Andy Allo

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Andy Allo

| image = Andy allo 2022 1.jpg

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| caption = Allo in March 2022

| origin = Sacramento, California

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| birth_place = Bamenda, Northwest Region, Cameroon

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|1|13}}

| genre = Funk, soul, neo-soul, rhythm and blues, pop

| occupation = Actress, musician, model, singer-songwriter

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| associated_acts = Prince

| instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano

| website = {{URL|andyallo.com}}

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Andy Allo (born January 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress.{{cite web|title=The Daily Feed with Andy Allo 4.22.11|url=http://www.g4tv.com/videos/52571/the-daily-feed-with-andy-allo-42211/|publisher=G4 TV|accessdate=5 January 2013|date=22 April 2011|archive-date=2 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053106/http://www.g4tv.com/videos/52571/the-daily-feed-with-andy-allo-42211/|url-status=dead}} She released her first of three albums in 2009, and joined Prince's band, The New Power Generation, in 2011. She had a recurring role in three episodes of the comedy-drama series The Game in 2011, followed by a number of other roles, including a supporting role in the 2017 film Pitch Perfect 3 and the lead role of Nora in Amazon Prime's series Upload (2020).

Early life and education

Born in Bamenda, Northwest Region, Cameroon, Allo developed an interest in music at an early age; her mother taught her to play the piano at age seven.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} She also went to PNEU school Bamenda, Cameroon. She is the youngest of five siblings.{{cite web|title=Andy Allo Bio|url=https://www.andyallo.com/about|publisher=www.andyallo.com}} Allo holds dual citizenship in the United States and Cameroon and moved with her sister Suzanne to Sacramento in 2000 at the age of eleven, joining three other siblings.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sactownmag.com/August-September-2012/Foxy-Lady/|title=A profile of singer-songwriter Andy Allo|last=Towne|first=Stephanie|date=August 2012|website=sactownmag.com|publisher=Sactown Magazine|access-date=2016-05-01}} Her Californian-born mother, Sue,{{Cite web|url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950311/A_NEWS/303119991|title=San Joaquin County Deaths/Obituaries - C. Norman Adams|date=March 11, 1995|website=recordnet.com|access-date=2016-05-01|quote=Survivors: wife, Viola Adams of Lodi; children, Christopher Adams and Peggy A. Adams, both of Sacramento, Ted Adams of Galt and Sue G. Allo of Cameroon; and 11 grandchildren.|archive-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214622/http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950311/A_NEWS/303119991|url-status=dead}} was forced to move back after suffering chronic fatigue syndrome.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cocoafly.com/2010/01/you-need-to-know-andy-allo.html|title=Cocoa Fly: You Need To Know.... Andy Allo|last=Darden|first=Jenee|date=January 26, 2010|website=www.cocoafly.com|access-date=2016-05-01}} Her father Andrew Allo is an ecologist.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19790912&id=YBgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6873,1114714&hl=en|title=Business, pleasure, bring African to Lodi|last=Echenique|first=Jeannie|date=September 12, 1979|website=news.google.com|publisher=Lodi News-Sentinel|access-date=2016-05-01}}

Allo's US education began in seventh grade at Arden Middle School in Sacramento, and she graduated in 2006 from El Camino Fundamental High School in Sacramento. Following high school, Allo attended American River College in Sacramento. At that time, Allo formed her own band, Allo and the Traffic Jam, which occasionally performed for tips on the corner of 22nd and J streets in Sacramento.

Career

Allo's first solo gig was an open mic night in 2008 at the Fox & Goose Public House in downtown Sacramento. In 2009, she released her first independent album, UnFresh, a collection of 12 original songs.{{cite web|title=Bounce-Worthy: Andy Allo|url=http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2009/11/bounce-worthy_andy_allo.php|publisher=www.soulbounce.com|accessdate=5 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227030132/http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2009/11/bounce-worthy_andy_allo.php|archive-date=27 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.soultracks.com/review-andy-allo-unfresh|title=Andy Allo - Unfresh (2009) (Review)|date=2009-12-21|newspaper=SoulTracks - Soul Music Biographies, News and Reviews|access-date=2016-10-15}} The album's first single, "Dreamland", features the rapper Blu.{{Cite web|url=http://irockjazz.com/2012/11/introducing-andy-allo/|title=iRock Jazz|website=irockjazz.com|access-date=2016-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502145336/http://irockjazz.com/2012/11/introducing-andy-allo/|archive-date=2 May 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Allo's reputation as a musician led her to a role as a singer and guitarist in American musician Prince's band, the New Power Generation, in 2011.{{cite web|title=Andy Allo Listening Party, Sun, 9/23 @ Chicago House of Blues w/Special Guests New Power Generation Band|url=http://prince.org/msg/5/387406/Andy-Allo-Listening-Party-announced-for-Chicago-Sunday-23rd-September|publisher=Prince.org|accessdate=5 January 2013|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143046/http://prince.org/msg/5/387406/Andy-Allo-Listening-Party-announced-for-Chicago-Sunday-23rd-September|url-status=dead}} She began writing with Prince while on tour,{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1554479/andy-allo-talks-working-with-prince-performs-two-songs|title=Andy Allo Talks Working With Prince, Performs Two Songs|last=Ramirez|first=Erika|date=March 26, 2013|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2016-10-15}} collaborating on three songs, "Superconductor", "The Calm" and "Long Gone", which appear on Allo's album, Superconductor.{{cite web|title=[Interview] Andy Allo: Prince's Protégé Comes into Her Own|date=22 October 2012 |url=http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/interview-andy-allo-008|publisher= Ebony|accessdate= 5 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=Andy Allo on New Album and Working with Prince & The New Power Generation|url=http://lifeandtimes.com/andy-allo-on-new-album-and-working-with-prince-the-new-power-generation|publisher=LifeandTimes.com|accessdate= 5 January 2013|date= 9 November 2012}}

