Amirah Charline Vann (born 1980) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing attorney Tegan Price in ''
How to Get Away with Murder
''How to Get Away with Murder'' is an American legal thriller television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2014, and concluded on May 14, 2020. The series was created by Peter Nowalk, and produced by Shonda Rhimes and ABC Studios. T ...
''.
Life and career
Amirah Charline Vann was born in 1980, in
Queens, New York
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.
Her father is
African-American
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from
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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, and her mother is
Puerto Rican.
Vann attended
Midwood High School
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and then
Far Rockaway High School
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, graduating in 1998. She then obtained her bachelor's degree from
Fordham University
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in 2002, and a Masters of Fine Arts degree from
New York University
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In 1832, t ...
's
Tisch School of the Arts
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Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
in 2007.
Vann worked for many years in
Off-Broadway
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theater before transitioning to film and television.
Vann appeared in secondary roles in films, including ''
And So It Goes
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'' and ''
Tracers'', before her breakthrough performance as Ernestine, the head house slave of the Macon plantation, in the
WGN America
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period drama series ''
Underground
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Underground may also refer to:
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* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
* The Underground ...
'' in 2016.
The series was canceled after two seasons in 2017. She later guest starred on ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and had a recurring role on the final season of ''
Major Crimes'' as Special Agent Jazzma Fey.
During the
2017–18 season, Vann was cast as attorney Tegan Price on the ABC legal drama ''
How to Get Away with Murder
''How to Get Away with Murder'' is an American legal thriller television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2014, and concluded on May 14, 2020. The series was created by Peter Nowalk, and produced by Shonda Rhimes and ABC Studios. T ...
''. Originally a recurring role, Vann was promoted to series regular for
season five and
season six.
In early 2018, Vann went to star on the ABC drama pilot ''The Holmes Sisters'' produced by
Regina King
Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, ''Time'' magazine named her one ...
and
Robin Roberts.
Vann also has a recurring role on the
USA Network
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limited series ''
Unsolved: The Murder of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.'' as an FBI agent assigned to the multi-agency taskforce assigned to the
Christopher Wallace murder investigation.
In 2019, Vann was cast as corporate lobbyist Parker Campbell in season four of the
OWN drama ''
Queen Sugar
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Monarchy
* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom
** List of queens regnant
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...
''. Vann also appeared as Shondae Smith, a supporting role in the 2019 film ''
Miss Virginia
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''.
In 2020, Vann was cast as Zani in the
CBS All Access
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drama ''
Star Trek: Picard''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
See also
*
List of Puerto Ricans
References
External links
*
Amirah Vannon
Instagram
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Living people
American film actresses
American television actresses
Fordham University alumni
Far Rockaway High School alumni
People from Queens, New York
American people of Puerto Rican descent
African-American actresses
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
1980 births