{ "id": "ep9gbygd5z", "slug": "sierra-capri", "title": "Sierra Capri", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.people", "label": "Screen people and creators", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.people" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west", "label": "Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward", "label": "American actors: 2000s onward", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward.alpha-bu-to-ce", "label": "Surnames Bu to Ce", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward.alpha-bu-to-ce" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward.alpha-bu-to-ce", "label": "United States · 2001 to 2020: Surnames Bu to Ce", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward.alpha-bu-to-ce", "path": [ { "id": "geo.us", "label": "United States", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001", "label": "United States · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people", "label": "Screen people and creators", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west", "label": "Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward", "label": "American actors: 2000s onward", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward.alpha-bu-to-ce", "label": "Surnames Bu to Ce", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward.alpha-bu-to-ce" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Sierra Capri (born 1998, Baltimore) is an American actress known for playing Monse Finnie, the lead of Netflix's On My Block (2018-2021); also American Skin (2019), Young. Wild. Free. (2023), and The Social Reckoning (2026).", "snippet": "Sierra Capri (born 1998, Baltimore) is an American actress known for playing Monse Finnie, the lead of Netflix's On My Block (2018-2021); also American Skin (2019), Young. Wild. Free. (2023), and The Social Reckoning (2026).", "node": "culture.performance.screen.people.screen.people.actors.west.american-actors-2000s-onward.alpha-bu-to-ce", "markdown": "# Sierra Capri\n\n**Sierra Capri** (born 1998) is an American actress best known for playing Monse Finnie, the lead female role in the Netflix coming-of-age series *On My Block*, which ran from 2018 to 2021.\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Born | 1998, Baltimore, Maryland[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/sierra-capri.html) |\n| Breakout role | Monse Finnie, lead role on Netflix's *On My Block* (2018–2021)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8609229/) |\n| First screen work | An extra, as one of the NASA \"computers,\" in the Oscar-nominated *Hidden Figures* (2016)[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/on-my-block-sierra-capri-netfix-season-1-interview) |\n| Casting route | Found the *On My Block* call on the Actors' Access website while studying biology at Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia[4](https://www.ladygunn.com/film/welcome-to-sierra-capris-block/) |\n| Other films | Kai in *American Skin* (2019); lead as Cassidy in the Sundance film *Young. Wild. Free.* (2023)[4](https://www.ladygunn.com/film/welcome-to-sierra-capris-block/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8609229/) |\n| Upcoming | Deputy Diaz in Aaron Sorkin's *The Social Reckoning* (2026)[5](https://gq.co.za/culture/tv-shows/2026-09-28-sierra-capri-on-on-my-block-perseverance-and-her-new-role-in-the-social-reckoning/) |\n| Training | No acting lessons; learned through free online videos and on-set experience[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/on-my-block-sierra-capri-netfix-season-1-interview) |\n\n## Early life and education\n\nCapri was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and lived there with her mother until she was about 12, when they moved to Georgia and settled with her grandmother; she went to high school and college in Georgia[6](https://www.abookof.us/nextchapters/sierra-capri). She was raised by a single mother, although her father, a self-taught musician, remained part of her life[7](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a37982892/sierra-capri-on-my-block-season-4-interview/). She grew up with three older brothers, whose relationships she later used as a model for Monse's three male best friends on screen[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/on-my-block-sierra-capri-netfix-season-1-interview).\n\nAn artistic family shaped her early interests. Her mother taught [African dance](https://www.edgepedia.org/african-dance) and modern jazz and, when Capri was young, worked at a cable station in Maryland, where she brought her daughter from about age six and let her write scripts and act them out on camera[5](https://gq.co.za/culture/tv-shows/2026-09-28-sierra-capri-on-on-my-block-perseverance-and-her-new-role-in-the-social-reckoning/). Her mother took her to auditions around Maryland, including one for Disney, which her mother declined on her behalf because the arrangement would have separated them[5](https://gq.co.za/culture/tv-shows/2026-09-28-sierra-capri-on-on-my-block-perseverance-and-her-new-role-in-the-social-reckoning/).\n\nAt Armstrong State University in Savannah, Capri majored in biology and initially planned a career in forensics[8](https://downtownmagazinenyc.com/2019/04/sierra-capri-on-my-block/). She had promised her parents she would finish a degree before pursuing acting, and while a student she worked as a paid extra, appearing in *Hidden Figures* (2016) and in *Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising* to cover her bills[4](https://www.ladygunn.com/film/welcome-to-sierra-capris-block/).\n\n## Breakthrough with On My Block\n\n**A website audition.