HI, I’M KAI
A SENSITIVE BADASS
Mom is from Exeter, England. She came to Canada to work as a nurse.
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Dad is from Lagos, Nigeria. He came to Canada to study to be a doctor.
They worked at the same hospital, met playing tennis and…
Grew up in Toronto, Canada. Planned to be a doctor like my dad. Problem was… I hated math and science.
Graduated. Took a year off to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. Parents weren’t thrilled .
Secretly dreamed of being a dancer. On a whim, auditioned for The American Musical & Dramatic Academy. Got in. Dad really wasn’t thrilled, but mom said go to NYC or you’ll always wonder WHAT IF…
Hit the Big Apple to pursue my dream.
Danced in commercials and music videos…
…modeled for Nike…
…and was part of a short lived rap group called FLEXX.
Quickly realized dancing was not a good long term career choice. Shifted my focus to acting and headed west to realize the Hollywood Dream. Landed a series regular role on a FOX TV show then realized I wanted a creative outlet for my own stories.
Went back to school. Studied filmmaking. Now I work as a director with the occasional acting gig thrown in. And my dad became my biggest fan. 🙂
TELLER OF STORIES
LOVER OF PRETTY PICTURES
THINGS I’M MOST PROUD OF…
+ Running a marathon when 400 meters was my idea of long distance
+ Camping solo cross-country in a 1982 Cadillac Seville while doing a silent sabbatical
+ Every time I’ve walked towards the fear
WORK
STUDENT OF LIFE
STAYING CURIOUS
CREATIVE MUSINGS
Stuff I’m looking at, listening to, playing with, pondering…
@𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍!
𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚡𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎.
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𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚚𝚞𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜. ⚡️⚡️
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𝙱𝚄𝚃!!!
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𝙻𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝 🐘 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎.👎🏽
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𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑, 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜.
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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛-𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐. 📺
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𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚍𝚘𝚖, 𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚝.
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𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑 𝙳 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎.
𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚜 𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 ✊🏽 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 ❤️🤸🏽♀️
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚞𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚝. 💯
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𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚡𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍.
𝙻𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍. 🎉
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𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
𝙾𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎👇🏽
𝚑𝚝𝚝𝚙𝚜://𝚋𝚎.𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛.𝚌𝚘𝚖/𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗
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#genxwomen #agegracefully #midlife #midliferebellion
Anyone else struggling with the 5 mile, we're in a pandemic, bubble? It really started to hit me this week.
My daily walks have been a lifesaver. They also inspired an event I'm doing with my friend Laura.
We are inviting you to come on a walk...
...alone - but also with others - on the afternoon of the February full moon (this Saturday)
It's a calm, communal way to see your neighborhood in a new light and to deepen your relationship with your intuition.
We call it A Magical Walk. It helps you better notice the signs the Universe is using to communicate with you.
The Universe be blowing my mind on the regular. lol
Curious?
We'd love to have you. And please share with anyone you think might enjoy this.
Link to details in bio. ❤️
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#followyourintuition #intuitiondevelopment #neighborhoodwalk #listentoyourintuition #magicalwalk
Well this is fun! #flashbackfriday to my first TV gig with @willsmith after landing in La La Land.
Sex and voting...
Those two go together right? 🙂
Well, they do in my latest film.
It’s an exploration of how the feminine mystique could impact our democracy. #vote or else... (Full film on my website)
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
I'm developing a TV show called Luv Saves The Day.
One of the main characters is a feisty, elderly woman named Dot.
I've always found it frustrating how quotes by men far outnumber those by women.
DUDE QUOTES REIMAGINED
So as a way to develop Dot's voice and add a few more quotes by women to the mix, I've been rewriting quotes by men in Dot's voice.
She likes to get to the point.
📷 of feisty woman unknown. If you know please comment so I can credit.
Repost
Come join the party on my @whoischick account
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FRIENDLY REMINDER
Remember to play
Went on a local adventure and discovered a secret swing that flies out over the city below.
Wanna find it?
Plug "Swing on top of Elysian Park" into Google maps.
🎶: 10 Somnambulist by Dr. Toast
Can’t wait to see @threebillboardsmovie with one of my favorite actresses Frances McDormand. Love this description of the characters she plays. Attractive but rarely beautiful, magnetic but thorny. Yes!
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#francesmcdormand #firstbilling #unconventional #moviestar #thisiswhat60lookslike #actress #legend #angrywoman #movies #threebillboards #bestactress #indiefilm #strongwoman #strongwomen #storytelling #billboard #darkcomedy #woodyharrelson #peterdinklage #samrockwell #martinmcdonagh
So much fun doing this photo shoot today with the lovely @scpictures and thanks to my fellow model the stunning @le_renard_argente for the bts shot.
morning meditation ☀️🙏🏽
With so much coming at us in life, this is the only way to start the day.
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#meditation #morningmeditation #staygrounded #peaceofmind #morningritual #buddha #sacredspace #altar #weareone #love #light #loveandlight #centered #startyourdayright #grounded #breathe #bodypositive #hotday
Looking forward to hanging with my girl Shonnese on her radio show this afternoon. Tune in!
#repost 📷@radiogathering
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#TODAY #Radio #Theatre #Soul #hear #Storyteller #Actor #Filmmaker #Creator #LIVE #actress #superhero #canadiannative #toronto #onair #radio #globalstage #worldwide #wordup #artist #tellthetruth #KaiSoremekun #repost #repostbot
Thrilled to learn I'm a 2017 @sagIndie / @stowestorylabs fellowship finalist with my TV dramedy Luv Saves the Day.
Congrats to all the other finalists announced today.
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#story #storytelling #writerslife #thewritinglife #directorslife #producerslife #tvwriting #screenwriting #screenplay #tvshow #pilot #luvsavestheday #stowestorylabs #sagindie #dreams #goals #makingithappen #grateful
#alwaysimproving #hardworkpaysoff #onward #forceforgood
My day job as an actor needed some new biz cards a.k.a. headshots. Here's one of my favorite looks. Which pic do you like the best? Styling 👗by @imagebybuckley 📷: @jamesdepietrophotography .
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#headshots #actorslife #actresslife #dayjob #hollywood #photoshoot #storyteller #actor #actress #commercials #photos #photography #strongwomen #work
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