Emayatzy Corinealdi

Corinealdi was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky, the daughter of Rosemarie Hilton and Edward Corinealdi. Her father is a Panamanian, while her mother is an African-American from Ohio. As a member of a military family, she was raised between Germany and the U.S. states of Ohio, Kansas, and New Jersey. She studied in New Jersey at the Actor\'s Training Studio, then at the William Esper Studio in New York City, then at Playhouse West.\n', '

In her early career, Corinealdi co-starred in a number of independent and short films, had the recurring role on the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless, and appeared in the Hallmark television film, The Nanny Express (2008). In 2012, she made her feature film debut as the lead in the drama Middle of Nowhere. Corinealdi won the 14th Annual American Black Film Festival Star Project, an international acting competition for emerging multicultural…