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 Chyna is an Award-winning actress as well as award-winning producer and has done over 30 independent films and sixcommercials.Chyna Layne lights up the big screen in the much-anticipated film, PUSH based on the bestselling novel by Sapphire and directed by the critically acclaimed Lee Daniels.Chyna can also be seen in the upcoming Sony film, CADILLAC RECORDS, written and directed by Darnell Martin. The powerhouse actress gives a heart-wrenching performance as Deyah Kingston, a young and pregnant Jamaican woman who is HIV-positive in HBO's LIFE SUPPORT. For her powerful performance as a young mother in SILENT CRIES OF A CHILD, she received the Best Actress Award in the short film category at the 2007 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. Quickly becoming a classic, the faith-based film A DEEPER LOVE, is the first film produced under her company, Lawrence Layne Productions. The Source describes her star performance as "stunning" and the film itself "a true masterpiece." The spiritual drama has won Best Religious Film at the 2008 San Diego Black Film Festival. Chyna Layne is the face of the hilarious commercials for Dr. Miracle hair products. Chyna gives another hilarious performance in the Dunkin Donuts commercial with Jermaine Dupri, directed by Zach Braff To learn more about Chyna Layne, visit her home page and her space web page. |
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 Michelle is a native of Washington, DC and is an award winning actress, writer, director, and producer. Her recent acting credits include her appearances on YAHOO commercial, the ABCs 10-8, the Showtime Series SOUL FOOD, GIRLFRIENDS (UPN), Lifetimes STRONG MEDICINE, and COMPENSATION. Her most recent theatrical appearance includes BIG RIVER at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, CA and at Fords Theatre in Washington, DC. As a Christopher Reeve Acting Scholarship awardee, Ms. Banks has performed her one-woman show, REFLECTIONS OF A BLACK DEAF WOMAN in Los Angeles and Burbank, CA as well as throughout the United States. To learn more about Michelle Banks please visit www.michellebanks.com |
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 Monique is a visionary artist. She does art that interests her. She writes lyrics, poetry, translates English text into ASL, performs in various forms of theater, coaches actors in acting, develops and directs original and adapted plays and films, choreographs Butoh and modern dance pieces, collaborates with artists on work with a social-conscience, advocates for artists for Deaf Women of Color, promotes artists' networking, contributes her services to artists’ work and to other good causes. She founded an organization – Artists: Betwixt And Between, Inc. – that engages artists of any art form to gather find solutions for the problems they encounter. She is currently working on “Are Your Ears Blind?” – a multi-media performance piece: a project to complete her MFA in Theatre. It will be shown in October 2008 at Towson University and Gallaudet University. Want to be on her e-mail list? e-mail her at gekijoo@mac.com |
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 Anthony was born in Toronto, Ontario, along with his older brother and younger sister. He represents the generation of a large Italian families in White Plains, New York. He attended a boarding school for the deaf in Ernest C Drury. He was transfered to a mainstream gifted program with hearing students. Upon on his graduation as a valedictorian, he attended California State University in Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts in film production and minor in theater arts. Anthony Natale is the charismatic Deaf stage actor who burst on the movie scene with his 15-minute memorable appearance in Mr. Holland's Opus. As his acting career took off, he added to the mix his motto "I'd like to teach the world to Sign". This secret desire was completed upon meeting Idea Entrepreneur Christie Jenkins, who committed her inheritance to create the first video for the general public to learn to Sign, called How to Talk to a Person Who Can't Hear. This fantastic, award-winning show, starring Anthony and 12 other professional actors, has led to them giving lectures across the country as "The Sign Language Angels". It has just been released in a DVD version with both Spanish and English subtitles, under the name Sign Language for Everyone. |
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