Cynthia Addai-Robinson
| Cynthia Addai-Robinson | |
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| Born |
January 12, 1985 London, England |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Tisch School of the Arts (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Known for | Naevia in Spartacus, Amanda Waller in Arrow, Nadine Memphis in Shooter |
Cynthia Addai-Robinson (born January 12, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Naevia in the Starz television series Spartacus and DC Comics character Amanda Waller in The CW TV series Arrow. Since November 2016, she plays the role of Nadine Memphis on the USA Network series Shooter.
Addai-Robinson was born on January 12, 1985, in London; her mother is from Ghana and her father was an American citizen. She moved to the U.S. when she was 4 and was raised by her mother in a suburb of Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD and Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater. In addition, she trained at Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and in dance forms ballet, jazz and tap. She received Special Forces training by Navy Seal and New Zealand Special Air Service personnel during the filming of Spartacus: War of the Damned.
After participating in several various Off-Broadway plays, she got her first role on television in 2002 in an episode of The Education of Max Bickford. In following years, she made small appearances on television shows like Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI: Miami, Numb3rs and Justice. In 2009, she got her first recurring role on the ABC drama, FlashForward playing the character Debbie, a nurse. The same year she appeared in Tina Mabry's independent film Mississippi Damned as Milena.
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