Superconductor was released on 20 November 2012, and the album debuted at number one on Amazon.com's Soul and R&B charts in France, the United Kingdom and the US{{Cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/prince-protege-andy-allo-tops-amazon-charts-with-superconductor-20121122|title=Prince Protégé Andy Allo Tops Amazon Charts with Superconductor|website=www.noise11.com|date=21 November 2012 |access-date=2016-04-21}}{{cite web|title=Andy Allo Tops Amazon Charts with "Superconductor"|url=http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/11/21/andy-allo-tops-amazon-charts-with-superconductor/|publisher=www.drfunkenberry.com|accessdate= 5 January 2013|date=21 November 2012}} The album also features musicians Maceo Parker and Trombone Shorty.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}. She also appeared on three songs on Prince's 2014 album Art Official Age, in "Breakdown", she sings background vocals, and on both "What It Feels Like" and "Time", she sings co-lead vocals. She would appear again on a Prince album in 2015, when he included "Rocknroll Loveaffair" on Hit n Run Phase Two, and it also includes "Xtralovable", which was originally released in 2011 and included a rap verse by Allo, but it was replaced by a horn section in this version.

In October 2014, she released her single "Tongue Tied". Hello was released in April 2015 and was funded through PledgeMusic. In the same year she collaborated with Prince on a covers project titled Oui Can Luv.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/12/prince-interview-paisley-park-studios-minneapolis|title=Prince: 'Transcendence. That's what you want. When that happens – Oh, boy'|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=2015-11-12|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-05-01}}

Allo first appeared on screen in 2011, in three episodes of the comedy-drama series The Game. She has been interviewed on the talk show Attack of the Show!, and performed her music on the talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thevinylbridge.com/music/rbsoul/watch-andy-allo-performs-people-pleaser-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/|title=WATCH: Andy Allo Performs "People Pleaser" On Jimmy Kimmel Live|last=Chanel|first=Paris|date=April 1, 2013|website=www.thevinylbridge.com|access-date=2016-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109121918/http://www.thevinylbridge.com/music/rbsoul/watch-andy-allo-performs-people-pleaser-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/|archive-date=9 January 2018|url-status=dead}}

In 2017, she appeared in the film Pitch Perfect 3 as Serenity, a member of the band called Evermoist, alongside Ruby Rose. Since 2020, she's played the female lead role of Nora in the Amazon Prime TV series Upload.

In March 2023, Allo guest voiced Lyanna Hazard, daughter of Shep Hazard and niece of Phee Genoa, in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.{{Cite web |last=Celestino |first=Mike |date=March 15, 2023 |title=TV Review / Recap: Clone Force 99 Visits Phee Genoa's Peaceful Home Planet in "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" – "Pabu" |url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2023/03/15/tv-review-recap-clone-force-99-visits-phee-genoas-peaceful-home-planet-in-star-wars-the-bad-batch-pabu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315180741/https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2023/03/15/tv-review-recap-clone-force-99-visits-phee-genoas-peaceful-home-planet-in-star-wars-the-bad-batch-pabu/ |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |access-date=March 15, 2023 |website=Laughing Place}}

Discography

= Albums =

UnFresh (2009)
Superconductor (2012)
Hello (2015)
Oui Can Luv (2015)
One Step Closer (2017)

Filmography

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|+Film

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2017

|Pitch Perfect 3

|Serenity

2020

|2 Minutes of Fame

|Taylor

2023

|Assassin

|Mali

2025

|Absolute Dominion

|Post-production[https://deadline.com/2022/04/absolute-dominion-casts-alex-winter-patton-oswalt-more-1235012261/ 'Absolute Dominion': Netflix Martial Arts Pic Casts Désiré Mia, Fabiano Viett, Alex Winter, Patton Oswalt, Julie Ann Emery, More]

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Television

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2018

|Black Lightning

|Zoe B.

|Episode: "The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues"

2019–2021

| Chicago Fire

|Lieutenant Wendy Seager

|Recurring role

2020–Present

|Upload

|Nora Antony

|Main role

2023

|Star Wars: The Bad Batch

|Lyana Hazard (voice)

|Episode: "Pabu"{{cite web |title=The Bad Batch Season 2 Episode 13 Review: Safe Island |url=https://www.leisurebyte.com/the-bad-batch-season-2-episode-13-review/ |website=Leisure Byte |date=15 March 2023 |access-date=15 March 2023}}