{"id":523252,"date":"2026-01-17T17:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/523252\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:31:10","slug":"former-child-star-kianna-underwood-dead-at-33-after-hit-and-run-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/523252\/","title":{"rendered":"Former child star Kianna Underwood dead at 33 after hit-and-run incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CBNJIQFOWRA5PC6GMOF6CB6LGU\">Actress Kianna Underwood, best known for her appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/tv\/2024\/03\/quiet-on-the-set-nickelodeon-documentary-to-air-fifth-episode-with-new-voices-how-to-watch-all-4-episodes-so-far.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/tv\/2024\/03\/quiet-on-the-set-nickelodeon-documentary-to-air-fifth-episode-with-new-voices-how-to-watch-all-4-episodes-so-far.html\">Nickelodeon<\/a>\u2019s sketch comedy show \u201cAll That,\u201d has died after a hit-and-run incident in New York on Friday, Jan. 16. She was 33.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PHAXKIX6FRCANAV6AD7TYW3XDQ\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kianna-underwood-former-nickelodeon-star-dead-at-33-after-hit-and-run-11887750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kianna-underwood-former-nickelodeon-star-dead-at-33-after-hit-and-run-11887750\">People<\/a>, the New York Police Department said Underwood was crossing the intersection of Watkins Street and Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville around 6:50 a.m. when a black Ford SUV hit her. A second vehicle, described as a black and gray sedan, then struck her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XMPSTTQ25JF75FP72H622FAU5E\">Authorities pronounced Underwood dead at the scene. Both drivers left the area and have not been identified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NJUCYYCNWJDBFEWKEBAF7WRFTI\">\u201cThere are no arrests, and the investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD Highway District\u2019s Collision Investigation Squad,\u201d the NYPD confirmed to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"33ZYBPAM7ZHEPEYTYFADTY4ECU\">Additionally, sources told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/16\/us-news\/woman-killed-dragged-down-block-in-nyc-hit-and-run-idd-as-former-nickelodeon-child-star-kianna-underwood-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/16\/us-news\/woman-killed-dragged-down-block-in-nyc-hit-and-run-idd-as-former-nickelodeon-child-star-kianna-underwood-sources\/\">New York Post<\/a> that Underwood may have been crossing against the light after leaving a nearby bodega, suggesting the first driver might not have seen her. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IRKZB4MXKVHVPMNFQ5XEWAX2AE\">Underwood\u2019s acting career began in the late 1990s when she voiced Fuschia Glover in the animated series \u201cLittle Bill\u201d from 1999 to 2004. She later got her big break on \u201cAll That\u201d in 2005, which starred Amanda Bynes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/celebrity-news\/2020\/07\/nick-cannon-fired-by-viacomcbs-over-anti-semitic-comments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/celebrity-news\/2020\/07\/nick-cannon-fired-by-viacomcbs-over-anti-semitic-comments.html\">Nick Cannon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/tv\/2025\/10\/saturday-night-live-star-keenan-thompson-sends-message-to-cast-members-not-returning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/tv\/2025\/10\/saturday-night-live-star-keenan-thompson-sends-message-to-cast-members-not-returning.html\">Kenan Thompson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JJZZLN24NNB65AOW6QTSUD34AY\">Underwood\u2019s work extended beyond television to include playing Tanessha Labelle in the 1999 comedy film \u201cThe 24 Hour Woman,\u201d as well as taking on a minor role in the 2003 satire film \u201cDeath of a Dynasty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UAEHA5IKWBCXTGS4HTZ4P4UL2Q\">She also performed as little Inez in the first national tour of \u201cHairspray.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress Kianna Underwood, best known for her appearance on Nickelodeon\u2019s sketch comedy show \u201cAll That,\u201d has died after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":523253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9240,7026,8716,144093,29365,23491,133745,77008,6561,44679,30573,9322,171,5025,21380,232723,2609,8143,10501,6475,36008,365,74564,67,132,68,232722,45001],"class_list":{"0":"post-523252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-background","9":"tag-black","10":"tag-bright","11":"tag-burn","12":"tag-burning","13":"tag-candle","14":"tag-candlelight","15":"tag-candles","16":"tag-celebration","17":"tag-christmas","18":"tag-church","19":"tag-dark","20":"tag-entertainment","21":"tag-fire","22":"tag-flame","23":"tag-glowing","24":"tag-hope","25":"tag-light","26":"tag-memorial","27":"tag-night","28":"tag-peace","29":"tag-religion","30":"tag-spirituality","31":"tag-united-states","32":"tag-unitedstates","33":"tag-us","34":"tag-wax","35":"tag-yellow"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115911635295626378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}