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The consummate triple threat, Mekia Cox burst on the scene when she was cast as the vivacious DJ Sasha, on The CW's hit series "90210". From there, the Florida State University graduate was able to work with other industry icons including J.J. Abrams and producer Josh Reims when she was a series regular on NBC's "Undercovers," as well as with three-time Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont in TNT's "Mob City". Most recently she starred in three primetime shows: TV Land's "Impastor", ABC's "Secrets and Lies" the NBC hit drama "Chicago Med." Now, Mekia has recently joined the cast of the ABC's fan favorite "Once Upon A Time" for it's seventh season as series regular, Princess Tiana, the beloved character from the popular Disney animated feature "The Princess and The Frog."
Mekia Cox was born on November 18, 1981 in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Island, but moved to Orlando, Florida at age 7. With early career credits including "One Tree Hill", "CSI:NY", "Half & Half" and "Bones," she proceeded to be cast in award-winning television series such as "Modern Family", "Grey's Anatomy", "Gotham", "Key & Peele", "Almost Human", "Leverage", "Common Law", "Necessary Roughness", and "The Mentalist", just to name a few. Additionally, she has taken her talents to the big screen when she appeared in "Battlefield America" and alongside Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling in the romantic comedy "Crazy, Stupid, Love". Mekia's talents far exceed what has been captured on screen. With a Bachelor of Music Degree in Musical Theatre and two national Broadway tours under her belt ("Fame" and "Smoke Joe's Café"), she is sharing her passion for the stage with world. Alongside her own production company, 42 Seven Productions, she and her team produce, host and perform at "Broadway at the W," a stage show that highlights the best performances in Broadway with appearances from some of the top names in entertainment. The showcases take place at the prestigious W Hotel in Hollywood as well as New York City's W in Times Square and the W City Center in downtown Chicago. Mekia has been dazzling audiences since the age of two when she performed her first solo song and dance. It was then that she knew her purpose in life was to entertain and she is proving to the world that this is just the beginning.- Actress
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Raised in a strict, Russian Orthodox Christian single-parent family in the tiny town of Barron, Wisconsin, Anne McDaniels hails her mother and grandparents as her biggest role models. Good grades, high scores in Voice, classical piano, French horn and sports, along with a strong work ethic were always expected. This lent a wonderful base for morals and discipline, which Anne always appreciates.
Anne graduated from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Business with a double major in Marketing & International Business, in addition to two study abroad programs in France. Following graduation, she landed a great job with a Fortune 100 Company, which gave her solid business experience. During that time, she became an NFL Cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings (yes, she's from Green Bay Packer country!), and rediscovered her love of performing and working with charities.
Landing a big modeling job in New York City, she resigned from a high-paying corporate job and relocated to Manhattan's Soho District where she worked as a model and professional dancer for several years while taking acting classes. She has had the honor of gracing many magazine covers and booking campaigns from shoes and swimsuits to evening gowns and hair products. Her jobs have also taken her on international excursions, which are among her favorite. Although she claims she has "New York blood in her veins," a feature film booking forced her to move to Los Angeles, and she lives and works in Hollywood. Two clocks in her kitchen portray LA time and NYC time, so she can consistently work on being bi-coastal. She loves the challenge of having to alter her personality in business and work on either coast. A casting director in LA once told her that she "sounded too much like a producer, and not like an actress." Thus, when in LA keep it softer and go ahead and let it fly in New York!! Those are the types of challenges she loves, among tacking roles/gigs out of her comfort zone and doing anything she can to help others.- Actress
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Jasmin St. Claire shot to fame as "America's Most Controversial Sex Symbol" after appearing in the top-selling adult films of the late 1990s. She created an outlaw rock star image that at times scandalized the adult industry. Her acerbic humor and willingness to mock her own porn stardom made her one of the highest rated guests on Howard Stern's radio show and related broadcasts for E! Entertainment. St. Claire's first mainstream appearances were in significant comic roles in Communication Breakdown and in National Lampoon Dorm Daze 2. More recently, while studying in Bill O'Leary's Acting Workshop, St. Claire has turned to dramatic roles in thrillers like Angel of Reckoning and the talked about sci-fi drama Trial Run. St. Claire is often cast in ethnically ambiguous roles, or as Italian or Middle Eastern, but she identifies as a Latina due to her mixed Northern European and Brazilian ancestry.
St. Claire's background is almost entirely at odds with her early adult-film career. She was born Rhea De Vlugt in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Her father, from Holland, operated a food distribution company. Her mother was a U.S.-educated lawyer, originally from Brazil. St. Claire grew up on Manhattan's Upper west side and attended the Lycee Francais and McBurney School, whose alumni include Henry Winkler and J.D. Salinger. St. Claire graduated from Brooklyn Friends School at age 16, with honors for her work in the pioneering "Art without Walls" tutoring program for inner city youth. Upon graduation from Columbia University, St, Claire became a financial consultant at S. G. Warburg (then, a division of Swiss Bank.). But while in a physically abusive relationship with a prominent Manhattan lawyer (whom St. Claire later outed in an interview with Howard Stern), she began a secret life as a topless dancer at Manhattan's infamous KitKat Club, then at Flashdancers.
