Kenyan Actress and Filmmaker.
Hair color: Dark Brown
Eye color: Dark Brown

Manager: Didi Rea (D2 Management)
Phone: +1 310-288-3040

Agent: Brian Davidson (Innovative Artists Agency)
www.innovativeartists.com/
Email: talent@iany.com

Public Relations: www.id-pr.com/

Stylist: Micaela Erlanger
http://micaelaerlanger.com/

Born in March 1st, 1983, in Mexico City (Mexico), from Kenyans parents. She earns a degree from Yale School of Drama.
She won the won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 2014, for her role as the hardworking slave Patsey in 12 Years a Slave (directed by Steve McQueen, UK/USA, 2013).



Theatre:
The Winter's Tale, YALE REPERTORY THEATER (Liz Diamond, dir.), as Perdita
The Really Big Fat Show, YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (Chris Bayes, dir.), as Fatty
Uncle Vanya, YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (Ron Van Lieu, dir.), as Sonya
Elijah, YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (Chris Mirto, dir.), as Hélèn Roux
The Taming of the Shrew, YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (Lileana Blain-Cruz, dir.), as Katherine
Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights, YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (Lileana Blain-Cruz, dir.), as Mephisto
the friendship of her thighs, YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (Alex Mihail, dir.), as Trick
Romeo and Juliet, PHOENIX PLAYERS, Kenya (James Falkland, dir.), as Juliet
A Thought In Three Parts, YALE CABARET (Hallie Cooper-Novack, dir.), as Sarah

Film/Television:

* Twelve Years A Slave / Plan B Entertainment (Steve McQueen, dir.), as Patsey
Oscar for best supporting actress in 2014
* SHUGA I & I / MTV (Teboho Mahlatsi, dir.), as Ayira (Principal)
Africa's #1 TV mini-series, SHUGA is a hard-hitting drama that follows the lives, loves and ambitions of a group of young people whose bright lives and fabulous futures are balanced on a knife edge due to their love of living dangerously. A project of MTV Staying Alive, the show's main aim is to promote HIV/AIDS awareness.

* East River / Short (Marc Grey, dir.), as F (Principal)

Training:
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, Master of Fine Arts in Acting, New Haven, CT
* Recipient of the Eldon Elder Fellowship & Jerome L. Greene Scholarship

DISNEY ABC TELEVISON TALENT SHOWCASE, New York, NY

HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE, Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies, Amherst, MA

International Baccalaureate (I.B.) Theatre Arts certificate

LAMDA ‘Distinction' certificate in acting

Skills:
Multilingual: English, Spanish, Swahili, Luo, and conversational Italian; Salsa, West and East African dance experience; various accents; stage combat training; voice: soprano.

Source:
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