Laneikka Denne

Laneikka is a queer writer and actor from Western Sydney At seventeen Laneikka wrote DEAD SKIN winner of SA State Theatre Companys Young Playwrights Award performed in Sydney and LA published by Australian plays Laneikkas second play FEMINAZI premiered as part of Belvoir Theatres Sydney World Pride Programming in 2023 Laneikka was the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022 her play DEAD SKIN was performed in LA to be developed into a feature film adaption of the play Their documentary The Real Meaning of Pleasure has been awarded development funding from Screen Australia and AIDC in 2023 Laneikka created THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE where teenagers write monologues for teenagers to perform for the HSC to soldout seasons and was nominated for Best Production for Young People at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2023 As an actor Laneikka is leading two feature films PUZZLE BOX a horror feature and SALT ALONG THE TONGUE a psychological thriller for distribution in 2024 Young queer humans are at the heart of all of Laneikkas work