1. Ella Thomas is an Eritrean American actress, model and producer.
12 Facts About Ella Thomas
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Ella Thomas was born to an Eritrean mother from Asmara and an American Air Force officer, who was stationed in the Province of Eritrea.
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Ella Thomas studied French, while simultaneously continuing Tigrinya and English lessons at home with her mother.
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Around this time, Ella Thomas first developed an appreciation for the performing arts, and began taking part in local school and theater productions.
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Ella Thomas has guest starred as Agent Deborah Meade on CSI: NY and played one of the lead characters, Anna Roberts, in The Storm miniseries on NBC.
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Ella Thomas appeared as the model Viveca on the HBO series Entourage and as P Diddy's fiancee Nadine Alcott on CSI: Miami.
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Ella Thomas starred on the series Parenthood, as well as the ABC's show Castle.
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Ella Thomas had a recurring role on NCIS: Los Angeles as the character Jada Khaled.
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Ella Thomas guest starred in the episode "Skin" of the Karl Urban and Michael Ealy helmed FOX series Almost Human.
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Ella Thomas was seen opposite Zoe Saldana as the author Lorraine Hansberry in the Nina Simone biopic, Nina.
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Ella Thomas completed a recurring arc on season 4 of ABC's Mistresses as well as Antoine Fuqua's series for DirectTV Ice in the role of Lala Agabaria.
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Ella Thomas is active with the Eritrean Youth Community and has served on the board of Eritrean Diaspora Network for two years.