Saycon Sengbloh (born October , ) is an American actress and singer.
She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
and won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
and an Obie Award for Outstanding Performance for her role in Danai
Gurira's play Eclipsed in .Sengbloh was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She
first began acting at Tri-Cities School for the Visual and Performing
Arts. Sengbloh then attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia,
where she studied music and Spanish before leaving to pursue a career
in acting and music.Sengbloh has starred in a number of Broadway
musicals, including Aida, Wicked (as a standby for Elphaba), The Color
Purple, Hair, Fela!, Motown: The Musical, and Holler If Ya Hear Me.
Her breakthrough came in , when Danai Gurira cast Sengbloh in
Eclipsed, a play about five Liberian women and their tale of survival
near the end of the Second Liberian Civil War. It became the first
play with an all-black and female creative cast and team to premiere
on Broadway. Eclipsed opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in
October with positive reviews and ran until November . The following
year, it transferred to Broadway, premiering at the John Golden
Theatre with an opening on March , . Her performance received positive
reviews from critics. She won Drama Desk Award for Outstanding
Featured Actress in a Play for original Off-Broadway production, and
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for Broadway
production.Sengbloh has made her screen debut playing opposite
Kimberly Elise in the television film The Ditchdigger's Daughters. In
, she made her big screen debut appearing in the independent drama
film Funny Valentines starring Alfre Woodard. She later played small
parts in films Across the Universe, American Gangster, and well as
guest starred on television series include Law & Order and The Good
Wife.
She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
and won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
and an Obie Award for Outstanding Performance for her role in Danai
Gurira's play Eclipsed in .Sengbloh was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She
first began acting at Tri-Cities School for the Visual and Performing
Arts. Sengbloh then attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia,
where she studied music and Spanish before leaving to pursue a career
in acting and music.Sengbloh has starred in a number of Broadway
musicals, including Aida, Wicked (as a standby for Elphaba), The Color
Purple, Hair, Fela!, Motown: The Musical, and Holler If Ya Hear Me.
Her breakthrough came in , when Danai Gurira cast Sengbloh in
Eclipsed, a play about five Liberian women and their tale of survival
near the end of the Second Liberian Civil War. It became the first
play with an all-black and female creative cast and team to premiere
on Broadway. Eclipsed opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in
October with positive reviews and ran until November . The following
year, it transferred to Broadway, premiering at the John Golden
Theatre with an opening on March , . Her performance received positive
reviews from critics. She won Drama Desk Award for Outstanding
Featured Actress in a Play for original Off-Broadway production, and
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for Broadway
production.Sengbloh has made her screen debut playing opposite
Kimberly Elise in the television film The Ditchdigger's Daughters. In
, she made her big screen debut appearing in the independent drama
film Funny Valentines starring Alfre Woodard. She later played small
parts in films Across the Universe, American Gangster, and well as
guest starred on television series include Law & Order and The Good
Wife.
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