Flo Ankah
Flo Ankah is a French and naturalized American actress, director, and singer residing in New York City. She founded Simple Production in 2006.
Flo Ankah
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- Name
- Flo Ankah
- Birthplace
- Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Born
- 1983 · Bourgoin-Jallieu.
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Flo Ankah is a French and naturalized American actress, director, and singer residing in New York City. She founded Simple Production in 2006.
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Flo Ankah (born 1983) is an actress, choreographer and film director, among other activities, of French nationality. The actress was born in Bourgoin-Jallieu. Languages used include French.
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• Name — Flo Ankah • Birthplace — Bourgoin-Jallieu, France • Citizenship — France and United States • Occupation — * Actor • Singer • Director • Website — FloAnkah.com
Career
Career
• Illustration — Starring in Loving the Silent Tears, at the Shrine Auditorium, LA - Oct 2012
Vocalist
Vocalist
Known in the nightclub scene performing with jazz improvisers, she is the bandleader of the Third Set Collective. Flo stars in the Broadway-style musical Loving the Silent Tears, directed by Vincent Paterson, at the Shrine Auditorium. Her solo show Edith Piaf Alive premiered at Joe's Pub in the Public Theater; other sold out performances include Feinstein's/54 Below and Symphony Space; appearances include the Museum of Modern Art, Bryant Park and the New York Botanical Garden. Her interpretation of "Michelle" was included in The Beatles Complete on Ukulele.
Actress
Actress
Flo Ankah has appeared in film (Listen Up Philip, Then She Found Me) and television (One Life to Live). Featured as a voice artist in feature films (Stillwater, Magic in the Moonlight, My Old Lady, The Limits of Control), numerous television commercials, and is the voice for the French version of Vice News Tonight. Performed for artists such as Mina Nishimura, and Meredith Monk (at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum). Alumna of the Atlantic Acting School, and member of the Academy of Television Arts and Science since 2017.
Works
Works
• Illustration — Winning Best experimental film at the Big Apple Film Festival, 2008 Film Acting • Listen Up Philip - (2014) Brandy, girlfriend to Jonathan Pryce's character. Playwriting • Out of the Box - (2018) 10-mins play, Athena Writes Fellowship Solo Performance • Edith Piaf Alive - (2012) a play about the Little Sparrow, Joe's Pub. • Love is French - (2013) a modern twist to vintage tunes, Miami-Dade County Auditorium. • April in Paris - (2016) a musical tribute to the French spirit, Feinstein's/54 Below. Art House Film • ONE WAY - (2008) Best Experimental Film, 5th Big Apple Film Festival • Waterfront Access? - (2010) Golden Reel Award, Tiburon International Film Festival Publications • When Will Women Lead Storytelling in Hollywood? - Film essay published on the Clyde Fitch Report
Actress Floanne Ankah at the French president's address to the French community in New York during the United Nation week.
Nyfilm, Philippe Schulligen
Flo Ankah starring in musical Loving the Silent Tears
Floanne
Writer-Director
One Way and Waterfront Access? are Flo Ankah's award-winning films. She showed her choreography at Movement Research at the Judson Church, HERE Arts Center, and Dixon Place. Flo Ankah is an Alumna of the Kennedy Center Playwriting intensive.
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- 1.French Actress Official website.
- 2.Third Set – Music Collective.
- 3.Starring in musical Loving the Silent Tears. 15 September 2012.
- 4.Michelle on The Beatles Complete on ukulele. 22 June 2010.
- 5.Time Out NY. Timmy's Idea in Time Out NY.
- 6.La Rocco, Claudia. Timmy's Idea in the New York Times. New York Times. 2009-10-10.
- 7.Kourlas, Gia. Ascension Variations in NYTimes. New York Times. 2009-03-07.
- 8.Athena Writes Fellow 2018.
- 9.Collet-Apraxine, Tatiana. Interview for Edith Piaf Alive at Joe's Pub. New York Theater Review. 2013-03-21.
- 10.Burns Scully, Thomas. Remembering Paris Correctly. 'April in Paris' at Feinstein's/54 Below With Floanne. On Stage. 2016-05-04.
- 11.ONE WAY, a film by Floanne Ankah. 2013-03-21.
- 12.Guest contributor, Women Directors in Hollywood.
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