Laneikka Denne

Laneikka Denne is a queer actor and writer who wrote her debut play Dead Skin at seventeen. This play was awarded the State Theatre Company x Flinders University Young Playwright's Award and premiered at Kings Cross Theatre in 2021, published by Australian Plays. Laneikka is the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022, her play Dead Skin will be performed in LA and off-broadway in New York while she works on a feature film adaptation of the Dead Skin. Her debut film Mitsuku was selected by ScreenJam Productions in the UK to be produced in 2022. Her screenplay Oi was awarded Open Screenplay's Best Drama Award and is in production in Sydney. Laneikka acted in the national tour of FOLLOW ME HOME with Australian Theatre for Young People and plays the role of 'Sally' in Netflix's 'Wellmania'. Young queer women are at the heart of all of her work, as she seeks to represent real women with agency and intrigue.