Vivian Nichole Nixon (born May , ) is an American dancer and actress,
the daughter of Debbie Allen and former NBA star Norm Nixon.Born in
Miami, Florida, she is one of three children of former NBA star Norm
Nixon and dancer/choreographer/producer/director/actress Debbie Allen.
She was named after her grandmother Vivian Ayers-Allen. Her aunt is
actress Phylicia Rashad and her younger brother is basketball player
Norm E. Nixon Jr. Vivian took gymnastics until she was , but when a
fellow gymnast fell and was seriously injured, her mother took her out
of the sport. She went on to study at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in
Washington, D. C. and at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los
Angeles.While still in her final year of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program
in Dance, in Nixon was cast as Kalinda in the Broadway production of
Hot Feet, the classic storyline of The Red Shoes with a 's funk
facelift, and Kalimba is the ambitious girl at the center of it who
can't stop dancing (literally). She was named of the top " to Watch"
by Dance Magazine in . Her regional credits including Alan Johnson’s
West Side Story (Anita), Bayou Legend (Sara), Pearl (Pearl), Soul
Possessed, Dreams, Brothers of the Knight and The Hot Chocolate
Nutcracker. She performed on the European tour of West Side Story, and
Harriet.Nixon has appeared in films Days of Summer () and Top Five
(). On television, she had secondary roles in the Fox musical series
Glee and NBC's Smash. In , she began appearing as Dr. Hannah Brody in
the ABC medical drama series, Grey's Anatomy. In , she appeared in its
spin-off series, Station .
the daughter of Debbie Allen and former NBA star Norm Nixon.Born in
Miami, Florida, she is one of three children of former NBA star Norm
Nixon and dancer/choreographer/producer/director/actress Debbie Allen.
She was named after her grandmother Vivian Ayers-Allen. Her aunt is
actress Phylicia Rashad and her younger brother is basketball player
Norm E. Nixon Jr. Vivian took gymnastics until she was , but when a
fellow gymnast fell and was seriously injured, her mother took her out
of the sport. She went on to study at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in
Washington, D. C. and at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los
Angeles.While still in her final year of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program
in Dance, in Nixon was cast as Kalinda in the Broadway production of
Hot Feet, the classic storyline of The Red Shoes with a 's funk
facelift, and Kalimba is the ambitious girl at the center of it who
can't stop dancing (literally). She was named of the top " to Watch"
by Dance Magazine in . Her regional credits including Alan Johnson’s
West Side Story (Anita), Bayou Legend (Sara), Pearl (Pearl), Soul
Possessed, Dreams, Brothers of the Knight and The Hot Chocolate
Nutcracker. She performed on the European tour of West Side Story, and
Harriet.Nixon has appeared in films Days of Summer () and Top Five
(). On television, she had secondary roles in the Fox musical series
Glee and NBC's Smash. In , she began appearing as Dr. Hannah Brody in
the ABC medical drama series, Grey's Anatomy. In , she appeared in its
spin-off series, Station .
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