Laneikka (they/she) is a queer writer and actor from Western Sydney. At seventeen, Laneikka wrote their debut play DEADSKIN performed in Sydney and LA, published by Australian plays. Their second play FEMINAZI premiered at Belvoir St Theatre in 2023, published by Play Lab Australia.

Their documentary THE REAL MEANING OF PLEASURE was Screen Australia x AIDC's Fresh Cuts funding recipient in 2023 and AIDC's ‘The Factory’ Post-Production funding recipient.

Laneikka’s screenwriting debut OI will premiere at melbourne international film festival in 2024.

Laneikka created THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE where teenagers write monologues for teenagers to perform for the HSC to sold-out seasons and was nominated for Best Production for Young People at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2023.

Laneikka was shortlisted for the Canberra Youth Theatre award in 2021 and shortlisted for Griffin Studio and the Griffin Award in 2024.

They have spoken at Sydney Writer’s festival, Blue Mountains Writer’s Festival and Enqueer Writer’s Festival. Laneikka has written queer activism articles for SBS voices and Refinery29 and has worked as a notetaker for various television shows for Easy Tiger TV.

Young queer people are at the heart of all of Laneikka’s work <3