Senait Ashenafi
Senait Ashenafi | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1966 |
| Nationality | Ethiopian |
| Alma mater | Florida State University |
| Occupation | actress |
| Parent | Ashenafi Kebede [1] |
Senait Ashenafi (born March 10, 1966 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian-born actress in the United States who played Keesha Ward in General Hospital from 1994 to 1998. She has also worked as a dancer, singer, and model. She is the daughter of the Ethiopian composer and ethnomusicologist Ashenafi Kebede [1] and the sister of Nina Ashenafi Richardson, a judge in Florida.
Senait attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, where her father was a professor, and graduated with a degree in Drama in 1988. She went on to be a guest star on shows such as A Different World, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Mad About You.
Upon leaving the role of Keesha Ward on General Hospital in 1998, Senait went on to star in the movie, Honeybee, in 2001.
References
- ^ a b Kimberlin, Cynthia Tse, "The Scholarship and Art of Ashenafi Kebede (1938-1998)", Ethnomusicology, Vol. 43, No 2 (Spring-Summer, 1999), pp 322-334.