{"id":103182,"date":"2026-01-17T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103182\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T10:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:24:12","slug":"kianna-underwood-ex-nickelodeon-child-star-dies-at-33-after-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103182\/","title":{"rendered":"Kianna Underwood, Ex Nickelodeon Child Star, Dies at 33 After Hit and Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kianna Underwood, a former child star known for her work on Nickelodeon, has died following a hit and run in New York City. She was 33.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/16\/kianna-underwood-nickelodeon-killed-hit-and-run-car-all-that\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">multiple media reports<\/a>, the actress was killed Friday morning after being struck by a gray sedan while crossing the street in Brooklyn, New York. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s said Underwood was dragged for multiple blocks, as she had been lodged beneath the vehicle after being hit. Underwood was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders. <\/p>\n<p>No arrests have reportedly been made in the case.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/tv-shows\/roger-ewing-dies-gunsmoke-star-obit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TheWrap-Photos-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Roger Ewing (Getty Images)\"   data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Underwood was best known for her work on Nickelodeon, where she starred on the kids sketch comedy series \u201cAll That\u201d in 2005. Her season, the 10th in the series, also starred Chelsea Brummet, Ryan Coleman, Jack DeSena, Lisa Foiles, Christina Kirkman, Kyle Sullivan and Denzel Whitaker. Season 10 marked the last for \u201cAll That\u201d for nearly 15 years before it was was rebooted in 2019 with a cast that included Ryan Alessi, Aria Brooks, Reece Caddell, Kate Godfrey, Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Nathan Janak, Lex Lumpkin and Chinguun Sergelen.<\/p>\n<p>Underwood also notably lent her voice to the Nick Jr animated series, \u201cLittle Bill,\u201d playing Fuchsia Glover for 23 episodes between 1999 and 2004. The animated children\u2019s show created by Bill Cosby followed 5-year-old Bill Glover (Xavier Pritchett) as he navigated everyday life in Philadelphia. Underwood\u2019s character was one of Little Bill\u2019s paternal cousins.<\/p>\n<p>Her other credits included the 1999, Rosie Perez-led film \u201cThe 24 Hour Woman\u201d and the 2001 animated TV movie \u201cSanta, Baby!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/culture-lifestyle\/culture\/scott-adams-dilbert-cartoonist-dies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scott-adams-dilbert.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Scott Adams, Dilbert\"   data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kianna Underwood, a former child star known for her work on Nickelodeon, has died following a hit and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[47126,47041,9,35545,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-103182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-all-that","9":"tag-kianna-underwood","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-nickelodeon","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}