Toni Hunter

Toni Hunter, a re-emerging actress from Indianapolis, Indiana. Most recently in 2019, Toni Hunter was an episodic feature in Showtime's "The Good Lord Bird". A series about John Brown & Harpers Ferry, filmed in historic Richmond, Virginia. Initially, she was first cast as a burlesque dancer in 1999, featured in the popular HBO series, that explored the traditional dance in a creative production led by the legendary, Toni Alendrini. Toni's professional break came with an episode in season 2 of "The Wire"in 2002, and several day player roles in daytime television's "Guiding Light". Toni followed up with, Spike Lee's, "The 25th Hour". While in New York, she trained with off Broadway Theatre actress, Esther Brandice within the "Actors Advent". In 2004, Toni was featured in MGM's "Soul Plane", starring Kevin Hart. In 2006, Toni garnered network television credits with UPN's "CUTS" co-starring with Marques Houston. You can also find her, starring as Lovely Daniels in, the DVD classic "It Ain't Easy" and her follow up appearance in "A Day in The Life" More notably known within the golden era of the Video Vixen, Toni Hunter appeared in a multitude of music videos from 2000-2009, with such artists as Missy Elliot, P. Diddy, Snoop Dogg, 50 cent, The Dave Mathew's Band, Pharrell, OutKast, & Usher just to name a few. From there, she Co-starred alongside Andre' 3000 on the Grammy-winning album "The Love Below". Also as a thespian, Toni was featured in Jecaryous Johnson's production of "Cheaters" and Carl Anthony Paine's "Irresponsible Behavior" during the 17 city national tour, in 2006.