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| FILM | ||
| Straight Outta Compton | Lg. Supporting (Dr. Dre’s Mom) | Dir. F. Gary Gray |
| True to the Game 2 | Supporting | Dir. Jamal Hill |
| True to the Game | Supporting | Dir. Preston A Whitmore II |
| Her | Supporting | Dir. Spike Jonze |
| XX (Her Only Living Son) | Supporting | Dir. Karyn Kusama |
| A Very Good Man | Principal | Dir. Max Williams |
| The Rally | Supporting | Dir. Rick Reyna (Reyna Sound and Stage) |
| Showtime | Supporting | Dir. Tom Dey (WB) |
| Fold | Supporting | Dir. Jason Yim (Ghost House Pictures) |
| TELEVISION | ||
| Baselines | Recurring | Dir. Nate Parker |
| General Hospital | Recurring | Various Directors (ABC FAM) |
| Lincoln Heights | Recurring | Various Directors (ABC FAM) |
| The Stand | Guest Star | Dir. Tucker Gates (Paramount+) |
| Strong Medicine | Guest Star | Dir. Oz Scott (Lifetime) |
| The Shield | Guest Star | Dir. John Badham (FX) |
| The Practice | Guest Star | Dir. Jeannot Szwarc (ABC) |
| Workaholics | Costar | Dir. Anders Holm (Comedy Central) |
| Numbers | Costar | Dir. Dennis Smith (CBS) |
| Path to Paradise |
Costar | Dir. L. Libman (HBO) |
| Crossing Jordan | Costar | Dir. Allan Arkush (NBC) |
| Law-N-Order | Costar | Dir. Stephen Wertimer(NBC) |
| Charmed | Costar | Dir. Jon Pare (WB) |
| Double Platinum |
Costar | Dir. Nina Shengold (ABC) |
| Line of Fire | Costar | Dir. Rod Lurie (ABC) |
| Boomtown | Costar | Dir. Jon Avnet (ABC) |
| Ally McBeal | Costar | Dir. Greg Germann (FOX) |
| In Search Of | Lead | Dir. Rob Englehardt (SCI-FI) |
| Guiding Light | Principal | Dir. Brian Mertes (CBS) |
| BROADWAY/OFF-BROADWAY | ||
| Sweat | Cynthia (u/s) | Studio 54/ Broadway |
| Valley Song |
Veronica | Manhattan Theater Club |
| Waiting For Lefty | Florrie | Blue Light Theater Company Director Joanne Woodward |
| June & Jean in Concert |
June’s Ghost |
Joseph Papp Public Theatre Signature Theater Company |
| Funnyhouse of a Negro |
Duchess of Hapsburg |
Joseph Papp Public Theatre Signature Theater Company |
| The Old Settler |
Lou Bessie |
Primary Stages, Dir Hal Scott |
| The Sirens |
Gertrude | Willow Cabin Theater Company |
| REGIONAL THEATER | ||
| The Father | Woman | Pasadena Playhouse |
| Tiny Beautiful Things | Letter Writer #2 | Portland Center Stage |
| Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike | Cassandra | Syracuse Stage |
| Proposals | Clemma Diggins | Norton Center for the Performing Arts |
| A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth | Virginia Stage Company |
| Doubt | Mrs. Muller | Portland Center Stage |
| Intimate Apparel |
Esther Mills |
San Diego Repertory Theater |
| Blues For An Alabama Sky |
Delia | Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park |
| I Could Stop On A Dime… |
Kellie | Baltimore Center Stage |
| To Be Young, Gifted and Black |
Lorraine | Kennedy Center |
| From the Mississippi Delta |
Woman #2 |
Actor’s Theater of Louisville Syracuse Stage |
| Our Town |
Emily Webb |
Syracuse Stage |
| Tintypes | Susannah | Syracuse Stage |
| Valley Song |
Veronica | People’s Light & Theater Company |
| The Old Settler |
Lou Bessie |
Theater Works |
| La Ronde |
Parlor Maid |
Williamstown Theater Festival |
| Spunk | Ms. Mae/Girl/Delia |
Barrington Stage Company |
| Wait Until Dark |
Susie | Actor’s Co-op Theater Company |
| Joe Turner’s Come and Gone |
Martha | Rutgers University- Guest Artist |
| The Wedding Band |
Julia Augustine |
Rutgers University Prof. Acting Program |
| Shoestring Players |
Ensemble | Sevenoaks Festival- London, England |
| COMMERCIALS – Available Upon Requests | ||
