1. Shondrella Dupre Avery is an American actress, model and comedian.
14 Facts About Shondrella Avery
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Shondrella Avery has created a one-woman show titled "Ain't I Enough," based on her experiences growing up with her enormous family, which has aired on HBO.
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Shondrella Avery graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and studied for her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University, Los Angeles.
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Shondrella Avery began her career as a comic, performing as a member of the improvisational comedy groups The Groundlings in Los Angeles, and The Second City in Chicago.
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From 2002 until 2005, Shondrella Avery had a recurring role as Candy Taylor on the situation comedy One on One and later became a cast member on the spinoff Cuts, playing the same role.
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In movies, Shondrella Avery played internet girlfriend "LaFawnduh Lucas-Dynamite" in the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite.
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At the time of being cast, Shondrella Avery was working as a contracts executive at the Hilton Hotels Corporation in Beverly Hills.
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Shondrella Avery subsequently had supporting roles in the films Trippin' and Domino.
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Shondrella Avery appeared in Deja Vu with Denzel Washington, in which she was directed by Tony Scott for the second time.
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In 2012, Shondrella Avery appeared in End of Watch, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena.
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Shondrella Avery has been seen at many of Macy Gray's concerts.
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Shondrella Avery helped celebrate the win when she made an appearance on the Mo'Nique show in 2010.
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Shondrella Avery is a children's advocate, mentoring kids at "A Place Called Home" in South Central.
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Shondrella Avery gives time at Los Angeles children's charity Penny Lane and is a sitting board member of the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California; her mother has the disease, and two of her siblings died of it.