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Laneikka Denne

Laneikka is a queer writer and actor from Western Sydney. At seventeen, Laneikka wrote DEAD SKIN winner of SA State Theatre Company’s Young Playwrights Award, performed in Sydney and LA, published by Australian plays. Laneikka’s second play FEMINAZI premiered as part of Belvoir Theatre’s Sydney World Pride Programming in 2023. Laneikka was the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022, her play DEAD SKIN was performed in LA, to be developed into a feature film adaption of the play. Their documentary “The Real Meaning of Pleasure” has been awarded development funding from Screen Australia and AIDC in 2023. Laneikka created THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE where teenagers write monologues for teenagers to perform for the HSC to sold-out seasons and was nominated for Best Production for Young People at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2023. As an actor, Laneikka is leading two feature films; PUZZLE BOX a horror feature and SALT ALONG THE TONGUE a psychological thriller for distribution in 2024. Young, queer humans are at the heart of all of Laneikka’s work.


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Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the movie O-Week
Latest Project:
Movie Oi 2024-08-12
Known For
Poster of Puzzle Box
Poster of We Used to Own Houses
Poster of Think Pink
Poster of O-Week
Filmography
Movie Salt Along the Tongue Mattia 2025
Movie O-Week 2025
Movie Oi 2024-08-12
Movie But What's Your Real Job? Self 2023-05-28
Movie I'm Not Gay 2023-06-01
Movie Puzzle Box Olivia 2023-09-29
Movie We Used to Own Houses Jenny 2023-08-09
Movie Mud Crab Jenny 2022-08-09
Movie Think Pink Urethra 2022-09-16
Movie Staring at Socks Natalie 2019-01-01