Table of Biography
Early Life
Kiya Cole was born on 12 March 1975, in New York, the United States of America. As of now, she is 48 years old and she is a citizen of the United States. Moreover, she has a zodiac sign of Pisces and she belongs to a mixed ethnicity of African Americans.
She is the daughter of Danny and Menalis Cole. Chamber and Ellen Cole are her siblings and were raised in Staten Island, New York.
Talking about her academic qualifications, she studied business at Munroe College. Besides that, there is no information regarding Kiya’s graduation.
She spent the majority of her life in New York and only left in search of a decent job opportunity for her little daughter, who had already been in show business for some years.
Kiya Cole – Social Media
Kiya Cole is active on social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter. On her Instagram, there are more than 199k followers, and on Twitter, there are more than 3k followers. Besides that, Kiya is not active on Facebook.
Professional Life
About her professional life, there is not much information regarding it. Moreover, Kiya sacrifices her professional career for her daughter’s career.
She moves to Los Angeles from New York to provide her young daughter with greater job opportunities. Since then, she has continued to make decisions that will help her daughter succeed in her career.
Caption: Kiya Cole posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
Skai Jackson
Skai began her career when she was quite young. Moreover, she was just nine months old when she first appeared on television. She began her career as a baby model, appearing in a variety of advertisements and participating in several photoshoots at that time.
She was encouraged to be active on social media platforms at the age of nine to promote her debut Disney Channel show, ‘Jessie.’ Being a big user of social media platforms allowed the rest of the world to see her smooth development as an actress and model.
When she first debuted on the big screen, she was just three years old. Her debut film, ‘Liberty Kid,’ was released in 2007. She went on to appear in several additional films, including ‘Rescue Me,’ ‘The Rebound,’ ‘Arthur,’ and ‘The Smurfs.’
She’s also appeared in shows like ‘Royal Pains,’ ‘Sesame Street,’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ among others. Moreover, she has also voiced the character ‘Isa the iguana in the Dora The Explorer animation.
She launched her career with the Disney Channel sitcom ‘Jessie.’ In the year 2011, ‘Jessie’ aired on the ‘Disney Channel’. During the year 2015, she had an appearance on ‘Bunk’d,’ a spinoff of ‘Jessie.’
Awards
Kiya Cole has not won any awards nor gotten recognition for her work yet. On the other hand, her daughter Skai has won some of them.
In 2018, she won the Young Entertainer Award for Best Young Ensemble- Television Series and shared it with Karan Brar, Peyton List, and Miranda May. In 2016, she received a nomination for the Image Award for Oustanding Performance by Youth.
Relationship Status
Kiya was engaged to Gene Salas in 2017. After dating for a few years and engaging in March 2016. She was previously married to Jacob Jackson.
They have three children, Skai Jackson, Arora Jackson, and Nala Jackson. The pair officially divorced each other when Skai was still young.
Bhad Barbie accused Skai Jackson of being obsessed with her and going after her ex-partners in the early part of 2020, causing a dispute between the celebrities’ parents.
There was a dispute as their moms showed their love for their children by attacking each other. Skai did not reply to Bhad Barbie’s jabs in the ensuing fight.
Caption: Kiya Cole with her daughter Skai Jackson (Source: Instagram)
Body Measurements
Kiya Cole is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs around 60 kg and has black hair and black eyes in color. Besides that, there is no information regarding Kiya’s other body measurements.
Caption: Kiya Cole body measurement (Source: Instagram)
Kiya Cole – Net Worth 2024
Being a mother of a celebrity, she has earned a spotlight in the media and also earned decent money in her career. Talking about her net worth, she has an estimated $100,000-$200,000 US dollars.
On the other hand, her daughter has an estimated net worth of around $500,000 which she earned from her acting career.