Lorraine Toussaint – Biography, Facts and Life Story

Nick name	Lorraine
gender	female
age	64 years old (2024)
date of birth	April 4, 1960
full name	Lorraine Toussaint
Profession	actor, producer
Country of Citizenship	Trinidad, United States
place of birth	Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
religion	Christianity
Published on	August 14, 2022 02:51 pm
zodiac signs	Aries

Lorraine Toussaint is a Trinidadian-American actress and producer from Trinidad and Tobago. In the late 1960s, her mother brought her to live in Brooklyn. In 1978, she graduated from Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Juilliard School.

Toussaint grew up under the British system, which she found very strict and scary for children. A system that does not recognize children as individuals.

In an interview, the actor said: “You are little animals who have earned the right to be human. To me, childhood felt incredibly helpless, and as an artistic kid who learned in a different way, it was hell.” I was beaten a lot. An obedient child was a scared child. I was a very well-behaved little girl, which meant I lived in a silent, dark nightmare world.”

Profession

Lorraine Toussaint then began her career as a Shakespearean theater actor before branching out into screen acting for television and film. She began her career in theater before appearing in films including Breaking In (1986), Breaking In (1989), Hudson Hawk (1991) and Dangerous Minds (1995) .

As a leading actress, she is best known for her role as Rene Jackson in the critically acclaimed television series Any Day Now (1998-2002). From 1990 to 2003, she had a recurring role as defense attorney Shambala Green on the legal drama Law & Order.

Lorraine Toussaint received critical acclaim and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in Dazed and Confused. She played the role of the main antagonist in the second season of the Netflix series Orange is the New Black (2014). For the show, she received critical acclaim and won the 2015 Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2020, she won the Clotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress for the feature film “Fast Color”. Toussaint then starred as Amelia Boynton Robinson in Ava DuVernay’s 2014 historical drama Selma.

She subsequently co-starred in Forever (2014-15), Redwoods (2015-17) and Into the Badlands (2018-19). She played Louise in the 2019 horror film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

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Lorraine Toussaint Education

School: Juilliard High School for the Performing Arts

Lorraine Toussaint’s acting career

Occupation: Actor, producer

Net worth: Approximately $2 million

family and relatives

Mother: Janet Bean

Marital status: Married

Number of children: 1

Daughter: Samara Zane

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Who is Lorraine Toussaint?

Lorraine Toussaint is a Trinidadian-American actress and producer born on April 4, 1960 in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.

How old is Lorraine Toussaint?

Lorraine Toussaint’s age is 64 years old as of May 2024.

How tall is Lorraine Toussaint?

Lorraine Toussaint is 5 feet 8 inches (1.75 m) tall.

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