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Wainwright in 2019, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Alisha Ena Wainwright
Place of Birth: Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 14, 1989
Ethnicity: * father – Haitian * mother – Jamaican
Alisha Wainwright is an American actress. Her roles include the films Just Before I Go , Death of a Telemarketer , Palmer , There’s Something Wrong with the Children , and Bird in Hand ; the series General Hospital , Disney Star Darlings , Shadowhunters , Raising Dion , and Platonic ; and the video game NBA 2K17 .
A picture of her father can be seen here . A picture of her mother can be seen here .
She has said :
My mother is Jamaican and my father is Haitian, so growing up I spent a lot of my very early years going back and forth between both countries. I remember Jamaica being full of fresh fruit and family and greenery and positivity… My first meaningful memories of traveling to Haiti are from when I was a little older—like five or six. That was the first time I saw what impoverishment looked like, and how different someone’s life could be from my own—someone who’s right outside my front door.
My mother is Jamaican and my father is Haitian, so growing up I spent a lot of my very early years going back and forth between both countries. I remember Jamaica being full of fresh fruit and family and greenery and positivity… My first meaningful memories of traveling to Haiti are from when I was a little older—like five or six. That was the first time I saw what impoverishment looked like, and how different someone’s life could be from my own—someone who’s right outside my front door.