Abiola Abrams
| Abiola Abrams | |
|---|---|
| Born | Abiola Wednesday Abrams 1976 (age 36–37) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | author, filmmaker, TV personality |
| Known for | Television talking head, books, blogging, Video blogging |
| Website | |
| www.abiolatv.com | |
Abiola Abrams (born July 29, 1976) is an American TV host, internet personality, art filmmaker, and author.[1][2] She is the author of Dare, a love story retelling of Faust set in the hip hop world and creator of a lifestyle blog and web video series at AbiolaTV.com.
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Television [edit]
Abiola Abrams is currently a BBC Entertainment Correspondent and former host of The Best Shorts,[1] Black Entertainment Television's (BET) indie film showcase and competition.[2]
Abiola also appears on My Two Cents, a panel-style show also on her network's Centric, formerly BET J.
She has hosted or co-hosted such shows as the syndicated The Source: All Access, Source Magazine's hip hop show, and Chat Zone, an HBO interstitial talk show billed as Politically Incorrect for the MTV set, and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of The 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
In Spring 2009, she was featured as the overly selective "Miss Picky," an advice columnist and one of the eight single women seeking love on VH1's reality television show Tough Love.
In Spring 2011 she starred as a Dating Empowerment Coach helping a geeky teenager find love and become a Ladies Man on MTV's reality television show Made.
In addition she has guest starred on TV series such as Law & Order and soap opera All My Children and appears as a pop culture talking head on networks such as FOX.
Film [edit]
Her mini-films, documentaries, and plays have been shown and performed in galleries, festivals, theaters, and museums throughout the US, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Writing [edit]
Dare (ISBN 1-4165-4166-7, ISBN 978-1-4165-4166-0), Abiola Abrams' debut novel, was published by Simon and Schuster on December 11, 2007.[1]
Her writing is featured in playwright/activist Eve Ensler's current anthology A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer (ISBN 978-0-345-49791-8) alongside such writers as Maya Angelou, Edward Albee, Alice Walker, and Edwidge Danticat.
In addition, essays by Abiola Abrams will be featured in the upcoming anthologies Behind the Bedroom Door, edited by Paula Derrow, and Dirty Words: An Encyclopedia of Sex, edited by Ellen Sussman. Abiola Abrams is the founder of The Goddess Factory, a fun, inspirational movement to motivate and empower primarily women, but also people of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. In addition to her personal blog she writes for several publications and websites.
Personal [edit]
She is a first generation Guyanese-American who was raised in New York City. Abrams earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College.[3]
Abrams is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Abrams was a featured speaker at Alycia Kaback's NYC Women's Empowerment Summit.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "Abiola Abrams Biography". Simon & Schuster.
- ^ a b "The Biography". AbiolaAbrams.com.
- ^ Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. International Membership Directory. 2004. p. 2.
- ^ Iglesias, Tracy. "NYC Women's Empowerment Summit 2011 Recap!". Ascending Butterfly. Tracy Iglesias. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
External links [edit]
- Abiola Abrams' Blog
- Official Site
- Abiola Abrams at the Internet Movie Database
- Simon & Schuster Page
- Eve Ensler Anthology
- Official BlackPlanet Page
- Dare Book Review
- Abiola hosts African American Literary Awards AALBC
- WireImage
- Largehearted Boy Article
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sarah Lawrence College alumni
- American television personalities
- VJs (media personalities)
- American television talk show hosts
- American television reporters and correspondents
- African-American television actors
- American women novelists
- African-American novelists
- American romantic fiction writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- African-American film directors
- American female film directors
- American film directors
- 21st-century women writers
- Chick lit writers
- Caribbean women writers
- American bloggers
- American essayists
- African-American television personalities
- African-American television actresses
- American television actresses
