Reese Antoinette is a Jamaican-American actress and activist. She most recently appeared in KHADIJAH, a short film that debuted in the Summer of 2019. She recently played Chelle in Dominique Morrisseau’s "Detroit 67” directed by Branden Dirden, and Zora Neale Hurston in The Watermelon Eating Contest directed by Stevie Walker Webb. You may have seen her as Steele in “Piece of My Heart” at IATI Theater and Lady Romance in "Made To Dance In Burning Buildings” at The Public Theater.

Reese is a graduate of the The British American Drama Academy of Oxford University in England, William Esper Studio & Terry Knickerbocker studio. She is also a graduate of the Stella Adler: Black Arts Theater Intensive program. She is currently in her third (and final) year of Graduate Acting at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

In 2018, Reese released a short film called LIBERTY - in which she plays a young black woman confronting her challenges with race, politics and love in America.

For the last ten years, Reese has been an activist across New York City, living in every NYC borough and advocating for youth empowerment, as well as women and immigrant rights. Her work has allowed her to receive recognition from Teen Vogue, and awards from former New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg’s Neighborhood Leadership Program, Mayor Bill De Blasio’s Immigrant Civic Leadership Program, and the NYPD Citizens Police Academy.