Juliette_Jeffers

Juliette Jeffers

Juliette Jeffers

American actress


Juliette Jeffers is a Caribbean–American actress of St. Kitts and Nevis descent. Jeffers has appeared on several TV shows, films and TV commercials.[1] Jeffers has also appeared in several theatre performances. including Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down where she won the BRIO award for Excellence in Acting.[2]

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Early life

Jeffers was raised in The Bronx, New York. She attended the High School of Performing Arts where she majored in drama. Jeffers received a Bachelor of Arts from Hofstra University in languages. She also studied in Spain and France and speaks fluently in both languages.[3]

Career

Jeffers moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s and guest-starred on several TV shows such as Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Martin, Murder She Wrote and Silk Stalkings. She also appeared on ER and Grey's Anatomy. In film, Jeffers appeared in The Surgeon, starring Malcolm McDowell and more recently played Geoffrey Owens' wife in Play the Game starring Andy Griffith and Doris Roberts. She was nominated alongside John Leguizamo and Colin Quinn for a Drama Desk Award for the Off Broadway performance of her solo show Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down.[4] Jeffers has appeared in over 50 TV commercials.[5][6]

Filmography

Films

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Television

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Theater

  • 2010 – Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down – Solo Show – Stage Left Studio – Off Broadway[8]
  • 2010 – Train to 2010 – Paulina – Crossroads Theatre – New Brunswick, NJ[9]
  • 2008 – Chocolate Match.com – Solo Show – Elephant Theatre Hollywood[10]
  • 2005 – Ah Ha Moments; Butterscotch & Fudge – Isa – Complex Theatre – Hollywood[11]
  • 2002 – What I Did for Love – Journalist – McCadden Place Theater, Hollywood[12]
  • 1995 – Cementville – Lessa – Theatre Geo – Hollywood[13]
  • 1993 – High Hopes and Heavy Sweatshirts – Theatre Geo – Hollywood[14]

Awards and honors

  • 2013 – The Bronx Council on the ArtsBatman and Robin in the Boogie Down – Excellence in Acting – Result – Won[15]
  • 2011 – Drama Desk AwardBatman and Robin in the Boogie Down – Outstanding Solo Performance – Result – Nominated[16]
  • 2006 – NAACP Theatre AwardAh Ha Moments; Butterscotch and Fudge – Best Lead Female –Local – Result – Nominated[17]
  • 2004 – NAACP Theatre Awards – Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down – Best Play – Local – Result – Nominated[17]

Writer

  • 2010 – Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down[18][19]
  • 2008 – Chocolate Match.com[20]
  • 2005 – Ah Ha Moments; Legacy of Love – Complex Theatre Hollywood[21]

References

  1. "Juliette Jeffers – Hollywood". Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  2. "Latest News on Juliette Jeffers". Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  3. "The Commish – season 2". Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  4. "WHAT I DID FOR LOVE – Reviews". August 20, 2002. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  5. "Review: 'Cementville'". Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  6. "MEET THE 2013 BRIO AWARDEES". Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  7. "Juliette Jeffers". Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  8. "Vanessa Williams & Juliette Jeffers Blaze the Stage". May 29, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  9. "Some brilliant Ah-Ha! Moments". Retrieved July 6, 2014.

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