Skai Jackson stepped out in an all black outfit for her birthday dinner on Thursday night (April 8) in Malibu, Calif.
The actress celebrated her 19th birthday at Nobu with a few friends, including Lexi Underwood and Gizelle Krivitsky.
Happy belated birthday Skai!!
While out at dinner, Skai and her friends were actually just a few feet away from one of her favorites, Nicki Minaj, who was also dining at the hotspot that night.
“I just realized that queen Nicki was sitting a few tables down from me at Nobu tonight. She looked so pretty 🥺,” Skaitweeted later in the night.
“Not y’all saying why didn’t take a picture… y’all need to leave Nicki alone. Let her enjoy her food ðŸ˜,” she added in response to fan comments.
She even danced to Nicki Minaj twice when she competed on Dancing With The Stars last fall. Watch her first dance of the season to “Super Bass” here, and her week six dance to Doja Cat and Nicki‘s “Say So”!
In case you missed the great news earlier this week, Skai has a new movie role in an upcoming Hulu film!
The 18-year-old actress has joined the cast of the upcoming Hulu and American High teen comedy Sex Appeal.
Here’s a synopsis: Avery Hansen-White doesn’t do things she isn’t excellent at. So when her long-distance boyfriend hints at wanting to take their relationship to the next level at the upcoming STEM conference (“nerd promâ€), she sets out to master her sexuality. In this hilarious teen comedy, Avery begins to study the mechanics of love and realizes that relationships require less science and more heart.
If you didn’t know, American High is a production company that specializes in teen comedies. Past films include Big Time Adolescence, Banana Split, The Ultimate Playist of Noise and more.
Though Skai has been doing voice work, she hasn’t really been on camera since leaving Bunk’din 2018, aside from her stint on Dancing With The Stars last fall.
Rumors have been spreading this week that Skai Jackson is, or was, dating Julez Smith and now a lot of attention is on the young stars.
Some reports have claimed that Skai and Julez were a couple, but it looks like they are no longer together.
Julez is the 16-year-old son of music star Solange Knowles and he’s also Beyonce‘s nephew.
For those that don’t know, Skai, 18, is best known for her work on the Disney Channel shows Jessie and Bunk’d. She just competed on the most recent season of Dancing With the Stars.
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“We literally did the best we could. Obviously it’s a really sad thing, but I’m not really sad sad about it,” Skai told ET after the show. “I’m just happy that I was able to be on this journey with such an amazing person. I feel like we made it so far, we made it to week 10, we got through all the dances except for the finale and it’s just been really awesome. It’s sad, of course, but I’m actually happy at the same time.”
“I feel like when you make it to the semifinals there’s a proud moment, regardless,” Alan added. “Do I look back and wish we did anything differently? No. Not at all. I feel like it was so inspiring to see Skai grow every week. She absolutely killed it tonight and it’s just the way it goes sometimes.”
“Honestly, it was a great season, and it was very much one of the toughest competitions,” he said. “This season was so competitive, and so to make it this far is just such a blessing. I am very, very happy. Rehearsals were fun, dancing was fun. I am very thankful and grateful.”
Skai Jackson wears a gold dress for one of her dances on the semi-finals of Dancing With The Stars on Monday night (November 16) in Los Angeles.
The 18-year-old Disney star and her partner Alan Bersten did a Cha Cha for their first dance, set to “Move Your Feet” by Junior Senior.
Their redemption dance earned them a score of 27 out of 30 from the judges.
“Papa is proud!” Bruno Tonioli said. “My little golden girl brought some extra bling to the Cha Cha Cha!”
For their second dance, Skai and Alan performed a Viennese Waltz to “Lonely” by Noah Cyrus. Skai expressed that she related to the song, feeling lonely as a child.
“I want to show other young girls you can put anything you put your mind to,” she said. “Just go out there and kill it.”
The dance earned the pair a perfect score of 30 out of 30, for a total combined score of 57 points out of 60.