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Tanya Wright

Actor

Tanya Patrice Wright is an American entrepreneur, actress and author, known for her starring on Buddies as Phyllis Brooks, as well as her recurring roles on 24 as Patty Brooks, NYPD Blue as Officer Maya Anderson, on True Blood as Deputy Kenya Jones, and as Crystal on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black. Wright's first audition landed her first job as Theo's girlfriend on The Cosby Show when she was a teenager.

Filmography

2018
My Christmas Inn · as Ellis
2017
I'm Dying Up Here (TV Series) · as Nurse
2014
Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Dana Cook
2013
The Carrie Diaries (TV Series) · as actor
2013
Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) · as Crystal Burset
2012
Why Stop Now? · as Lisa
2009
The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Liana Depaul
2008
True Blood (TV Series) · as Kenya
2006
Standoff (TV Series) · as Diana Marsh
2001
The Brothers · as LaMuzindah
2001
24 (TV Series) · as Patty Brooks
2000
The District (TV Series) · as Annette Haywood
2000
Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Lily's Mother
1999
Mutiny · as Unknown
1998
Mama Flora's Family (TV Series) · as Ernestine
1997
Police Academy: The Series (TV Series) · as Cassandra Cunningham
1996
The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) · as Casey Coles
1996
Moesha (TV Series) · as Andrea
1995
The Wayans Bros. (TV Series) · as Toya
1994
ER (TV Series) · as Megan Strand
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Officer Maya Anderson
1993
Living Single (TV Series) · as Tanya
1990
Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) · as Assistant
1990
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV Series) · as Girlfriend
1989
Family Matters (TV Series) · as India
1984
The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Tanya

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