Ameenah Kaplan
Ameenah Kaplan (born June 17, 1974 Denver, Colorado) is an American actress, musician and choreographer.
Life and career
Ameenah hails from both Atlanta, where she graduated from Avondale High School for the Performing Arts, and from New York, where she attended Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and trained in their experimental theater wing. She has played numerous TV and legitimate theater roles, and sees herself first as an actor.
She has been a drummer since age 12 and was a member of the original American cast of STOMP. She is the west coast drum coach for Blue Man Group. She has played drums and/or percussion with Ty Taylor of Vintage Trouble, Adam Lambert, Alisan Porter, Macy Gray, Rihanna, Taylor Hicks, Lisa Haley and the Zydecats, Drake, Leslie Odom Jr., Scarlett Cherry, and the Twinz. She has performed on Oprah, Conan O’Brien, The Academy Awards, the AMA’s, the Grammy’s, and the Tonight Show. Her current bands are : Sin City (hip-hop) and KULA (rock).
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Broken Silence (film) | Ashaela | |
1999 | Flushed | ||
2006 | The Masked Champion IV | Darla | |
2009 | The Zodiac Show : Metamorphosis | herself | documentary |
2009 | Lulu : The R&B Guru | a shopper | |
2012 | The American Failure | ||
2014 | Love Thy Nature | herself | documentary |
2014 | Apocalypse According to Doris | Serena | |
2015 | Traffic School : The Musical | Roberta |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | herself | Episode : 26x05 |
2000 | 18 Wheels of Justice | Olivia | Episode : 01x18 |
2002 | Strong Medicine | Patsy | Episodes : 02x21 & 02x22 |
2004 | Cold Case | Leticia Castillo | Episode : 01x15 |
2004 | Veronica Mars | Loretta Cancun | Episode : 01x20 |
2007 | Hannah Montana | Mom | Episode : 01x25 |
2009 | Medium | Nurse | Episode : 06x23 |
2009 | Heroes | Agent Palidan | Episode : 04x09 |
2011 | Harry's Law | Forewoman | Episode : pilot |
2011 | Mr. Sunshine | Angie | Episode : 01x04 |
2011 | Law & Order: LA | SID Tech | Episode : 01x16 |
2011 | Grey's Anatomy | Makena | Episodes : 07x20 & 09x12 |
2011 | The Office (U.S.) | Val | Episodes : Season 08 (ep:3-6-12-13-14-16-24); Season 9 (ep:10-14-23) |
Choreography
Year | Show |
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2008 | Prove It On Me |
2009 | Oedipus The King, Mama! |
2009 | Frosty the Snow Manilow |
2009 | Altar Boyz |
2010 | The Ballad of Emmett Till |
2010 | The Women of Brewster Place |
2010 | CHiPs the Musical |
2010 | A Wither's Tale |
2011 | Camino Real |
2011 | BASH'd! A Gay Rap Opera |
2012 | In the Red and Brown Water |
2014 | Facing Our Truth: The Trayvon Martin Plays |
2014 | Raditatical |
References
http://www.tvweb.com/people/ameenah-kaplan/credits ; http://www.tv.com/people/ameenah-kaplan ; http://bunkernmedia.se/people/71873-ameenah-kaplan ; http://www.imdb.com.br/filmosearch?sort=year&explore=title_type&role=nm0438188&ref_=nm_ql_flmg_1 ; http://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/321740-ameenah-kaplan ;