--- description: Find out how Kali Reis is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2024 TIME100 Next: Kali Reis image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5baccd0e8da0a913/698a5b95e6e84a62da2b3762/time100-next-2024-kali-reis-cropJPG.jpg?branch=production --- Oct 02, 2024 # Kali Reis by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Kali Reis Kali ReisKendall Bessent—Kintzing Kali Reis is undeniable. She arrived swiftly and strongly, with a dynamic screen presence, undoubtedly due to her command of her physical form. Many actors hone and build these skills as an athlete would, and not surprisingly, given her career as a professional boxer, a litany of boxing analogies find their way into the actor’s process. What many of us long to cultivate, Kali came in with as if she’d written the book on it. Her athletic career developed her focus, immediacy, physicality, acute listening, timing, and commitment to the present moment—these are clear in every frame she inhabits, including, recently, in [_True Detective_](https://time.com/6553033/true-detective-night-country-review/ "undefined"). But even these exceptional attributes of her craft are ultimately eclipsed by the vulnerability and honesty of her soul. As with all great actors and bad­ass Indigenous aunties, Kali’s authenticity is grounded by love. Her heart leads, and it is undeniable. _Gladstone is an Oscar- and Emmy-­nominated actor_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023630/kali-reis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023630/kali-reis/"},"headline":"Kali Reis","datePublished":"2024-10-02T11:03:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:36:32.713Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023630/kali-reis/","keywords":["list","franchise","Magazine","TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5baccd0e8da0a913/698a5b95e6e84a62da2b3762/time100-next-2024-kali-reis-cropJPG.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5baccd0e8da0a913/698a5b95e6e84a62da2b3762/time100-next-2024-kali-reis-cropJPG.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023630/kali-reis/","name":"Kali Reis"}}]}] ```