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Floanne Ankah

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Floanne Ankah
  • Birth Name:
    Florence Annequin
  • Date of Birth:
    February 5, 1983
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aquarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère, France
  • Height:
    5' 7"
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Hair Color:
    Brown
  • Eye Color:
    Blue
  • Nationality:
    French

Family

Floanne Ankah
  • Brother:
    Hugo
  • Sister:
    Charlotte

Career

Floanne Ankah

Trivia

Floanne Ankah
  • During her studies, she worked as a personal assistant to award-winning filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg and to author Frances Kazan, organizing the archive of her late husband Elia Kazan.
  • Is producing "Life with Flow", a web channel of non-episodic short films where she portrays various characters.
  • Obtained her green card without a lawyer, in four months, through her work as an actor.
  • Entertainment Partners refused to let her work on the set of the TV series Canterbury's Law even though she was allowed to work in the United States as an actor only.
  • At age 17, she moved to New York to purse her performing endeavors, studying towards certificate programs at the Alvin Ailey school and the Merce Cunningham Studio. She extended her training to theater and opera and found her true calling working in the entertainment industry.
  • At age 13, she moved to Grenoble to study dance and performing arts intensively at "Institut de la Dance et des Arts de l'Isère". She was awarded the grant "Défi-Jeunes" for her photographic exhibitions. She completed her Bac S in Biology early with honors (French scientific baccalaureate, mention Bien).

Biography

Floanne Ankah
Last Updated: Thursday, September 03, 2009

floanne ankahFloanne Ankah was born and raised in France, Floanne has an international look and can embody various nationalities. Her training in dance and voice make her a unique triple treat performer able to portray a wide range of characters. She is proficient with different levels of accents and has recorded numerous voice-overs for international usage.Floanne Ankah holds a degree from the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio and has choreographed for various venues. She is the founder of simple production, a non-profit organization committed to the development of new work that integrates the talent of innovative and "sparkling" artists from various cultures. Her film "One Way" was awarded the price of Best Experimental Film at the 5th Big Apple Film Festival in New York City.

Floanne Ankah has appeared on television (One Life to Live, Rescue Me, Wifey), in film (Then She Found Me, Rachel Getting Married), and in the theater (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Julius Caesar) including at the Public Theater. Her New York training includes Jay Goldenberg and Ruth Nerken at the School for Film and Television, Edward Morehouse at the Herbert Berghof Studio as well as improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade (301 and sketch).Raised on a farm, she has one brother, Hugo, and one sister, Charlotte. At age 13, she moved to Grenoble to study dance and performing arts intensively at "Institut de la Dance et des Arts de l'Isere". She was awarded the grant "Defi-Jeunes" for her photographic exhibitions. She completed her Bac S in Biology with honors at age 17 (French scientific baccalaureate, mention Bien) and decided to pursue her performing endeavors in United States.

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Floanne Ankah

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