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 🥺,” Skai tweeted 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 😐,” 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!

Skai Jackson is making her return to the screen!

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 prom”), 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.

Also joining previously announced stars Jake Short and Mika Abdalla are Paris Jackson, Fortune Feimster, Margaret Cho and Rebecca Henderson. Filming is currently underway in Syracuse, NY.

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’d in 2018, aside from her stint on Dancing With The Stars last fall.

Rebecca Henderson is also set to star in this upcoming new Freeform comedy!

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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Skai Jackson is speaking out after the results of the Dancing With The Stars semi-finals on Monday night (November 16).

The 18-year-old actress and her partner Alan Bersten performed two dances during the show, and ended up in the bottom three.

Two couples were sent home – Skai and Alan, and Johnny Weir and Britt Stewart.

“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.

Though Skai and Alan did very well with their dances, they landed in the bottom three, alongside Justina Machado and Sasha Farber, and Johnny Weir and Britt Stewart.

Check out their dances now!

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Skai Jackson does an amazing job at her Paso Doble on Dancing With The Stars‘ Icons night on Monday (November 9) in Los Angeles.

The 18-year-old and partner Alan Bersten danced to Janet Jackson‘s “If” for their number.

Skai and Alan brought the sparks and earned a 27 out of 30. Their dance also ended with a note on the screen saying, “Use Your Voice.”

The dancing duo later danced off against Nelly and Daniella Karagach with a Salsa to Ricky Martin‘s “The Cup of Life.” Skai and Alan were the winners of the dance off.

“Can’t believe I had to have a dance off against my big bro @nelly !” Skai wrote on Instagram afterwards. “Taking your shirt off??? Not fair! 😆 How do you think we did?”

After being in the bottom two the week before, Skai and Alan made an impressive comeback and will return to dance next week!

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Skai Jackson and Alan Bersten flip it, but don’t reverse it, on week eight of Dancing With The Stars on Monday night (November 2) from Los Angeles.

The 18-year-old and her dance partner performed a Salsa to Missy Elliott‘s hit song “Work It.”

Skai and Alan‘s dance featured some flips and tricks and earned a total score of 25 out of 30 from the judges.

The pair took to the dance floor once again later in the night for the third relay dance, a Samba, to “Levitating” by Dua Lipa.

AJ McLean and Cheryl Burke went first, followed by Kaitlyn Bristowe and Artem Chigvintsev, then Skai and Alan closed it out. AJ and Kaitlyn both received three bonus points, while Skai received two.

In the end, Skai and Alan were in the bottom two alongside Chrishell Stause and Gleb Savchenko. Judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli voted to save Skai and Alan, sending home Chrishell and Gleb.

“Y’all, I don’t wanna be in the bottom two again. Im gonna need you guys to continue to VOTE,” Skai wrote on Twitter later that night.

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