Biography

Samiyah Swann is a Bahamian actress based in Los Angeles. She went to college in upstate New York. In between semesters, she made ends meet by working as a shark feeder. After graduation, Swann relocated to Los Angeles where she trained with Gloria Gifford. Swann immersed herself in the theater with the GGC Theatre Company. Most notably Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors"(Winner Valley Theatre Awards), "Antony and Cleopatra" (Winner NAACP Theatre Awards), and "Much Ado About Nothing" (Winner NAACP Theatre Awards). Samiyah has also performed in the American contemporary works including For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, Stephen Adly Guirgis' "The Motherfucker With the Hat", Joyce Carol Oates' "I Stand Before You Naked", and Tina Howe's "The Art of Dining"
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