Cheyann Benedict – Bio

Cheyann’s accomplishments have included designer, writer, producer, mentor, and actor. Cheyann is best known for her iconic clothing line, C&C California, which she co-created in 2002 and sold to Liz Claiborne in 2005, making it the youngest clothing company to have ever been acquired. She attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Experimental Theater Wing for acting and directing and has spent the past 20 years developing and launching creative ideas from film and theater, to art and fashion, prose and poetry. Cheyann currently lives in Los Angeles with her three dogs. She is a single propeller pilot and enjoys flying out of Santa Monica Airport. She is also the co-founder of Futuregraph Entertainment, a television development company which is currently shopping her young adult TV series, Pretty is Ugly, and BE Original, an authentically stylish clothing line launching spring of 2019.