Ordena Stephens-Thompson is a

Jamaican Canadian Jamaican Canadians are Canadian citizens of Jamaican descent or Jamaican-born permanent residents of Canada. The population, according to Canada's 2016 Census, is 309,485. Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire Black Canadian popul ...

actress from

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, Ontario, Canada. Stephens-Thompson is best known for starring in the Canadian television sitcom ''

Da Kink in My Hair ''Da Kink in My Hair'' is a play by Trey Anthony, which debuted at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2001. The play's central character is Novelette, the Caribbean Canadian owner of Letty's, a Toronto hair salon. Novelette is forced to confront her g ...

'' as Novelette "Letty" Campbell. She is sometimes credited as Ordena Stephens. Born in Jamaica, Stephens-Thompson was raised in

Scarborough, Toronto Scarborough (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census 629,941) is a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is situated atop the Scarborough Bluffs in the eastern part of the city. Its borders are Victoria Park Avenue to the west, Steeles Avenue ( ...

area. Stephens-Thompson is also a frequent stage actress in the Toronto theatre scene, including productions of ''Da Kink in My Hair'', ''How Black Mothers Say I Love You'', and ''Other Side of the Game''."New to the game: Amanda Parris's first foray into playwriting, an examination of ride-or-die black women, is passionate but uneven". ''

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'', October 25, 2017.

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* 1970 births Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses Black Canadian actresses Jamaican emigrants to Canada Living people {{Canada-stage-actor-stub