Nadege August
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Nadege August is an NAACP Theatre Award
nominated actress of Haitian descent.
from the ages of four to fourteen. In 2001, she made her feature film debut in role of Ursula, the French-speaking girlfriend of Clifton Powell
, in The Brothers. Since then she has appeared in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
and the female lead in the award-winning independent film Runt. She also starred in and produced the short film Solus, which was screened at several film festivals. On television, her guest appearances include ER
, The Unit
and Accidentally on Purpose
.
A lifetime member of the famed Actors Studio
, August is also an accomplished stage actress. In 2008, she received an NAACP Theatre Award
nomination for her role of Abbie Putnam in a production of Eugene O'Neill's
Desire Under the Elms
.
NAACP Theatre Awards
The NAACP Theatre Awards is an award presented annually by the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in theatre....
nominated actress of Haitian descent.
Biography
August (also credited as Nadege Auguste) was born in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised in HaitiHaiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
from the ages of four to fourteen. In 2001, she made her feature film debut in role of Ursula, the French-speaking girlfriend of Clifton Powell
Clifton Powell
-Movie career:Powell is known for playing the role of Pinky in the 2000 comedy film, Next Friday and its 2002 sequel, Friday After Next. Powell stars also in the Indie thriller Chain Letter.In 2009 he played "Bowman" in the film Just Another Day...
, in The Brothers. Since then she has appeared in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is the 2004 sequel to 2001's The Princess Diaries.Most of the cast returned from the first film, including Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Héctor Elizondo, and Heather Matarazzo...
and the female lead in the award-winning independent film Runt. She also starred in and produced the short film Solus, which was screened at several film festivals. On television, her guest appearances include ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, The Unit
The Unit
The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real-life U.S. Army special operations unit commonly known as Delta Force...
and Accidentally on Purpose
Accidentally on Purpose (TV series)
Accidentally on Purpose is an American television situation comedy series starring Jenna Elfman. It first aired on CBS during the 2009–10 season. and was produced by the CBS in-house production arm. The show is based on the book of the same name by Mary F...
.
A lifetime member of the famed Actors Studio
Actors Studio
The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street in the Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded October 5, 1947, by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis and Anna Sokolow who provided...
, August is also an accomplished stage actress. In 2008, she received an NAACP Theatre Award
NAACP Theatre Awards
The NAACP Theatre Awards is an award presented annually by the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in theatre....
nomination for her role of Abbie Putnam in a production of Eugene O'Neill's
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish...
Desire Under the Elms
Desire Under the Elms
Desire Under the Elms is a play by Eugene O'Neill, published in 1924, and is now considered an American classic. Along with Mourning Becomes Electra, it represents one of O'Neill's attempts to place plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy in a rural New England setting. It is essentially a...
.
Awards and recognition
- 2008: NAACP Theatre Award nomination, Best Supporting Female - Local, Desire Under the ElmsDesire Under the ElmsDesire Under the Elms is a play by Eugene O'Neill, published in 1924, and is now considered an American classic. Along with Mourning Becomes Electra, it represents one of O'Neill's attempts to place plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy in a rural New England setting. It is essentially a...