Iesha Washington
- Actress
Iesha Washington is an American actress and singer, known for Stealing Sunrise 2: Malibu Trail (2017). She was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois and is originally from Harvey, Illinois; a south suburb of Chicago, IL. Washington showed vocal premise as a two year old when her grandmother taught her the Christian hymn 'Jesus Loves Me' as a toddler. She got interested in acting when she was only seven years old after seeing a production of 'The Nutcracker' on a field trip at a professional theater company in Chicago. Growing up she was always very accustomed to musicals. She then realized that she wanted to become a professional actress; and when she was only eight years old she was cast in her first school play. Washington was already accustomed to watching musicals from films; but she knew that it was the songs from Broadway musicals she needed to be attuned with to become a better singer for Broadway. She became mostly involved in the school choir and occasionally doing plays at her elementary school. Her music teacher was the main reason why she became involved in doing theater. She started taking acting more seriously in high school by taking drama classes the beginning of her freshman year and she became a repetitive cast member in her school's drama club during her entire four years of high school. She went to college in 2012 to become a Theatre major and in 2016 she got her Bachelors degree in Theatre .