De'Adre Danielle Aziza (/diˈeɪdrÉ™ əˈziË zÉ™/; born June 14, 1977)
is an American actress and singer.Aziza was born in Atlanta, Georgia
and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Donna Avery,
retired part time Assistant Professor and textiles specialist at
Parsons The New School for Design. She attended The Harlem School of
the Arts for eleven years, the Dance Theater of Harlem for five. She
is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York
University.She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured
Actress in a Musical for Passing Strange, in which she played "teenage
goddess" Edwina Williams, Dutch neo-hippie Marianna, and German
revolutionary/filmmaker Sudabey. She recently appeared again on
Broadway in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
is an American actress and singer.Aziza was born in Atlanta, Georgia
and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Donna Avery,
retired part time Assistant Professor and textiles specialist at
Parsons The New School for Design. She attended The Harlem School of
the Arts for eleven years, the Dance Theater of Harlem for five. She
is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York
University.She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured
Actress in a Musical for Passing Strange, in which she played "teenage
goddess" Edwina Williams, Dutch neo-hippie Marianna, and German
revolutionary/filmmaker Sudabey. She recently appeared again on
Broadway in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
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