Shanice williams the wiz biography
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Shanice Williams
American actress and singer (born 1996)
Shanice Williams (born July 9, 1996), also known as Shanice Shantay, is an American actress and singer. She is known for her performance as the outspoken Johnnie Mae in The Six Triple Eight.
Early life and education
[edit]She grew up in Rahway, New Jersey. Her mother, Andrea Holmes, is a postal worker; and her father, Shelton Williams, is a security guard. Her cousin, Willis Williams, is an independent professional wrestler known as Ali Shabazz.[1] She attended Rahway High School, where she performed as part of her school's drama program.[2]
Williams studied briefly at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, but began her singing career in her grandfather's choir.[3]
Career
[edit]Her first major break was playing the role of Dorothy in The Wiz Live!, a televised program based on the 1975 Tony award-winning, Broadway theatrical production, The Wiz: The Super
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Shanice Williams
Years active
2015–present
Shanice Williams also known as Shanice Shantay (July 9, 1996) is an actress from Rahway, New Jersey who portrayed the role of Dorothy Gale in The expert Live! on December 3, 2015.
Biography[]
In school, she was in many performances, like Pippin and West Side Story, at a local theater. When they did The Wiz, she portrayed Addapearle The Good Witch of the North. She was afraid at the time to portray the role of Dorothy.
When auditioning for The Wiz Live, Shanice Williams sang "Home" for the producers and director. She was ultimately chosen for Dorothy out of 600 young girls who auditioned. The producers say they chose her due to the softness of her eyes and her effortlessness of her singing won her the part. It was her first professional audition.
Shanice Williams earned a Critics' Choice Awards nomination for Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television for her performance as Dorothy, but lost to Kirsten ni