| AUDIO BOOK NARRATION (Home Recording Studio) | ||
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| Sugar in the Blood | By: Andrea Stuart | Tantor Audio |
| Coming of Age in Mississippi (Audiofile Earphones Award) | By: Anne Moody | Tantor Audio |
| Warriors Don’t Cry | By: Melba Pattillo Beal | Tantor Audio |
| Sister Citizen | By: Melissa V. Harris-Perry | Tantor Audio |
| V-Wars | By: Keith R.A. DeCandido | Blackstone Audio |
| Darwin’s Ghosts | By: Rebecca Stott | Audible for Bloomsbury |
| Friendly Ways To Organize Your Life | By: Kathleen Nadeau, Judith Kolberg | Tantor Audio |
| Good Self/ Bad Self | By: Judy Smith | Tantor Audio |
| Who is Carrie | By: James Lincoln and Christopher Collier | AudioGo Audio |
| Princess Noire:Tumultuos Reign of Nina Simone | By: Nadine Cohodas | Audible Audio |
| Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur | By: Francesca Lia Block | Audible for Bloomsbury |
| Coming Home: A Novel | By: Stacy Hawkins Adams | Zondervan Audio |
| It’s Up To You | By: Karen Casey | Tantor Audio |
| Children of the Self Absorbed | By: Linda W. Brown, Ed. D., LPC | Tantor Audio |
| Zero to Breakthrough | By: Vernice “Flygirl” Armour | Tantor Audio |
| When Janey Comes Marching Home | By Laura Browder | Audible Audio |
| The Little Black Book For Girlz | By St. Stephen’s Community House | Audible Audio |
| Warrior Princess | By Princess Kasune Zulu | Christian Audio |
| My Name is not Angelica | By Scott O’Dell | Audible Audio |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God (Content) | By Zora Neale Hurston | Literary Companion |
| Pushkin and The Queen of Spades (Winner Earphones Award for excellence in narration) | By Alice Randall | Blackstone Audio Books |
| Better Than I Know Myself | By Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant | Blackstone Audio Books |
| Bluish | By Virginia Hamilton | Blackstone Audio Books |
| The Bible Experience (2007 Audie Award for Audio Book of the Year – New International Version of the Bible) | Inspired By Media Group and Zondervan | |
| Left To Tell | By Immaculee Ilibagiza | Hayhouse Audio |
| Time Pieces | By Virginia Hamilton | Blackstone Audio Books |
| Nappily Ever After | By Trisha R. Thomas | Blackstone Audio Books |
| Led By Faith | By Immaculee Ilibagiza | Hayhouse Audio |
| TRAINING | ||
| Musical Theater Workshop | Bob Garrett | |
| Killian’s Commercial Workshop | Killian McHugh | |
| Voice Over Workshop | Pat Fraley, Lisa Friedman | |
| Shakespeare Workshop | Alfred Molina | |
| B.F.A. | Rutgers University Professional Actor Training Program |
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| Acting | William Esper, Maggie Flanigan, Victoria Hart, B. Marchant |
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| Voice | Mai Loughran, Patricia Norcia-Edwards, D. Smith-Croll |
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| Movement | Loyd Williamson, Lenard Petit, Leah Kreutzer |
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| Audition | Beth Wicke |
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| Combat | Peter Nels, Jake Turner |
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| SPECIAL SKILLS | ||
| Dance | Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop |
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| Voice | Alto | |
| Dialects | West Indian, American Southern, New York, South African |
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Wow! I am so excited for what's to come and I thank you for journeying with me this far.
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