** In her final year of college, Capri saw the *On My Block* casting call on Actors' Access, a site where anyone can submit themselves, and applied from her dorm room[4](https://www.ladygunn.com/film/welcome-to-sierra-capris-block/). At a seminar in Atlanta she met the self-tape coach Deja Dee, whom she credits as a mentor; when the audition came, she drove four hours from Savannah to Atlanta to record her tape[9](https://hiddenremote.com/2018/03/14/sierra-capri-netflix-series-on-my-block/). After the tape, co-creator Lauren Iungerich requested a FaceTime meeting, then a flight to Los Angeles for chemistry tests with other finalists; a little over a month later Capri had the part[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/on-my-block-sierra-capri-netfix-season-1-interview). She has said she was selected partly because she looks young enough to play a character several years her junior[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/sierra-capri.html).\n\n**The role.** *On My Block*, created by Iungerich, Eddie Gonzalez, and Jeremy Haft, follows four teenagers navigating high school in South Central Los Angeles[10](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/on-my-block/). Capri played Monse Finnie, the headstrong tomboy the articles describe as the de facto leader of the \"Core Four\"[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/on-my-block-sierra-capri-netfix-season-1-interview). The starring role was her first; she had never taken an acting lesson and learned on the job[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/on-my-block-sierra-capri-netfix-season-1-interview). The series ran for four seasons from 2018 to 2021[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8609229/), and Netflix's statistics recorded it as the most-binged show of 2018[11](https://www.papermag.com/sierra-capri-on-my-block).\n\nMonse is written as an Afro-Latina character, which Time noted as part of a small wave of Afro-Latino representation on television, while pointing out that Capri herself is not Afro-Latina[12](https://time.com/5889072/afro-latino-actors-roundtable/). Capri has discussed the character's resonance: raised largely by her father in the story, Monse mirrors the single-parent households Capri says she wanted to see more of on screen[7](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a37982892/sierra-capri-on-my-block-season-4-interview/).\n\n## After On My Block\n\nDuring the series' run Capri appeared as Kai in *American Skin* (2019), directed by [Nate Parker](https://www.edgepedia.org/nate-parker); the role came to her through a casting director rather than an open audition[4](https://www.ladygunn.com/film/welcome-to-sierra-capris-block/). She then played the lead, Cassidy, in the Sundance film *Young. Wild. Free.* (2023)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8609229/).\n\nHer next listed credit is as Deputy Diaz in [Aaron Sorkin](https://www.edgepedia.org/aaron-sorkin)'s *The Social Reckoning*, scheduled for release on 9 October 2026[5](https://gq.co.za/culture/tv-shows/2026-09-28-sierra-capri-on-on-my-block-perseverance-and-her-new-role-in-the-social-reckoning/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8609229/).\n\nCapri has also said she intends to finish her science degree and described a possible dual career in forensics and acting, along with a long-term goal of developing a show based on her mother's upbringing in [Newark, New Jersey](https://www.edgepedia.org/newark-new-jersey)[7](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a37982892/sierra-capri-on-my-block-season-4-interview/).\n\n## References\n\n1. [Sierra Capri – Famous Birthdays](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/sierra-capri.html)\n2. [Sierra Capri – IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8609229/)\n3. [The Inner-City Kids Are All Right in Netflix's Binge-Worthy On My Block – Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/on-my-block-sierra-capri-netfix-season-1-interview)\n4. [Welcome to Sierra Capri's Block – LADYGUNN](https://www.ladygunn.com/film/welcome-to-sierra-capris-block/)\n5. [Sierra Capri on On My Block, perseverance and her new role in The Social Reckoning – GQ South Africa](https://gq.co.za/culture/tv-shows/2026-09-28-sierra-capri-on-on-my-block-perseverance-and-her-new-role-in-the-social-reckoning/)\n6. [Sierra Capri [On My Block] – A Book Of](https://www.abookof.us/nextchapters/sierra-capri)\n7. [Sierra Capri Gets Candid About the Final Season of On My Block – ELLE](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a37982892/sierra-capri-on-my-block-season-4-interview/)\n8. [Checking in with Sierra Capri of \"On My Block\" – Downtown Magazine](https://downtownmagazinenyc.com/2019/04/sierra-capri-on-my-block/)\n9. [Interview: Sierra Capri talks about her role in new Netflix series On My Block – Hidden Remote](https://hiddenremote.com/2018/03/14/sierra-capri-netflix-series-on-my-block/)\n10. [On My Block Reviews – Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/on-my-block/)\n11. [Get Ready for Sierra Capri's Glow Up – PAPER Magazine](https://www.papermag.com/sierra-capri-on-my-block)\n12. [These Afro-Latino Actors Are Pushing Back Against Erasure in Hollywood – TIME](https://time.com/5889072/afro-latino-actors-roundtable/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Screen people and creators › Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe › American actors: 2000s onward › Surnames Bu to Ce*\n\n*Initially written Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 17, 2026; Sep 20, 2026; Sep 30, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Sep 20, 2026; Sep 30, 2026; Oct 12, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/sierra-capri", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/sierra-capri.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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