Ryan Jillian Kilpatrick was born in Atlanta Georgia.
She starred off- Broadway in a one woman show which she wrote and produced following the life of Lena Horne called "Notes From a Horne"
She also starred in the Off-Broadway revival Amiri Barakas "Dutchman" directed by Woodie King Jr.
Ryan continues to write and act and is co-producing and co-hosting a podcast called Twisted Times which is geared toward elevating marginalized voices in our society.
I don't know how to explain the feeling that comes over me when I am performing... I get nervous, I cannot breathe I feel sick I get very scared... and it's a feeling I wouldn't trade for the world.