St. Claire entered the adult industry on a dare. Invited on the Jerry Springer Show for a scripted role as antagonistic stripper, St. Claire invented her larger-than-life "Jasmin St. Claire" persona. St. Claire's flare for theater and controversy marked her ascent in the adult film world. She polarized the industry by calling porn films "by and large, disgusting and brainless." But she quickly dethroned Jenna Jameson as America's top-selling porn star, and became the first Latina to surpass traditional blond porn star archetypes when her films achieved number one sales position in 1998. She was inducted in AVN's "Hall of Fame" as one of the greatest porn stars of all time. St. Claire was among the first adult performers to be merchandised as an action figure and to star in an adult comic book series. At the height of her porn stardom, St. Claire was the subject of critical essays by David Foster Wallace and Evan Wright. She also served as inspiration for Chuck Palahniuk's novel Snuff, in which she appears as a character. For all the controversy she engendered, St. Claire only spent three years in the adult business and made just over two dozen films. In 1999, she retired. She never made an adult film again, though compilations of old footage re-released under new titles continued to be sold through the 2000s. St. Claire pushed herself to new extremes by becoming a pro-wrestler. In 1998 the Dudley Boyz invited her to appear in the ECW's Living Dangerously pay-per-view event. St. Claire subsequently trained under Sue Sexton and Mando Guerrero, then worked with wrestling legend Jimmy Lawler in the Memphis Championship and in the XWF and NWA-TNA. St. Claire often played the role of "manager," who would enter the ring and fight alongside wrestlers. In real life, St. Claire created the upstart federation 3PW becoming the first female owner ever to operate and promote a wrestling league, five years before Stephanie McMahon took the reigns of the WWE. St. Claire closed the doors to 3PW in 2005. St. Claire became a heavy-metal journalist and on-air personality with the launch of the Metals Darkside series in 2004, which she also produced. Her interest in heavy metal stretches back to the first Black Sabbath show she attended at Madison Square Garden when she was nine. In 1998 she became the first female to emcee March Metal Meltdown in New Jersey, helping to introduce Sepultura to a North American audience. Through the mid-2000s St. Claire served as a veejay for The Metal Scene TV Show, AOL Noisecreep, Inferno TV and Stay Heavy TV, while writing articles as a contributor to Yahoo News and Guitar Player. She also served as a spokes model for B.C. Rich Guitars, Coffin Case, Krank Amplifiers and licensed her likeness to Guitar Hero for a controller made by Peavey. St. Claire returned to acting 2014 in a series of dramatic roles, portraying an FBI agent in Army of the Damned and hardened street criminal in Grand Auto Theft. Continuing intensive Meisner studies at the Ruskin School, she has recently been cast in significant roles in Daughters of Dolemite, Future Rich Wives Club, Angel of Reckoning and Road to Tereztetto to name a few. She was in season 3 of HBO's award winning series The Deuce & most recently completed filming "3 Days Rising Movie". She was in 2 award winning films"AfterAdderall" and"TrialRun" She has a monthly column in Sportsbikes Inc Magazine as she is an avid motorcycle enthusiast. Jasmin graduated from the Second City Conservatory's prestigious Grad Revue program in Hollywood and also completed the longform program at Upright Citizens Brigade. Jasmin now has a one woman show "A Weird Kind of Fame" and a podcast "Krazy Train With Jasmin St Claire". She spends her time in Paris, Los Angeles and New York. In April 2022, St Claire returned to wrestling for XPW Wrestling.- Originally from the US Virgin Island of St. Croix, actress Selena Anduze is the youngest of three children. She has been a performing artist since age 7. At age 9 she was the youngest performer to win the title of "Miss U.S. Virgin Islands" at the World Modeling Association (WMA) talent awards in New York City. Selena moved to the US as a teenager and performed in numerous regional theaters, while concentrating on an arts and sciences education. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and a Masters/PhD in Health Sciences from Clayton College. She also holds certifications in healing arts and writing. In addition to coaching and career consulting for fellow actors and artists, Selena sits on the Atlanta SAG-AFTRA board and two TV/Film committees as an advocate for diversity both in front of and behind the lens.
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Louize Nissen was born in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Louize is a costume designer, known for The Emigrants (2021), The Nile Hilton Incident (2017) and Before the Frost (2018).- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Tiger Haynes was born on 13 December 1907 in Fredriksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He was an actor, known for The Mosquito Coast (1986), All That Jazz (1979) and Awakenings (1990). He was married to Joy. He died on 15 February 1994 in New York City, New York, USA.- Tim Duncan is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He spent his entire 19-year playing career with the Spurs.
