Celeste O'Connor
Celeste O'Connor (born December 2, 1998) is an American actor. They played Paloma Davis in the Amazon original film Selah and the Spades.
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Celeste O'Connor
Celeste O'Connor (born December 2, 1998) is an American actor. They played Paloma Davis in the Amazon original film Selah and the Spades.
Early life and education
Celeste O'Connor
Celeste O'Connor was born on December 2, 1998, in Nairobi, Kenya, to a White American father and Kenyan mother. O'Connor and their younger brother were raised in Baltimore, Maryland by their parents. They attended Notre Dame Preparatory School and studied the violin and singing at Peabody Preparatory. As of April 2020, O'Connor was attending Johns Hopkins University majoring in public health and pre-medicine. They also took courses in Islamic studies. O'Connor is interested in the social determinants of health including food security, housing insecurity, and education.
Career
Celeste O'Connor
O'Connor played the younger version of Gugu Mbatha-Raw's character in the 2018 Netflix film Irreplaceable You. They appeared in the 2019 film Wetlands. In 2019, O'Connor played Paloma Davis in the film Selah and the Spades. Reporter Anagha Komaragiri of The Daily Californian praised O'Connor's "subtle" and "pensive presence" until the "tense finale".
O'Connor was cast in July 2019 for the film Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and reprised their role in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024). In May 2022, they were cast as one of the co-leads in the superhero film Madame Web (2024). In December 2024, it was announced that they would appear in Scream 7.
Personal life
Celeste O'Connor
O'Connor is an advocate for improving diversity and representation in the entertainment industry. O'Connor is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
Filmography
Celeste O'Connor
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2017</td><td>Wetlands</td><td>Amy Johnson</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Irreplaceable You</td><td>Teen Abbie</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Selah and the Spades</td><td>Paloma Davis</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>Freaky</td><td>Nyla Chones</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Ghostbusters: Afterlife</td><td>Lucky Domingo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>The In Between</td><td>Shannon</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>A Good Person</td><td>Ryan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Madame Web</td><td>Mattie Franklin / Spider-Woman</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire</td><td>Lucky Domingo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>Scream 7</td><td>Chloe Parker</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>