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Amirah Vann

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Amirah Vann
A tale of forbidden love and family drama unravels 40 years of secrets and lies against a soundtrack of juke joint blues in the Deep South.
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Amirah Vann (pronounced van-not vawn)

Amirah Vann is an Afro-Latina actress from Far Rockaway, NY best known for her role as Tegan Price in ABC's How To Get Away With Murder. A new medical drama for Fox, DOC, has announced Amirah as a series regular in the role of neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Gina Walker.

Born to a Puerto Rican mother and African-American father, Amirah grew up speaking both English and Spanish. Growing up in New York, she fell in love with the arts and went on to receive a BFA in Acting from Fordham University and her MFA from the NYU Tisch graduate acting program.

Most recently she was seen starring as Diahann Carroll in Shirley. As well as in Tyler Perry's A Jazzman's Blues where Vann's soulful singing voice, and nuanced performance as Hattie Mae earned her critical praise from The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and TIME, among others. Amirah is also known for her roles in The Changeling, Underground, Queen Sugar, unsolved, Star Trek: Picard, Tracers, Miss Virginia, and as the voice of Sevika in Netflix's Emmy-winning action-adventure animated series Arcane, among many others.

Stage credits include numerous regional theatre performances by playwrights Christopher Durang, Katori Hall, Dominique Morisseau, Shakespeare among others.

Among her accolades, Vann is a NAACP Image Award Nominee, recipient of the Princess Grace Award in Acting, Best Actor by the UJAMAA Black Theater, and The ARTS Musical Theater Award.
BornJune 24, 1980
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    Christopher Meloni, Aldis Hodge, Jurnee Smollett, Aisha Hinds, Jessica De Gouw, Amirah Vann, and Alano Miller in Underground (2016)
    Underground
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Ernestine
    A Jazzman's Blues (2022)
    A Jazzman's Blues
    6.8
    • Hattie Mae
    • 2022
    Taylor Lautner in Tracers (2015)
    Tracers
    5.6
    • Angie
    • 2015
    Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton in And So It Goes (2014)
    And So It Goes
    5.9
    • Rashida
    • 2014

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    Actress



    • Molly Parker in Doc (2025)
      Doc
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Dr. Gina Walker
      • 2025
    • Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell in Arcane (2021)
      Arcane
      9.0
      TV Series
      • Sevika
      • Apothecary (voice)
      • 2021–2024
    • Regina King in Shirley (2024)
      Shirley
      6.2
      • Diahann Caroll
      • 2024
    • LaKeith Stanfield in The Changeling (2023)
      The Changeling
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Kim Valentine
      • 2023
    • Queen Sugar (2016)
      Queen Sugar
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Parker Campbell
      • 2019–2022
    • A Jazzman's Blues (2022)
      A Jazzman's Blues
      6.8
      • Hattie Mae
      • 2022
    • Michael Weatherly in The Necklace (2016)
      Bull
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Paula Lamont
      • 2022
    • Kiefer Sutherland and Boyd Holbrook in The Fugitive (2020)
      The Fugitive
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • FBI Agent
      • 2020
    • Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
      How to Get Away with Murder
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Tegan Price
      • 2017–2020
    • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, and Ed Speleers in Star Trek: Picard (2020)
      Star Trek: Picard
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Zani
      • 2020
    • Miss Virginia (2019)
      Miss Virginia
      7.2
      • Shondae Smith
      • 2019
    • The Finest (2018)
      The Finest
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • Ella
      • 2018
    • Tupac Shakur, James J. Zito III, Marcc Rose, and Wavyy Jonez in Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. (2018)
      Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Justine Simon
      • 2018
    • Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Jon Tenney, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)
      Major Crimes
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Special Agent Jazzma Fey
      • 2017
    • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Michelle Morrison
      • 2017

    Producer



    • Off Limits (2021)
      Off Limits
      7.3
      Short
      • associate producer
      • 2021

    Soundtrack



    • A Jazzman's Blues (2022)
      A Jazzman's Blues
      6.8
      • performer: "If You See My Rooster", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Make Me a Pallet (On Your Floor)", "That's All Right", "Rocks in My Bed"
      • 2022

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    Underground 208 "Auld Acquaintance"
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      • 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
    • Born
      • June 24, 1980
      • Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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        Gladys Rosario

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      Her father is African-American and Mother is Puerto-Rican.

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