Taja V. Simpson

Taja V. Simpson is an actress, director, and author from Louisiana who grew up in Lake Charles, where there were no programs to train young performers. After studying mass communication and broadcast journalism at McNeese State University, she moved to Houston, took acting workshops, and won three awards for her performances there. Her first breakout role was Adele on The Bold & The Beautiful, a recurring part she played for over two years. She went on to appear on shows such as Grey's Anatomy, The Soul Man, and Lethal Weapon. She was widely known for playing the fun and sassy wife opposite Tyler Perry in Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017), and she appeared as Priscilla Owen in Tyler Perry's The Oval. Simpson also directed more than 40 productions, among them short films, music videos, and stage plays, and wrote a book on acting, Cracking The Acting Code.