Occupation Actress, singer | Years active 2014—present | |
Parents Carvin Winans, Chérie Winans Siblings Juan Winans, Ian Winans, Carvin Winans Jr. Similar Winans family, Merle Dandridge, Lauren German Profiles | ||
Deborah joy winans the master s calling
Deborah Joy Winans is an American actress and singer, and member of the musical Winans family. She is starring as Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf.
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Life and career
Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Carvin and Deborah Kerr Winans. She graduated with BFA from the Wayne State University. She spent a month in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theatre School for additional training, and received MFA in acting from California Institute of the Arts. In 2014, she began her acting career appearing in Fragile World, a small film. Later she was cast as her aunt CeCe Winans in the Lifetime television biographical film Whitney directed by Angela Bassett. Winans later has made her stage debut in the musical Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story.
In 2015, Winans was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. She plays Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee, the youngest daughter in the family, who also Minister of Music. The series also stars Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Kim Hawthorne.
Songs
The Master's Calling2016
Let Love Find a Way2016
Take Me to the Water2016