De'Adre Aziza

{{Infobox person

| name = De'Adre Imani Aziza

| birthname = De'Adre Danielle Avery

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|06|14}}

| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| yearsactive = 2002–present

| occupation = Actress
Singer

}}

De'Adre Imani Aziza ({{IPAc-en|d|i|ˈ|eɪ|d|r|ə|_|ə|ˈ|z|iː|z|ə}}; born June 14, 1977) is an African-American actress and singer.

Early life and education

Aziza was born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Donna L. Avery, retired part-time assistant professor and textiles specialist at Parsons The New School for Design.{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DO5ucNpsCz8C&q=donna+avery+de%27adre&pg=PA123 |title=Gumbo for the Heart |first=Dianne | last= Andrews |page=123 | via= Google Books |date=2010-08-17 |publisher=Author House |access-date=2016-03-02|isbn=9781452032047 }}{{Cite web|last=Sommers|first=Michael W.|date=2008-05-14|title=Scaling 'the Heights': Musical charmer catches Tonys' eye with 13 nods|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/2008/05/scaling_the_heights_musical_ch.html|access-date=2021-09-21|website=nj|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=de'Adre Aziza|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/6636/deadre-aziza/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Broadway.com|language=en}} She attended the Harlem School of the Arts for eleven years and the Dance Theater of Harlem for four years. She is studied at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Career

She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Passing Strange,{{Cite web|date=2011-03-26|title=Tony Nominees De'Adre Aziza and Jon Michael Hill Are Residents of Hot L Baltimore, Starting March 24 - Playbill.com|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/149112-Tony-Nominees-DeAdre-Aziza-and-Jon-Michael-Hill-Are-Residents-of-Hot-L-Baltimore-Starting-March-24|access-date=2021-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326051822/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/149112-Tony-Nominees-DeAdre-Aziza-and-Jon-Michael-Hill-Are-Residents-of-Hot-L-Baltimore-Starting-March-24|archive-date=2011-03-26}} in which she played "teenage goddess" Edwina Williams, Dutch neo-hippie Marianna, and German revolutionary/filmmaker Sudabey. She appeared again on Broadway in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.{{cite web |url=http://www.deadreaziza.com/ |title=de'Adre aziza |website=Deadreaziza.com |date= |access-date=2016-03-02 |archive-date=2014-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216213012/http://deadreaziza.com/ |url-status=dead }}