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Fuschia! That’s me. Daughter of Letha! A singer that acts, moves extremely well, and resides in sunny California. Tony’s? Emmy’s? Oscars? Not yet! NAACP & Ovations Awards Nominee~ yes! As you read further, you will learn of some of my accomplishments. My greatest accomplishment, however, is my beautiful and talented 18-year-old daughter, Jacquel ~ who will be furthering her studies in the Culinary Arts & Photography industries. I just love her. You should meet her. I’m a wonderful wife to a wonderful husband, (Dontey) of 8 years. Fuschia! ~ Again that’s me: Born and raised in Baltimore, MD. I graduated from The Baltimore School for the Arts, (I won’t tell you the year) as an opera major, receiving a scholarship to continue my studies in opera at The Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. Here is where my journey in this wonderful world of entertainment, discoveries of me, and received blessings began. I grew up, (so to speak) in Philadelphia, by way of New York. Now travel with me briefly if you will: Broadway: Les Miserables: First African American to be cast as Madame Thenardier. Julie Taymor’s Juan Darien: Dreamgirls:(my share of Effie Melody White); Once On This Island; & Sheila’s Day. Off-Broadway: Beehive (w / Mary Wilson) & Uptown It’s Hot (w/ Maurice Hines.) California’s “Broadway”: The Lion King as Rafiki Television & Film: Soon appearing on the Hannah Montana show as a gospel singer (look out for episode #401); Mind of Mencia; Cordially Invited; Ugly Betty; Boston Public; Days of Our Lives (Caprice); Bringing Out The Dead (w/ Nicholas Cage & Patricia Arquette); Harlem Aria (w/ Daman Wayans); I’ll Take You There (w/Ally Sheedy); The Next Step; Law & Order; New York Undercover. Animation: The Cleveland Show; The Life & Times of Tim; Little Bill & Spy Groove. Also a numerous amount of television & radio commercials. Okay, That’s All Folk’s”. God Bless & Enjoy the evening.