years old for her work in the Broadway play Brighton Beach Memoirs, alongside Matthew Broderick.

She went on to land recurring roles in the television series Raising Miranda, and Hold, Please and appear in features and telefilms including TMI Crossing the Threshold (2018), Excess Baggage (2014), A Beautiful Life (2008), Happy Is Not Hard to Be (2005), Fixed (2005), Almost Partners (1987), and Adam: His Song Continues (1986).

Black made several guest star appearances on a number of series such as Berlin Halexanderplatz, Ladies Room Diaries, Medium, Related, Inconceivable, Touching Evil, Touched by an Angel, The Cosby Show, Almost Partners, and Comedy Factory.

Black died July 14, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. She was 47.