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N'Bushe Wright (born September 20 1970 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American film and television actress. A native of New York City, she is the daughter of jazzman Suleiman-Marim Wright, her father, and a psychologist with the New York City Board of Education, her mother.

Education

The Manhattan High School of Performing Arts, New York, New York, 1987
Martha Graham School of Dance, New York, New York
Stella Adler Conservatory, New York, New York
The Alvin Ailey School, New York, New York
Stella Adler's studio

Career

Within a year of attending Stella Adler's Studio, Wright was starring in Anthony Drazan's Zebrahead
(1992). That year, she won 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 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 Dead Presidents
(1995). Wright has made guest appearance in several television series, such as New York Undercover, Homicide: Life on the Street and Third Watch.

Filmography

Restraining Order — Carla (2006)
God's Forgotten House — Ebony (2005)
A Talent for Trouble — Marissa Montez (2005)
He Say... She Say... But What Does GOD Say? — Alexandra Knight (2004)
Platinum (TV Series) — Maxine 'Max' Colt (2003)
MVP — Nia (2003)
Widows (TV mini-series) — Bella (2002)
Civil Brand — Nikki Barnes (2002)
3 Strikes — Juanita (2000)
Blade
— Dr. Karen Jenson (1998)
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground, segment "The Red Shoes"(TV) (1997)
Squeeze — Juliana (1997)
Close to Danger (TV) — Detective Maggie Sinclair (1997)
His and Hers — Selena (1997)
A Woman Like That (1997)
Johns — Christmas Junkie (1996)
Dead Presidents
— Delilah Benson (1995)
Fresh
— Nichole (1994)
Zebrahead
— Nikki (1992)

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