Emayatzy Corinealdi Biography

Fast Facts

• Grew up in a military family, which led her to live in Germany, Ohio, New Jersey and Kansas in her youth
• Was a member of the track team and drama club during high school
• Planned on becoming a litigator before deciding she wanted to become a professional actor
• Studied at the Actor's Training Studio in New Jersey and the William Esper Studio in New York
• Drove across the U
• S
• to move to Los Angeles with only $2,000 to pursue her acting career
• Studied at Playhouse West in Hollywood upon moving to California
• In 2010, won the American Black Film Festival Star Project
• Won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Breakthrough Actor in 2012 and was nominated for the 2013 NAACP Image Award for Actress in a Motion Picture for her role as Ruby in Ava DuVernay's film Middle of Nowhere
• Appeared in Miu Miu's short film The Door alongside Gabrielle Union and Alfre Woodard as part of the fashion short-film series Women's Tales