Anna Diop

Anna Diop

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Life Story

Anna Diop is a Senegalese-American actress.

Diop was born in Senegal, but moved to United States when she was six. In 2006, she made her television debut, appearing on Everybody Hates Chris. In the following years, she guest starred on Lincoln Heights, Whitney, and Touch. In film, Diop had a role opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Moment (2013). In 2015, Diop starred as Rose Arvale in the short-lived The CW supernatural drama series, The Messengers. Later that year, she appeared in the ABC thriller series Quantico and was cast in a recurring role on the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. In 2016, Diop was cast as a series regular in the Fox series 24: Legacy opposite Corey Hawkins and Miranda Otto. In 2017, Diop was cast as the alien super-heroine Kory Anders / Starfire in the DC Universe superhero series Titans, which premiered in October 2018.

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She is the first actress to play the DC Comics character Starfire in a live-action production.
She was born in Senegal and moved to the United States at the age of six.
She grew up in Houston, Texas.
She enjoys Muay Thai and Kickboxing.
She learned to speak English from watching Three's Company.
She made her acting debut in 2006 playing the recurring role Diedra on Everybody Hates Chris.
Born in Senegal, she moved to the United States at the age of six.
In 24: Legacy, she starred opposite Corey Hawkins and Miranda Otto.
Senegal-born American actress who made a name for herself playing Rose Arvale in The Messengers and Nicole Carter in 24: Legacy. She would also go on to join the cast of the 2018 comic adaptation series Titans.
In 2013, she made her feature film debut in The Moment. She would go on to appear in more films like Message from the King and The Keeping Hours.
She has a younger brother named Kareem.
She moved to Los Angeles at the age of seventeen.
She works with the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness and is particularly keen to support their work in maintaining libraries in Kenya for blind children. Another organization she supports is Hippo Life, a non-profit organization aims to encourage art in inner city schools.

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