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Occupation
  
Actress, author

Years active
  
1986–present


Name
  
Tanya Wright

Role
  
Actress

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Movies
  
Butterfly Rising, Why Stop Now

Profiles

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Tanya Wright (born May 3, 1971) is an actress known for her starring on Buddies as Phyllis Brooks, as well as her recurring roles on 24 as Patty Brooks, NYPD Blue as Officer Maya Anderson, on True Blood as Deputy Kenya Jones, and as Crystal on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black. Wright's first audition landed her first job as Theo's girlfriend on The Cosby Show when she was a child.

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Career

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Over the course of her career, Tanya made the decision to start wearing her hair naturally. Tanya wrote a book entitled Butterfly Rising, which was released on August 5, 2012. Tanya is also a screenwriter, having written the screenplay for her book, for which she will also be directing and producing.

Personal life

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Tanya Wright was born in The Bronx. Tanya is an alumna of the Oliver Scholars Program and graduated high school from George School, a private Quaker school. She majored in English at Vassar College.


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References

Tanya Wright Wikipedia