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Tracie Thoms (born August 19, 1975) is an American television, film, and stage actress. August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Thoms was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She started studying acting when she was nine, and now holds a BFA from Howard University and a graduate degree in acting from the Juilliard School. Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United...
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The Bachelor of Fine Arts, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. ...
Howard University is a historically black university in Washington, D.C. Howard was established in 1867 by congressional order and named after Oliver O. Howard. ...
The Juilliard School is recognized as one of the best performing arts conservatories in the world. ...
Thoms is best known for her role of Mahandra McGinty in the television show Wonderfalls. She also played the part of Sasha in the series "As If", which was cancelled after three episodes. Most recently she has been added to the cast of the CBS crime drama Cold Case, as the narcotics detective, Kat Miller. Thoms has also made guest appearances on Law & Order and The Shield. Wonderfalls is a television series whose plot centers on Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. ...
Cold Case is an American hour-long fictional television show about a police division that specializes in investigating unsolved crimes. ...
Law & Order is an American television police procedural and legal drama set in New York City. ...
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Thoms has appeared in several movies, most notably in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rent in which she plays Joanne Jefferson, lawyer and lover of Maureen Johnson (Idina Menzel). She took over the role from Fredi Walker, who played Joanne in the original Rent broadway show and who decided not to reprise her role due to her age. Prior to being cast as Joanne, she had been a big RENThead (a rent fan) herself and had seen it in Broadway several times. She had also been auditioning for the role in the theatre production since she was 21 but never got the part. Rent is the cinematic adaptation of a Broadway musical of the same name, released November 23, 2005. ...
Idina Menzel (born Idina Kim Mentzel on May 30, 1971 in New York City) is an American actress, singer and songwriter who is best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in Wicked and her Tony-nominated performance in Rent. ...
Fredi Walker is an American actress. ...
Rent is an American Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical, with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. ...
She was featured in the 2002 Comedy Central film Porn 'n Chicken and the 2004 films Brother to Brother and The Warrior Class. Thoms appeared in the 2006 release of the film version of The Devil Wears Prada as Lily. Thoms has completed filming on the City Lights Pictures movie Descent along with Rent co-stars Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Rosario Dawson and will soon begin filming Jimmie with co-stars Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight. Recently, she was added to the cast of the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez horror film collaboration Grind House, where she will once again team up with Rosario Dawson. The Devil Wears Prada is a comedy-drama film, the screen adaptation of Lauren Weisbergers 2003 novel of the same name. ...
Wilson Jermaine Heredia is an American actor, best known for winning the 1996 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Angel Dumott Schunard in the musical Rent. ...
Rosario Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress best known for her roles in the films Kids, Sin City, Clerks II, and Rent. ...
Vanessa Lynn Williams This article is about Vanessa Williams the actress and singer, for the actress on Melrose Place see Vanessa Williams (actress). ...
Brian McKnight on the cover of his 2005 album Gemini Brian McKnight (born June 5, 1969 in Buffalo, New York) is a Grammy nominated American singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and one of the prominent singers of his years, specializing in pop and R&B. He is a multi-instrumentalist and...
Quentin Tarantino in Reservoir Dogs Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and Oscar-winning screenwriter. ...
Robert Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is a Mexican-American film director. ...
Grind House is a 2007 film that consists of two segments, of which both are feature-length attractions. ...
Rosario Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress best known for her roles in the films Kids, Sin City, Clerks II, and Rent. ...
Thoms made her Broadway debut in Regina Taylor's Drowning Crow. She has also appeared in several off-Broadway and regional productions, including Up Against the Wind (New York Theater Workshop), The Oedipus Plays (The Shakespeare Theater), A Raisin in the Sun (Baltimore Center Stage), Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Missouri Rep), The Exonerated (Off Broadway's The Culture Project) and The Antigone Project (The Women's Project). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...
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