Occupation Actress, Dancer Name N'Bushe Wright Parents Stanely Wright | Years active 1992-present | |
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Education Balti School for the Arts Nominations NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Movies Similar Sanaa Lathan, Stephen Norrington, Stephen Dorff | ||
Blade 1998 interview with n bushe wright
N'Bushe Wright (pronounced nuh-BOO-shay; born September 20, 1970) is an American actress and dancer. She is known mainly for her role as Dr. Karen Jenson in the 1998 feature film Blade.
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Career
Within a year of attending Stella Adler's Studio, Wright was starring in Anthony Drazan's Zebrahead (1992). She received positive reviews for her moving portrayal of the drug-addicted older sister of the title protagonist in Boaz Yakin's Fresh (1994). The following year, Wright played an idealistic member of the Black Panther Party in the Hughes Brothers' feature film Dead Presidents (1995). Wright played Dr. Karen Jenson in Blade (1998).
In 1992, Wright played the recurring role of Claudia, a black civil rights activist fighting for equal opportunities in education in the acclaimed but short-lived NBC television drama I'll Fly Away. She has made guest appearances on several other television series, including New York Undercover, Homicide: Life on the Street, Chappelle's Show and Third Watch.
Wright also recorded a public service announcement for Deejay Ra's Hip-Hop Literacy campaign.
Personal life
A native of Brooklyn, she is the daughter of jazz musician Stanley Wright a.k.a. Suleiman-Marim Wright (1949–2011). Her mother is a psychologist with the New York City Board of Education.
