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LONETTE MCKEE, Executive Producer/ Director/
Screenwriter/ Music-lyric Composer
Lonette
McKee's Feature film credits include; Sparkle, Cuba, Which
Way is Up and Brewster's Millions -
both opposite Richard Pryor; The
Cotton Club and Gardens of Stone for Francis
Coppola; Lift, for which she
earned a Black Reel nomination.
Other films include Honey, Men of
Honor with Robert DeNiro and Cuba
Gooding Jr., Round Midnight for
lengendary French filmmaker Bertrand Tavenier, Jungle
Fever, Malcom X, He Got Game and She
Hate Me for Spike Lee. Television
mini series and films include; Women of Brewser
Place, for which she received an NAACP nomination, Having
Our Say, Queen with Halle
Berry, To Dance with Olivia, For
Love of Olivia, both opposite Louis
Gossett Jr. for CBS television
network and Blind Faith for
the Showtime Cable Network.
Lonette also received an NAACP nomination
for her appearences on the long-running CBS soap
opera As The World Turns.
Other
nominations include; The Tony nomination
for best actress in a musical on Broadway for her
portrayal of the tragic mulatto, 'Julie',
in the Houston Grand Opera's
production of the epic musical Showboat,
becoming the first African American actress to
play the coveted role in the United States.
She
later reprised the role on Broadway for the great
theatrical director Hal Prince.
Playing to sold-out audiences, Lonette won critical
praise and a Drama Desk nomination
for her heartbreaking portrayal of Billie
Holiday in her one-woman drama with music, Lady
Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.
Recently,
Lonette did a recurring role on the NBC hit
drama 'Third Watch'. She was recognized
in People Magazine's 'Fifty
Most Beautiful' issue. She studied film directing
at The New School in New York. She
teaches a master acting workshop at Centenary
College in New Jersey, where she serves
as an adjunct professor in the theater arts department.
Lonette is currently producing her feature film 'Dream
Street', which
she wrote and will direct.
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