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She plays Drea Barris in the comedy series.
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BENSON
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From comedy to stories told after midnight
Iman Benson is an American actor known for The Midnight Club, #blackAF and War of the Worlds.
Finding different tones on screen
Benson’s television work includes the comedies Uncle Buck, Alexa & Katie and #blackAF. Those roles introduced her to audiences through family stories and young characters in different settings.
In Netflix’s The Midnight Club (2022), she plays Ilonka, a young woman who arrives at Brightcliffe and joins a group sharing stories at midnight. In interviews, Benson discussed the character’s optimism and determination.
She later appears as Faith Radford in War of the Worlds (2025). Moving from the intimate storytelling of the series to a science-fiction film gives her another kind of screen setting.
The films below are those available on FLM.RED, not her complete filmography.
Selected screen roles
2022
The Midnight Club
She plays Ilonka.
2025
War of the Worlds
She plays Faith Radford.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.