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Drew Sidora
Birth nameDrew Sidora Jordan
Born (1985-05-01) May 1, 1985 (age 39)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)Singer, Actress
Years active1995–present

Drew Sidora Jordan (born May 1, 1985), better known by her stage name Drew Sidora, is an American actress and singer known for her recurring role as Chantel in the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven, also as Lucy Avila in the 2006 movie Step Up and starred as Tionne Watkins in the VH1 TLC biographical film CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story. She is also known for portraying a fictionalized version of herself on the BET comedy-drama television series The Game.

Career

Acting

Sidora was born in Chicago, Illinois. She completed numerous industrial films and was the youngest member of the "Hook Players Theater Ensemble" in Hollywood, California, with residence at the Richard Pryor Theater.[1] At age 9, she appeared in the Fox TV movie Divas, acting alongside Khalil Kain, Lisa Nicole Carson, and Nicole Ari Parker.

Besides her roles in That's So Raven and Step Up 1, "Blessed & Cursed", Sidora has also guest starred in Girlfriends in 2006,as a High School Girl Group recruiter in which Lynn auditioned for. , Without a Trace, The Game, and What I Like About You. She has also appeared in the feature films White Chicks and Never Die Alone. Sidora made a cameo appearance in GLC's single "Honor Me."

In 2011, Sidora introduced the character Cynthia Walker in the GMC gospel play She's Not My Sister. The success of that film led to a limited-run TV Series, She’s Still Not Our Sister, which began airing in June. In 2013, she was cast as Tionne Watkins, the lead singer of the girl group TLC, in the biopic based on the group that aired on VH1. Sidora is currently starring as Genesis Genny Winters in the 2014 BounceTV original, One Love.[2]

Music

Drew SIdora featured on the Step Up (Original Soundtrack) with a song entitled "Til The Dawn" in 2006. The following year she featured on the Three Can Play That Game soundtrack with a song entitled "Three Can Play".[3] In December 2008, Sidora signed a record deal with Slip-n-Slide Records. In 2010, the first single from the album, titled "Juke It", was released. She played the lover of Trey Songz in his video for "Last Time" off the album Trey Day. She also appears in Yung Berg's "Sexy Lady" video as his girlfriend.

Discography

Albums

Album Information
TBA
  • Release: 2016 (U.S.)
  • Label: Y. F.M. YUNG Fly Movement
  • Peak U.S. Billboard: N/A
  • U.S. sales: N/A
  • RIAA certification: N/A
  • Singles:

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Never Die Alone Ella
White Chicks Shaunice
2006 Step Up Lucille "Lucy" Avila
2007 Wild Hogs Haley Davis
Motives 2 Rene
2008 Never Back Down Tiffany
Farmhouse Rebecca
Jury Of Our Peers Vanessa
B-Girl Righteous
17 Again Cameron
Frankenhood Tammy
Killing Of Wendy Tyler
2010 Blessed and Cursed Patrice
Mother's Day Aaliyah
2011 She's Not Our Sister Cynthia Walker
2013 CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins
2014 Hope For Love Clarice
2015 Sister Code Lavae
Hindsight Paige
2017 Sleepless Tasha Griffin

References

  1. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/person/drew-sidora?filter-options=movies
  2. ^ http://blog.vh1.com/2013-10-16/crazysexycool-drew-sidora-interview/
  3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046193/soundtrack
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