MAKEDA TENE'
- SAG-AFTRA
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TELEVISION | ||
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Love That Girl |
Co-Star |
TV1, Bentley Kyle Evans, Dir. |
Beauty and the Baller |
Co-Star |
Michael Ajakwe, Dir. |
Lounge Act |
Guest Star |
MTV |
Lovers Lane |
Producer, 9 episodes |
Karlton Clay, Dir. |
College Daze |
Guest Star |
Karlton Clay, Dir. |
Emeril |
Co Star |
NBC |
Midday at 12 |
Lala/ Lead |
WRDW TV |
FILM | ||
International Affairs |
Supporting |
Derek Baum, Dir. |
Spirits in the Dark |
Supporting |
Kagel Productions |
OFF-BROADWAY | ||
The Colored Museum |
Miss Pat / Medea (Leads) |
Theresa Lang Theatre, NYC |
Road |
Valerie / Molly (Leads) |
Theresa Lang Theatre, NYC |
THEATRE | ||
"Love In Concert"/ One-Woman Show |
Kiki McCall |
US Tour |
Fool For Love |
May (Lead) |
The Box, NYC |
If You Don't Believe (NAACP Nomination: Best Play) |
Spain (Supporting) |
The Zephyr Theatre, LA |
Impromptu |
Winifred (Lead) |
The Box, NYC |
The Glass Menagerie |
Laura (Lead) |
The Box, NYC |
Importance of Being Earnest |
Cecily (Lead) |
The Box, NYC |
The Crucible |
Tituba (Supporting) |
Performing Arts Theatre, GA |
The Tempest |
Ariel (Lead) |
Performing Arts Theatre, GA |
Madwoman of Chaillot |
Madwoman (Lead) |
Performing Arts Theatre, GA |
MUSIC/DANCE | ||
Gospel Extravaganza |
International Guest Soloist |
Belize City, Belize |
L.A. Jubilee Singers |
Soprano |
Dr. Albert McNeil, Director |
Choir of Vicenza |
Soprano |
Vincena, Italy: Fracasso, Dir. |
Princesa Africana |
Solo Dancer |
Vicenza, Italy |
EDUCATION | ||
BFA Acting: Marymount Manhattan College, NYC |
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MA Psychology, Pepperdine University, LA, CA |
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TRAINING | ||
Acting |
NYC: Bill Bordeau, Richard Niles |
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Directing |
NYC: Scott Shattuck |
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Improvisation |
NYC: Dan Diggles |
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Voice & Speech |
NYC: Derenik Najarian |
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Voiceover |
NYC: Fred Melamed |
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Opera/Voice |
NYC: Carlo Thomas (Metropolitan Opera) |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'3" |
Weight: 115 lbs |
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Ballet, Coloratura Soprano, Licensed Driver, Motivational Speaker, Songwriting, Bowling, Hula Hoop, Jump Rope, Ping Pong, Weight Lifting, Yoga, Dance Ballet, Dance Jazz, Dance Modern, Dance Tap, Dancer, Host, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Modeling, Piano, Singer, Vocal Range: Soprano, Vocal Style: Legit, Vocal Style: Rapper, Voiceover, African Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, Spanish Accent, West Indian Accent, Fluent Spanish
Actress, Writer, Vocalist, and Producer: Makeda's One Woman Show, "Love In Concert", has been selling out to crowds in the USA for the past decade, and is currently being developed as an episodic series for Television. After years of studying Musical Theatre, Opera, ballet, tap, jazz, violin, and classical piano, Makeda traveled to New York City and received a BFA in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College while studying with Carlo Hester of the Metropolitan Opera. Makeda landed leading roles in the Off-Broadwa