In high school, he played basketball for St. Dunstan's Episcopal. In college, Duncan played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and in his senior year, he earned the John Wooden Award as well as Naismith College Player of the Year.
After graduating from college, Duncan went on to win NBA Rookie of the Year after being selected by San Antonio with the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft. Widely regarded as the greatest power forward of all time while also playing at center for the majority of his career he is considered one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history, he is a five-time NBA champion, a two-time NBA MVP, a three-time NBA Finals MVP, a 15-time NBA All-Star, and the only player to be selected to both the All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams for 13 consecutive seasons.
Duncan was a member of five USA Basketball teams and played in 40 games.
Off the court, Duncan created the Tim Duncan Foundation to raise health awareness and to fund education and youth sports programs. - Composer
- Music Department
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American songwriter and lyricist, best known for "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" (co-written with Sol Marcus and made popular by The Ink Spots). A graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School of Music, Benny began his career in vaudeville and as a composer for local orchestras. He was also trained as a musician on guitar and banjo. Bennie first started his career as a professional songwriter in 1938 under contract to the Chappell Music Company. Though his output was interrupted by army service in World War II, he subsequently teamed up with George David Weiss for a successful decade-long collaboration. During this time, he penned numerous hit songs, including "Surrender", " I'll Never Be Free", "Oh What It Seemed it Be", "Rumors are Flying" and "The Wheel of Fortune". In 1968, he set up his own music publishing company and in 1984 was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His songs have been performed by such illustrious vocalists as Frank Sinatra, Kay Starr, Perry Como, Doris Day and Nina Simone.- Camera and Electrical Department
Justin Ramcharitar-Charles was born on June 14, 1999 in Christiansted, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands. Graduate of Full Sail University; Known for cinematography, photography, editing and short films. Stylistic projects pieces include the power of story telling through vivid color, scenery composition and attention to detail. Founder of Shane Enterprises [2017].- Roy Innis was born on 6 June 1934 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He was married to Doris Funnye. He died on 8 January 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Prince Monolulu was born on 26 October 1881 in St Croix, Danish Virgin Islands. He was an actor, known for The Ken Dodd Show (1959), The Concrete Jungle (1960) and Educated Evans (1936). He was married to Nellie Adkins, Rhoda Carley and Elizabeth Arnold. He died on 14 February 1965 in London, England, UK.
- Raymond Albert Kaalund was born on December 24 1913 in St Croix, Dutch West Indies. At the age of 7 his family came to New York City and at the age of 12 he began learning the art of tap dancing. His tap career began around 1928 at the age of 15 and lasted through the mid 70s on a tour that traveled throughout the United States and Europe called 1000 years of jazz. The tour, which lasted about 8 years, featured the original hoofers, tap greats Buster Brown, Chuck Green, Lon Chaney, Ralph Brown, Jimmy Slide Bernard Manner and Raymond Kaalund along with some great New Orleans jazz musicians.
Raymond appeared in several all black films i.e. Temptation (1935), Sepia Cinderella (1947), in a Louis Jordan musical short called Caldonia (1945) in the 40s. He appeared in the film Tap Happenings in 1969. He performed on the Ed Sullivan and David Frost shows and on 'To tell the truth'. He also played the Apollo theater several times as part of different groups: The Barons, the Three Dukes, which included Buster Brown and Bubba Gains.
He worked with Count Basie, The Duke, the Hines Bros., the Nicolas Bros and traveled with Bob Hope to Newfoundland to perform on a USO show. - Raja Bell was born on 19 September 1976 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He has been married to Cindi Greenman since July 2004. They have two children.
- Midre Cummings was born on 14 October 1971 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Cyril E. King was born on 7 April 1921 in Fredriksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He was married to Agnes Agatha Schuster. He died on 2 January 1978 in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Shera Vanya Griffin was born on 10 September 1985 in Fredriksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. She is known for The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014), Welcome to Willits (2016) and Salem (2014).- Horace Clarke was born on 2 June 1938 in Frederiksted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. He died on 5 August 2020 in Laurel, Maryland, USA.
- A native of St. Croix in the (then-Danish) Virgin Islands, Ismay Blakely emigrated to the United States with her parents in 1909, living in New York City. For three years, between 1929 and 1933, she worked as a chorus girl and dancer, working the Theater Owner's Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) circuit throughout the East Coast of the United States. After leaving show business in 1932, she started a thirty-year career as a licensed practical nurse at Lincoln Hospital in Brooklyn, New York.
- Jose Morales was born on 30 December 1944 in Fredriksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Jerry Browne was born on 13 February 1966 in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He is an actor, known for Kill You Twice (1998), Sunday Night Baseball (1990) and 1992 American League Championship Series (1992).
- Joe Christopher was born on 2 February 1935 in Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He was an actor, known for Revenge of the Sock (2011), 1960 World Series (1960) and Kiner's Korner (1964). He was married to Karen Matthe and Ana Solares . He died on 3 October 2023 in Edgewood, Maryland, USA.