Ayanna Berkshire

Ayanna Berkshire is an American stage and screen actress, a resident artist of Artists Repertory Theatre, in Portland, Oregon and a 2020 recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship, funded by the William and Eva Fox Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group. She is best known for her role as Cora in the first of the Twilight Saga films. Originally from a remote island chain in Washington State, Ayanna was just three years old when she began performing for audiences as a young dancer and actress. She had her first agent at 13 years old And has been working professionally since the age of 20. Ayanna splits her time between Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California.