Mariann Aalda
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ContemporAger: Actress | Humorist | TEDx Talker AARP Age Disruptor | Age Anarchist for WOCU.org ๐๐ธ๐ MISSION ๐๐ธ๐ โฌ๏ธ Change the narrative in the storytelling about getting older that we see in TV & Film. โฌ๏ธ Eliminate the negative self-talk about getting older in the stories that we tell OURSELVES. ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ โผ๏ธCURRENTLY: Prosecuting AGEISM with... ๐IG CAMPAIGN @SayYourAge_LoudAndProud ๐PODCAST: โโCause Iโm Old & Got Shit to Sayโ ๐ TEDx TALK: โAgeism Is a Bully...Stand Up to It!โ ๐ AARP STUDIOS: Profile as an Age Disruptor. ๐STANDUP: Wherever they book me. & ๐ ๐ญ SOLO SHOW ๐ญ๐ โGETTINโ OLD IS A BITCH...BUT IโM GONNA WRESTLE THAT BITCH TO THE GROUND!โ โ ๐ฅ(SOLD OUT in NY, LA, Chicago & NOLA...and broke a 30-year box office record at the 2019 National Black Theatre Fest/Winston-Salem, NC) ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ ๐บ TRAILBLAZER: One of the first Black soap opera heroines...in the 1980โs award-winning role of attorney DiDi Bannister on ABC's EDGE OF NIGHT. ๐บ๐ฅ ADDITIONAL TV/FILM HIGHLIGHTS: Thanks to cable & syndication, you can probably see me on TV any day of the week guest-starring on a plethora of classic 90โs sitcoms...including series regular & recurring roles. NOTABLY as Redd Foxx & Della Reeseโs daughter on THE ROYAL FAMILY (CBS) and rapper Kidโs clueless mom in the urban cult film, CLASS ACT. (WB) NOTORIOUSLY as OJ Simpsonโs wife on FIRST & 10 (HBO) & Meshach Taylorโs yuppie-from-hell girlfriend, Lita Ford, on DESIGNING WOMEN (CBS) AND starring as Adult Sex-Ed Evangelist & Mojo Motivator, โDr. Ginger,โ in the improv comedy web series TALK TO ME, GINGER! with T-Murph, Calvin Evans and Kristen Lundberg @ TalkToMeGinger.com. CURRENTLY: Starring in GUMBO (ALLBLK), BEN & TONY (Sitcom Pilot) & Recurring as Violet Givens on THE BAY (Peacock). Full list on IMDB ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ โ๏ธ CLUB FOUNDER: AGEING SHAMELESSLY ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ WEBSITE: AgeingShamelessly.com ๐ REPRESENTATION: BAM Management Kacie Newport, Mgr. (213) 442-8014