Shoniqua Shandai

Biography

Shoniqua Shandai is an American actress who grew up in Richmond, Virginia after being born in New York City, and trained at Los Angeles City College and the Playhouse West Acting School. She landed one of her earliest lead roles in a feature with Bodied (2017), a battle rap comedy drama produced by Eminem. Her other screen work includes a single scene in The Back-up Plan, the lead in the short Zola Jumps In, and Gina Claymore in the horror movie Violence of the Mind, which won a drama prize at the San Antonio Q Fest. She is best known as Angie Wilson in the sitcom Harlem, appearing with Meagan Good, Jerrie Johnson and Grace Byers, a part that brought a best supporting actress nomination at the NAACP Image Awards.

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 3 years2015 to 2018

Every film, newest first

2018Miss ArizonaIMDb rating 5.6
2017BodiedIMDb rating 7.0
2015I'll See You in My DreamsIMDb rating 6.7

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Early training
Shandai earned her degree from Los Angeles City College, and she also studied acting at the Playhouse West Acting School.
First role
Shandai's first appearances on screen included a one off scene in the film The Back-up Plan, which starred Jennifer Lopez.
First role
Shandai's part as Devine Wright in Bodied, a battle rap movie produced by Eminem, was among the first lead roles she had in a full length film.
Getting ready for a role
Shandai and the rest of the cast of Harlem visited different Jazz clubs in the Harlem area. She said the experience showed that the stereotype that all New Yorkers are mean was not true.