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Ayanna Berkshire


Ayanna Berkshire is an American actress, originally from the remote San Juan Islands in Washington State. Ayanna was just three years old when she began performing on stage as a dancer and young actress. It was her love of theater and French film in particular, which led her to move to Paris alone when she was 18 years old... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2013 Jeremiah's Treasure
Cindy Mathas
 
2012 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Surgeon #1
Remember the Time (2012) … Surgeon #1
 
2012 Awake (TV series)
Staff Nurse
That's Not My Penguin (2012) … Staff Nurse
 
2011 Grimm (TV series)
Dr. Rose
Bears Will Be Bears (2011) … Dr. Rose
Pilot (2011) … Dr. Rose
 
2011 Bucksville
Dr. Athena White
 
2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV series)
Helpful Woman
The Divorce (2011) … Helpful Woman
 
2011 Going to the Chapel (short)
Gemma
 
2010 Extraordinary Measures
Wendy Temple
 
2010 When Wellness Sucks (video short)
Paige
 
2009 Leverage (TV series)
Sarah Pennington
The Three Days of the Hunter Job (2009) … Sarah Pennington
 
2008/I Twilight
Cora
 
2008 Wendy and Lucy
Pound Employee
 
2006 Punk Love
Officer Lawson's Girl
 
2005 Say Uncle
Mother #2
 
2005 The Heater
Jill Lenard
 
2005 Thumbsucker
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
 
2004 The Dust Factory
Hope (as Ayanna Berkshire-Cruse)
 
2003 The Hunted
Bus Stop Mom (uncredited)
 
2003 The Skin Horse
Detective Goodman
 
2000 Men of Honor
Jazz Club Dancer (uncredited)
 

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Ayanna Berkshire Reel  -- Contains the following clips:
LEVERAGE: "Three Days of the Hunter Job"(Mark Roskins, TNT)
GRIMM: Pilot/ "Bears will be bears" (Marc Buckland/Norberto Barba, NBC)
EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES (Tom Vaughan, CBS Films) 
TWILIGHT (Catherine Hardwicke, Summit Entertainment) 
Please view more film and television clips at www.ayannaberkshire.com. Wendy and Lucy -- Clip: Work The Dust Factory -- The Dust Factory is an adventure about the love and friendship between two teenagers who help each other through a difficult time in their lives.
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Personal Details


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Alternate Names:

Ayanna Berkshire-Cruse

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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Trivia:

Ayanna beat out a close friend for the role of Cora in "Twilight". The role was originally written as a love interest for Bella's dad, Police chief Charlie Swan (Played by Billy Burke). See more »

Nickname:

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