Malaya Drew
Malaya Rivera Drew (born February 6, 1978 in Washington, DC ) is an American theater, film, and television actress best known for portraying Adele Channing in the television series The L Word (2008) and for acting of Katey Alvaro in the NBC long-term series ER (2006-2007). She had recurring roles in Entourage (2005) and Las Vegas (2006-2007).
Childhood and youth
Drew was born in Washington, DC . She has two brothers and her parents are lawyers. She attended Middlebury College , where she studied English literature and Spanish. After graduation, she moved to London and attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . She dropped out of school a semester early when she was cast for the world premiere of Neil LaBute's The Distance From Here at the Almeida Theater, directed by David Leveaux (2002).
Career
Drew starred in television series such as Law and Order: SVU (2003) and CSI: Miami (2004). At CSI , she played a character who was originally supposed to be called Colleen Mitchell. After Drew was cast, the character name was changed to Colleen Mendoza, which matched Drew's origins. She played Angelica Sandoval on The Inside , alongside Peter Coyote and Rachel Nichols , but the series never aired.
In 2005 she starred in the HBO series Entourage and from 2006 to 2007 she starred alongside James Lesure , Josh Duhamel and James Caan in the NBC series Las Vegas, in which she played a member of the Montecito Casino team. While she was still working on Las Vegas , she was cast for ER . Here she played in the eleventh and twelfth seasons the role of the new medical student Katey Alvaro, who was training in the emergency room and had an affair with a doctor who was played by Shane West .
In 2008 she played Adele Channing in the fifth season of The L Word . The character was modeled after Eve Harrington, who is played by Bette Davis in All About Eva (1950) . In 2013 she played the witch Jane-Anne Deveraux, who is hailed as a martyr by her witch circle, in the CW series The Originals , which is a spin-off of the CW series The Vampire Diaries .
Private life
Drew is married to screenwriter David Kline. The couple live in Los Angeles .
In the media
In 2008 Drew was voted 19th of the "100 Hottest Girls of Entourage" by Maxim . In 2009 she was voted No. 2 in ER 's "Hottest Doctor's of All Time" .
Filmography
- 2003: Law & Order: New York (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2004: CSI: Miami (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2005: Entourage (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2006: The Inside (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2006–2007: Las Vegas (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2006–2007: Emergency Room (TV series, 11 episodes)
- 2008: The L Word (TV series, 11 episodes)
- 2009: Life (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2010: True Blue (TV movie)
- 2011: American Horror Story (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2013: The Vampire Diaries (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2013: The Glades (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2013: Here Comes the Night
- 2013: The Originals (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014: Girltrash: All Night Long
- 2014: Audrey
- 2014: Married (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2014: Galyntine (TV movie)
- 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Web links
- Malaya Drew in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Malaya Drew Film Reel on YouTube
- Malaya Drew in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article about Malaya Drew at The L-Word: Malaya Rivera Drew
- ↑ Celebrity Photobook page by Malaya Drew ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Malaya Drew's profile at Variety
- ↑ Malaya Drew's theater on Theatricalia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drew, Malaya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drew, Malaya Rivera (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theater, film and television actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |