Deborah Joy Imani Winans (born September , ) is an American actress
and singer, and member of the musical Winans family. She starred as
Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series,
Greenleaf.Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Carvin
and Deborah Kerr Winans. She graduated with a BFA degree from Wayne
State University. She spent a month in Moscow at the Moscow Art
Theatre School for additional training, and received an MFA degree in
acting from the California Institute of the Arts. In , she began her
acting career appearing in Fragile World, a small film. Later she was
cast as her aunt CeCe Winans in the Lifetime television biographical
film Whitney, directed by Angela Bassett. Winans later made her stage
debut in the musical Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story.In , Winans
was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama
series, Greenleaf. She plays Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee, the youngest
daughter in the family, who is also the Minister of Music. The series
also stars Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Kim
Hawthorne.
and singer, and member of the musical Winans family. She starred as
Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series,
Greenleaf.Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Carvin
and Deborah Kerr Winans. She graduated with a BFA degree from Wayne
State University. She spent a month in Moscow at the Moscow Art
Theatre School for additional training, and received an MFA degree in
acting from the California Institute of the Arts. In , she began her
acting career appearing in Fragile World, a small film. Later she was
cast as her aunt CeCe Winans in the Lifetime television biographical
film Whitney, directed by Angela Bassett. Winans later made her stage
debut in the musical Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story.In , Winans
was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama
series, Greenleaf. She plays Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee, the youngest
daughter in the family, who is also the Minister of Music. The series
also stars Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Kim
Hawthorne.
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