As a fan of ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” you’re likely familiar with the talented Ciara Renée, who portrayed Kendra Saunders, AKA Hawkgirl. She played a significant role in the show’s first season, as her character and Hawkman finally vanquished Vandal Savage, a mission 4,000 years in the making. However, with her character flying off into the sunset in the season finale, we’re left wondering what Ciara Renée is up to now. To satisfy your curiosity, here are five things you didn’t know about Ciara Renée.
1. Broadway Star in the Making
Ciara Renée has been making waves on Broadway with her incredible performances in various productions. She has starred as The Witch in Big Fish, Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Leading Lady in Pippin’. Most recently, she portrayed Mary Magdalene in an off-Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar, earning rave reviews. Check out this video of Ciara performing “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” to witness her talent firsthand.
2. A College Graduate with a Passion for Theater
In 2013, Ciara earned a degree in musical theater from Baldwin Wallace University, a private liberal arts college in Berea, OH. It wasn’t long after her graduation that she made her Broadway debut.
3. A Budding Production Company Founder
Around the same time she was cast as Hawkgirl, Ciara decided to start her own production company. After wrapping up filming, she resumed her efforts and is currently writing a musical titled Anything But Love with co-writers Arianna Taxman and Arielle O’Keefe.
In a March 2017 interview with Entertainment Weekly, she expressed her excitement about writing, producing, and directing, saying, “I love being challenged, and I love learning new things. I’m learning a completely different side of my craft, which is really, really a wonderful experience.”
4. Embracing Her Diverse Ethnicity
In a 2016 interview with Sassy Mama in LA, Ciara revealed that she is Native American and Indian, but she often tells people that she is “black, white, Indian, and Indian.” In a 2015 Twitter exchange with a fan, she simply stated that she was “white.” In another article and interview, her mother was identified as being Hispanic. In short, Ciara is proudly multi-racial and uses her star status as a platform to encourage discussions about multi-racial and multi-ethnic people.
5. A Private Personal Life
Ciara tends to keep her personal life under wraps. Although there has been media speculation that she was dating one of her two co-stars, Casper Crump or Falk Hentschel, who are equally private about their dating lives, this doesn’t appear to be true. Based on her social media presence, it seems that she is currently single.
