Ptosha Storey

Ptosha Storey is an American actress and stage director, known for her role as Nancy Hallsen in the BET prime time soap opera, The Oval.

Ptosha Storey
Born
Dallas, Texas, U.S
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present

Life and career

Storey was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She later attended Southern Methodist University.[1] She has son, Jordan L. Jones who also works as actor, he starred in the short-lived Fox sitcom Rel.[1]

Storey began acting in 1990s, appearing on television. She had secondary role in the 1996 television film The Road to Galveston starring Cicely Tyson. She guest starred on episodes of Wishbone , Strong Medicine and Numb3rs. She had many roles in theatre, include playing Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun. She worked as assistant director in The Mountaintop, The Color Purple, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, and Ain't Misbehavin'.[2]

In 2016, Storey was cast in a recurring role in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong produced by Tyler Perry. She later had a recurring role in the Fox prime time soap opera Empire.[3] In 2018, Perry cast her in his thriller film Acrimony for playing Taraji P. Henson's character younger sister.[4] The following year, Storey began starring in the BET prime time soap opera, The Oval, also created and produced by Tyler Perry.[5]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Road to Galveston Motel Clerk Television film
1995-1998 Wishbone Ms. Walker Episodes: "Barking at Buddha" and "Frankenbone"
2000 Moesha Woman Episode: "The Candidate"
2005 Strong Medicine Alice Wilburn Episode: "Gunshot Wedding"
2006 Numb3rs Lawyer Episode: "Killer Chat"
2009 In the Closet Vanessa Maxwell
2014 Petals on the Wind Nurse Television film
2015 Beautiful & Twisted Hotel Guest Television film
2015 The Soul Man Gospel Lady Episode: "No Weddings and Ten Funerals"
2015 Key and Peele Gospel Singer Episode: "Severed Head Showcase"
2016-2017 If Loving You Is Wrong Tilda Recurring role, 6 episodes
2017-2018 Empire Chyna Recurring role, 7 episodes
2018 Acrimony Brenda
2019–present The Oval Nancy Hallsen Series regular
2020 The Step Daddy Rochelle
2020 Choices Narrator
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gollark: But with approval voting, you can just support both, and maybe the less popular one could win or do well.
gollark: So if there's a mainstream party you like, and a less mainstream one you like more, you would normally need to chose between getting a less bad person in and getting one you like in.
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gollark: Basically, whoever gets most votes wins, except you can vote for multiple people.

References
  1. "Everything You Want To Know About Ptosha Storey – From The Cast Of Tyler Perry's 'The Oval'". BET.com.
  2. "Ptosha Storey". Stage West Theatre Ft. Worth Texas. August 15, 2018.
  3. Thomas, Michael. "Ptosha Storey Books Role on Empire!".
  4. "'Acrimony' marks silver-screen debut for Dallas actress". Dallas News. March 27, 2018.
  5. Petski, Denise (August 5, 2019). "'The Oval': Tyler Perry's BET White House Drama Sets More Series Regulars".
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