1. Mekia Cox is known for her role as Princess Tiana in the ABC fantasy drama Once Upon a Time and for her role as Detective Nyla Harper in the ABC police drama The Rookie.
18 Facts About Mekia Cox
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Mekia Cox continued to train in the performing arts in high school and college.
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In 1989, Mekia Cox was invited to participate in the Disney's Magic Kingdom Christmas Spectacular.
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Mekia Cox was a 1999 graduate of Dr Phillips High School where she was enrolled in the Visual and Performing Arts magnet program for vocal performance.
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Mekia Cox earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Florida State University in 2003 after being accepted to their Musical Theater program.
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Mekia Cox appeared in the romantic comedy-drama Crazy, Stupid, Love.
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Mekia Cox was one of only two women selected for the 11-member dance group from a field of over 500 for the This Is It concert series.
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Mekia Cox was one of the featured dancers in the documentary film Michael Jackson's This Is It.
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Mekia Cox can be seen dancing with Jackson during the rehearsal of "The Way You Make Me Feel".
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Mekia Cox appears in the fourth episode of season three.
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Mekia Cox appeared in all first-season episodes of the short-lived NBC spy drama Undercovers.
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Mekia Cox played Lizzy Gilliam, who is the sister of the female lead and who is unaware of her family's involvement in Central Intelligence Agency activities.
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Originally, Jessica Parker Kennedy was cast in the role, but Mekia Cox replaced her in June 2010 before the first episode of the first season was aired in September 2010.
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Mekia Cox says that Lizzy's character, which spends much of her onscreen time running the family catering business, embodied much of her own true character and described the character as follows: "Lizzy's a good character; very light-hearted, very fun loving, she's got a good heart and an interesting past and she's trying to deal with it".
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In 2016, Mekia Cox appeared in the Modern Family episode "The Cover-Up".
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Mekia Cox played Tiana, known as Sabine under the curse in Hyperion Heights in the seventh and final season of Once Upon a Time.
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Mekia Cox announced her pregnancy with their second child in January 2022; it was written into her role as Detective Nyla Harper on The Rookie.
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On May 18,2022, Mekia Cox posted a photo of her second daughter on Instagram, giving the baby's date of birth as May 13,2022.