Chandler Kinney

Chandler Kinney was born on August 3, 2000, in Sacramento, California, and raised in southern California. Her career in entertainment began at an early age, having started dancing at three and acting at nine. She is proficient in tap, jazz, and hip-hop dance, having studied at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Kinney also holds a black belt in martial arts. Her early career featured guest appearances on Disney Channel shows such as *Girl Meets World* and *K.C. Undercover*, as well as Nickelodeon’s *The Haunted Hathaways*. She gained a main role as Catherine Dillman in *Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street* (2014–2016).

Kinney’s career progressed with a significant role as Riana Murtaugh in the television series *Lethal Weapon*, appearing in 30 episodes from 2016 to 2019. In 2020, she joined Disney’s *Z-O-M-B-I-E-S* franchise as Willa, a werewolf, first appearing in *Zombies 2* and reprising the role in *Zombies 3* (2022) and the upcoming *Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires* (2025). Her voice work includes *ZOMBIES: Addison’s Monster Mystery* (2021) and *Zombies: The Re-Animated Series* (2024). In July 2021, Kinney was cast in *Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin*, a spinoff series where she played Tabitha ‘Tabby’ Haworthe for 18 episodes from 2022 to 2024.

In September 2024, Kinney competed on *Dancing with the Stars* season 33, partnered with Brandon Armstrong. The pair achieved the season’s first perfect score and were the first Black partnership in the show’s history to reach the finale, finishing in third place on November 26, 2024. Their freestyle routine was notable for being the show’s first performance with an all-Black ensemble cast. She is also set to appear in the upcoming TV series *Elle* (2026) as Kimberly and has production credits for the TV Mini Series *Across the Pond* (2020) and the short film *Unseen* (2019), for which she also served as a writer for *Across the Pond*.