From young beginnings in the Boston Children's opera, Ayanna has spent the majority of her life on stage or in a rehearsal room. While studying at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, she was a central member in the Alleycats, as well as the Mermaids and Just So Societies, winning awards for her solo performances as well as working as a back-up singer and going on tour with jazz artists in Scotland and the UK.
After graduating with an award for creativity on her dissertation- exploring social change through the transformative power of experienced art- Ayanna joined the original cast of Gobsmacked! The A cappella Show, with whom she had her West-End debut on West-End Live in Trafalgar Square, as well as her BBC debuts on national television and radios.
Following a tour to Hong Kong and a run of performances on the South Bank in London, Ayanna trained at Drama Centre London, where she received her MA in Acting for stage, television, and radio. Through this course she received training at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow, studying the Vakhtangov method among living legends in the field. After 8.5 years in the UK, she is based in London, with home bases in Boston, Krakow, and NYC. She loves and has a passion for all theatrical work from comedic sketches and improv, to MT and straight acting for stage, TV, film, and radio.
Additionally Ayanna writes for stage and screen, as well as poetry and short stories.
