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About
Playwright, poet and actress known for co-writing and starring in the 2019 film Premature. The film premiered at Sundance 2019. Her first play, STEW, ran in February 2020 at Walkerspace in New York. The play was a finalist for Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2021.
Before Fame
At 13, she was the youngest poet ever to win the Urban Word NYC Grand Slam finals. She performed with the spoken word group The Strivers Row. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University.
Trivia
She received a writing credit for the 2022 film On the Come Up. She acted in multiple short films. She was in a 2009 short television documentary titled Bi-Racial Hair.
Family Life
Her parents are named Julie Butler and Claude Howard.
Associated With
Her costars in Premature included Imani Lewis, Carter Redwood and Joshua Boone.
