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Dance Center and the Martha Graham School of Dance. She is known mainly for her role as Dr. Karen Jenson in the 1998 feature film ''

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''.

Career

Within a year of attending Stella Adler's Studio, Wright was starring in

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's '' Zebrahead'' (1992). She received positive reviews for her moving portrayal of the drug-addicted older sister of the title protagonist in

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'' (1994). The following year, Wright played an idealistic member of the Black Panther Party in the

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' feature film ''

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'' (1995). Wright played Dr. Karen Jenson in ''

'' (1998). In 1992, Wright played the recurring role of Claudia, a black civil rights activist fighting for equal opportunities in education in the acclaimed but short-lived NBC television drama ''

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''. She has made guest appearances on several other television series, including ''

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'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Wright also recorded a public service announcement for Deejay Ra's Hip-Hop Literacy campaign.

Personal life

Wright attended the Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts. A native of

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, Wright's mother was a psychologist with the New York City Board of Education, who died in 2009 after 40+ years of marriage to Wright's father, jazz musician Stanley Wright a.k.a. Suleiman-Marim Wright, who was murdered in 2011.

Filmography

Film and TV Movies

Television

References

External links

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