Sheena Colette is an American actress.

Early life

Colette grew up in

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and graduated from

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. She made her acting debut on stage as a child in several theatrical productions, ultimately landing her in ongoing studies at various New York acting schools such as

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Career

Colette appeared in LoCash Cowboy's music video "Here Comes Summer" directed by Brian Lazzaro of Stroudavarious Records, Thalía's " Ten Paciencia" directed by Emilio Estefan, and Alejandra Tejada's "Indomable". On screen she is noted as having the perfect three: "performance, ability to take direction and look". In 2011 she was interviewed by Industry magazine for being a reputable actor native to New York. In 2012, Colette kicked off the season three premiere of A&E's '' The Glades'', and appeared in the

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horror flick ''

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'' as Sadie Jenkins. In 2013, Colette played Angela, a cancer-stricken woman in ''One Last Time'', directed by Dhimitri Ismailaj. ''One Last Time'' was selected for screening at the

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, and Cinesogni Festival in Ravenna, and several other festival outlets worldwide. In 2014, Colette joined the cast of ''

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'' alongside Jon Heder, Thomas Ian Nicholas, David Henrie and Arthur L. Bernstein. In 2015, Colette landed the role of Jeanine Markham playing a scientist attempting to disprove the existence of God. She received critical acclaim, and was awarded the 2016 Best Actress Award from the

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. In 2018, Colette landed the role to play a breast cancer survivor named Willow Adair in the Ziad Hamzeh film ''Willow'', a story based on the novel Walk Beside Me by Christine Handy.

Modeling career

Colette was photographed by famed photographer Philip Lorca DiCorcia in W Magazines "A Perfect World" which was noted by the New York Times as making NYC appear "one-dimensional and depopulated".

Filmography

References

External links

* *https://web.archive.org/web/20111112095542/http://www.vangardegirls.com/2011/01/meet-star-introducing-sheena-colette.html
INDUSTRY JAN/FEB 2011 by Industry Magazine
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