Wright, Tanya

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Wright, Tanya

PERSONAL

Education: Attended Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

Addresses:

Agent—Schiowitz, Connor, Ankrum, and Wolf, 1680 Vine Street, Suite 1016, Los Angeles, CA 90028.

Career:

Actress.

Member:

Los Angeles Mission.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Joanne, Professor Poopsnaggle (also known as L Autobus volant du professeur Poopsnagle, El ProfesorPoopsnagle y el secreto de las salamandras de oro, and Professor Poopsnaggle's Steam Zeppelin), 1986.

Phyllis Brooks, Buddies, 1996.

Patty Brooks, 24, 2001-2002.

Marcy, The Handler, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Tanya, "The Card Game," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1986.

Tanya Simpson, "Man Talk," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1986.

Girlfriend, "Boy Meets Girl," Parker Lewis Can't Lose (also known as Parker Lewis), 1991.

Assistant, "Intervention," Beverly Hills, 90210, 1994.

Jodie, Under Suspicion, CBS, 1994.

Scrub nurse, Burke's Law, CBS, 1994.

Tanya, "If the Crew Fits," Living Single, 1995.

India, "We're Going to Disney World: Part 2," Family Matters, ABC, 1995.

Toya, "The Odd Couples," The Wayan Bros., 1996.

Casey Coles, "Burned Twice by the Same Flame," The Jamie Foxx Show, 1996.

Cassandra Cunningham, Police Academy: The Series, syndicated, 1997.

Andrea, "Good Vibrations?," Moesha, 1999.

Andrea, "Fired Up," Moesha, 1999.

Laura Clayson, "Imperfect Victims," The District, 2000.

Annette Haywood, "Running Towards Fire," The District, 2001.

Officer Maya Anderson, a recurring role, NYPD Blue, ABC, 2002.

"Touched by an Idol," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2004.

Windfall, NBC, 2005.

Megan Strand, "Sea Change," ER, NBC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ernestine, Mama Flora's Family, 1998.

Mutiny, 1999.

Film Appearances:

LaMuzindah, The Brothers, Sony, 2001.

Dr. Reynolds, Ralph & Stanley, 2005.

Angels Can't Help But Laugh, Cenergy, 2007.

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