Aleisha LaNaé Allen is an American

United States

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 actress.

Early life

Aleisha Allen was born on April 28, 1991 in Bronx, New York City, she went to school along with her other siblings. She went to Sacred Heart School in the Bronx as a child.

Career

Since the age of four, she has been active in television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 and print as a model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

. At the age of five, she took on the recurring role of "Side Table Drawer" on the children's television series Blue's Clues

Blue's Clues

Blue's Clues is an American children's television show airing on the Nickelodeon family of channels. The show premiered on September 8, 1996 and airs on Nick Jr. and other channels, although production of new episodes ceased by 2006. Versions of the show have been produced in other countries,...

(credited as LaNaé Allen). She was also a regular on Disney's

Disney Channel

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 television show Out of the Box.

She has appeared alongside Jack Black

Jack Black (actor)

Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black is an American comedian, actor and musician. He makes up one half of the comedy and satirical rock duo Tenacious D. The group has two albums as well as a television series and a film. His acting career is extensive, starring primarily as bumbling, cocky, but internally...

 in School of Rock

School of Rock

School of Rock, also called The School of Rock, is a 2003 American musical comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Mike White, and starring Jack Black...

(2003). Allen played "Alicia", one of the children in the class and a musician in the band. In 2005, she played "Lindsey" in Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet? is a 2005 American family comedy film which was produced by Revolution Studios and was distributed by Columbia Pictures, directed by Brian Levant...

starring Ice Cube

Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...

 and also in its 2007 sequel, Are We Done Yet?

Are We Done Yet?

Are We Done Yet? is a 2007 family comedy film starring Ice Cube. The film is both a remake of the classic Cary Grant comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and a sequel to 2005's comedy Are We There Yet? The film was directed by Steve Carr from a screenplay by Hank Nelken...

. In 2010, Allen guest starred in PBS remade show The Electric Company

The Electric Company

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.

Allen attended the Professional Performing Arts School

Professional Performing Arts School

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 in Manhattan

Manhattan

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, New York with her classmates Karina Pasian

Karina Pasian

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, Mark Indelicato

Mark Indelicato

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, Gregory Malek-Jones

Gregory Malek-Jones

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 and Taylor Momsen

Taylor Momsen

Taylor Michel Momsen is an American actress, musician and model who portrays the character of Jenny Humphrey on the CW television series Gossip Girl and portrayed the role of Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and fronts the rock band The Pretty Reckless.-Early life and career:Taylor...

, NY and is a communication sciences & disorders major enrolled at Pace University

Pace University

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. She is also a public speaker for events. She speaks at schools and recently The Father Daughter Dance http://www.proudpoppa.net/section7_events.php, sponsored by Proud Poppa Magazine http://www.proudpoppa.net/index.php and Real Dads Network http://www.realdadsnetwork.com/.

Movies

• The Best Man
  The Best Man (1999 film)
  The Best Man is a 1999 romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. It was produced by Spike Lee's production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks. The film stars Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Sanaa Lathan, and is considered to be a male-centered answer to...
  
  (1999)
• Elmo's Magic Cookbook (2001)
• School of Rock
  School of Rock
  School of Rock, also called The School of Rock, is a 2003 American musical comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Mike White, and starring Jack Black...
  
  (2003)
• Are We There Yet?
  Are We There Yet?
  Are We There Yet? is a 2005 American family comedy film which was produced by Revolution Studios and was distributed by Columbia Pictures, directed by Brian Levant...
  
  (2005) Lindsey Kingston
• Are We Done Yet?
  Are We Done Yet?
  Are We Done Yet? is a 2007 family comedy film starring Ice Cube. The film is both a remake of the classic Cary Grant comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and a sequel to 2005's comedy Are We There Yet? The film was directed by Steve Carr from a screenplay by Hank Nelken...
  
  (2007) Lindsey Kingston
• Like That! (2009)

Television

• Blue's Clues
  Blue's Clues
  Blue's Clues is an American children's television show airing on the Nickelodeon family of channels. The show premiered on September 8, 1996 and airs on Nick Jr. and other channels, although production of new episodes ceased by 2006. Versions of the show have been produced in other countries,...
  
  (1996)
• Out of the Box (1998)
• Jarian Mitchell (2000–2006)
• The Electric Company
  The Electric Company (2009 TV series)
  The Electric Company is an American children's educational series for young children aged 4–8 on PBS, derived from the 1971 series. The series premiered as a four-episode mini-marathon on PBS on January 19, 2009, then became a weekly series with an episode shown each Friday. On September 7, 2009,...
  
  (2010)

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