Malaya Drew

Malaya Drew
Born	Malaya Rivera Drew Washington, D.C., United States
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	David Kline

Malaya Drew (born as Malaya Rivera Drew;) is an American stage, film and television actress. Drew is best known for her role as Adele Channing on the cable television series The L Word (2008) and for her role as Katey Alvaro on NBC's long-running ER (2006–2007). She has had recurring roles on Entourage (2005) and Las Vegas (2006–2007).

Drew was born in Washington, D.C.. She has two brothers and her parents are both lawyers. She attended Middlebury College where she studied English Literature and Spanish. After graduating college, she moved to London and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She left school a term early when she was cast in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's The Distance From Here directed by David Leveaux at the Almeida Theatre (2002).

She has appeared on television shows including Law and Order: SVU as Suzy Fleckner (2003) and CSI: Miami (2004). On CSI she played a character who was originally named Colleen Mitchell but after the producers cast Drew, they changed the character's name to Colleen Mendoza, to reflect Drew's mixed heritage. She also played Angelica Sandoval on The Inside, with Peter Coyote and Rachel Nichols, for the Fox network, but the series was never aired.

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