Shondrella Avery
Biography
Shondrella Avery is an American performer who has worked as an actress, model and comedian. Born in Los Angeles and raised in South Central Los Angeles, she trained at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and California State University, Los Angeles. She started in improv comedy with The Groundlings and The Second City, and her first break came in 2001 at a Fourth of July event on Martha's Vineyard. On television, she played Candy Taylor on One on One from 2002 to 2005, continued that role on Cuts, and spent five seasons on Girls Behaving Badly. In film, she appeared as LaFawnduh in Napoleon Dynamite (2004), then had supporting parts in Domino and The Secret Life of Bees (2008), worked with Denzel Washington in Deja Vu (2006), and appeared in End of Watch (2012). She also created the one-woman show Ain't I Enough, which aired on HBO.
55years old
Turns 56 on April 26in 195 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Shondrella Dupre Avery
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 12 years2004 to 2016
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Early training
Avery started out as a comic. She performed with two improvisational comedy groups: The Second City in Chicago and The Groundlings in Los Angeles.
A first
Avery spent five seasons as a cast member on Girls Behaving Badly, which was the first all-female reality and prank television series.
Shondrella Avery movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Shondrella Avery shares two films with America Ferrera, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
America Ferrera's page
Forest Whitaker's page
Val Kilmer's page
Bruce Greenwood's page
Frank Grillo's page
Denzel Washington's page
All films by Tony Scott
All films by David Ayer
All films by Jared Hess
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