Aurora Perrineau

Perrineau was born to actor Harold Perrineau and Brittany Robinson Perrineau, a former actress and model for Tommy Hilfiger and Liz Claiborne throughout the 1990s.^[1][2] At age 16, she signed as a model with Click Model Management, Inc.^[3]

In November 2017, Perrineau filed a police report with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department accusing scriptwriter Murray Miller of sexual assault in 2012 when the actress was 17.^[4] Girls creator-writer-actress Lena Dunham initially defended Miller, who was a writer for the series, but later retracted her statements.^[4] On August 10, 2018, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office declined to file charges against Miller.^[5][6]

In 2012, Perrineau starred in the direct-to-video film Air Collision.^[7] In 2014, Perrineau appeared in episodes of Newsreaders^[8] and in Chasing Life as Margo.^[9] In April 2014, it was announced that Perrineau was cast in the role of Shana in Jem and the Holograms, based on the animated series Jem (1985–1988).^[10] The film came under fire from children who had since grown into decades-older fans of the original cartoon, upset that the decades-older voice cast was not hired to play the teenaged characters, with racially motivated complaints personally directed against Perrineau for not being black enough.^[11][12]

In July 2014, Perrineau was cast in Drake Doremus's film Equals.^[13][14][15] The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2015.^[16] Perrineau had a small role in the film Passengers, released on December 21, 2016.^[17][18] In 2018, Perrineau was cast as Giselle Hammond in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare.^[19]

In July 2025, it was announced that Perrineau will play the role of Chantal in Every Year After, a series in pre-production that was first announced in 2024.^[20]

From 2020 to 2024, Perrineau was in a relationship with fellow actor Michael Vlamis. ^[21]