LEOVINA CHARLES - AEA, - SAG-AFTRA

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Represented by:

Sweet 180 (NY) (212) 541-4443

FILM

Soñadora

Lead

Hilman Productions

*Winner, Rising Voice,

Narrative Short , Tribeca Film

Festival

BROADWAY

The Lion King

Young Nala

New Amsterdam/Julie Taymor

THEATRE

The Inn at Lydda (Reading)

Helen of Tyre / Messenger

Red Bull Theater /

Dir. Ben Prusiner

Just The Two Of Us

Lady of Mind (Lead)

The Old Globe Theatre/

Delicia Turner Sonnenberga

Lempicka

Kizette (Understudy)

La Jolla Playhouse/

Dir. Rachel Chavkin

I Am Antigone

Ismene, Chorus

Theatre for a New City

Dir. Myriam Cyr

Rebel Voices

Various Characters

The Culture Project/

Dir. Will Pomerantz

Brooklyn

Young Brooklyn

Howard University/

Dir. Kevin McCallister

Passing Strange

Featured

Howard University

The Children of Eden

Angel, Dove, Ensemble

Samaha Ensemble

UC SAN DIEGO MFA ACTING

In the Red & Brown Water

Oya

Dir. Cambria Herrera

Twelfth Night

Toby

Dir. Cambria Herrera

Town Hall

B

Dir. Cambria Herrera

Dance Nation

The Moms

Dir. Emily Moler

Promithes Promithes

Ash

Dir. Emily Moler

Bunny Bunny

Moll

Dir. Cambria Herrera

COMMERCIALS (full list available upon request)

Lo Loestrin FE

Print/Video

W S W Production

Target, E! News

TV/YouTube Featured

E! News

Intel

Gamer, Scientist, Featured

VOICEOVER

End Days, Animated Short

Tiff

Keiko Green

Drum Run

Corey Senn, Armhaut Media

VOCAL PERFORMANCE/RECORDING

Talib Kweli’s “Hostile Gospel”

Chorus, Back up Vocals

Warner Bros. Records

Lou Reed’s “Berlin”

Back up Singer

St. Ann’s Warehouse

Elton John’s 60 th Birthday Concert

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Madison Square Garden

Elton John Concert

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Radio City Music Hall

Conan Show Thanksgiving Special

BYC Chamber Choir

NBC Studios, NYC

Barbara Cook: No One is Alone

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Carnegie Hall

DANCE/ CONCERT PERFORMANCE

Jennifer Archibald: Visions 2015

Featured

Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre

Africa Celebrates: Inaugural Ball

Howard University Dance Ensemble

Crystal City Marriot

Unleashed: Dance Showcase

Featured

Howard University

EDUCATION & TRAINING

MFA, Acting

University of California,

San Diego, CA

BFA, Theatre Arts -

Howard University

Washington, DC

Musical Theatre & Dance

Training: Martha Graham,

Catherine Dunham

Tap: Patricia Thomas,

Toni Lombre

BADA - British American

Drama Academy,

Midsummer Oxford Program

Acting, Voice & Speech:

Leo Wringer, John Tucker

Acting: Brian McManamon,

York Walker,Anthony Abeson,

Kimball Studios(On Camera)

Maggie Flannigan, Charles

Sandlin, Amy Van Horne

Maggie Flanigan Studio:

Shakespeare,Voice&Speech-

--The Linklater Technique,

Alyssa Cicarello

Fiorello H. LaGuardia Highschool for Music and Art

Dance: Ballet, Horton,

Graham Technique

The Alvin Ailey School

- Ballet, Horton, Character,

Hip Hop, African

Private Voice - Joan Lader,

Ilana Martin, Karina Azatyan,

Christine Reim

SPECIAL SKILLS

Languages: Creole,

Conversational French

Dance: 20 Yrs Training

Ballet, Modern, Jazz, African

Leovina Charles is a NY based actor, singer, dancer, and model. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, she discovered her love for acting at a young age, making her professional theatre debut as Young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway. She holds an MFA in Acting from University of California, San Diego, and a BFA in Musical Theatre from Howard University. Select credits: Sonadora (Tribeca), Ismene in I Am Antigone (Theatre for a New City),Oresteia (BADA) UCSD: Twelfth Night, In the Red & Brown Water

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'6"

Weight:

Eyes: Brown

Hair Color: Brown

Hair Length: Shoulder Length

  

Fluent Haitian Creole, Jump Rope, Weight Lifting, Yoga, Dance Ballet, Dance Hip Hop, Dance Jazz, Dance Modern, Dancer, Singer, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Range: Soprano, Vocal Style: Belt, Vocal Style: Legit, American - New York Accent, British - BBC English Accent, French Accent, West Indian Accent