Ciera Foster is an American actress from Northern California. Her early life was shaped by basketball, which she played for eleven years, leading her to become a State Tournament Finalist and earning her a scholarship to Southern California where she became an NCAA athlete at Cal State San Bernardino. Ciera graduated with three degrees. After exploring the film festival circuit abroad, Ciera returned to Los Angeles and enrolled in both The Young Actors Studio and The Academy of Theatrical Combat. Ciera also studied at Film Fighting LA. She is highly trained in hand-to-hand combat, theatrical combat, mixed martial arts, basic arms, and film combat weapons. Her specialties include the use of a cutlass, a broad sword, and a quarterstaff. Theatrically, Ciera has trained at academies and studios both abroad and in Los Angles. Ciera Foster is a multi year - intensive graduate of the Sanford Meisner Center .Ciera was honored with a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 2014 168 International Film Festival for her role as Sydney in The Mantle of Granny Belle.Since Ciera has played roles in several feature film projects in addition to television appearances. In 2016 Ciera Foster was cast to play female superhero lead as Valiant Comic's LiveWire ( Amanda Mckee) in the highly anticipated live action series Ninjak Vs The Valiant Universe, produced by Valiant Digital Entertainment and directed by Bat in The Sun. The series will release in 2017. Show less «