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Amirah Vann Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 22, 2026 • 3 min read

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Quick Info

Date of birth24 June 1980

Age44 Years (as of 2024)

BirthplaceQueens, New York, U.S.

ProfessionActor, Singer, Film Producer

NationalityAmerican

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyDaughters - Nyla Oyeku and Zoë Oyeku; Father - Deceased; Elder sister - 1

Amirah Vann Biography

Amirah Charline Vann is an American actor, singer and film producer from Queens, New York. Trained at Fordham University and New York University, she has a

Early life and background
Amirah Charline Vann was born on June 24, 1980, in Queens, New York. Raised in New York City, she completed her undergraduate studies at Fordham University in 2002 and went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts from New York University in 2007. She attended Midwood High School and Far Rockaway High School while growing up in the city.

Vann is Afro-Latina: her father was African-American from Georgia and her mother is Puerto Rican. She is fluent in Spanish. Her father is deceased, and she has at least one older sister.

Career
Vann began her screen acting career with a film credit in Three and a Half Thoughts (2006), in which she appeared as Saidah. Early television appearances include a small role on HBO’s Girls in 2013. Through the 2010s she steadily built a resume of supporting and recurring roles across film and television.

Her breakthrough came in 2016 with the role of Ernestine on the period drama Underground, a WGN America series. That performance raised her profile and earned a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the NAACP Image Awards. After Underground ended in 2017, Vann continued to appear in a mix of guest and recurring television parts.

In 2017 she guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and joined the final season of Major Crimes as Special Agent Jazzma Fey. Between 2017 and 2018 she portrayed attorney Tegan Price on ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder, appearing across the show’s fifth and sixth seasons.

Vann’s television work expanded with appearances on series such as the ABC drama The Holmes Sisters (2018) and the USA Network limited series Unsolved: The Murder of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G., in which she played an FBI agent on the task force investigating the Christopher Wallace case. In 2019 she joined the fourth season of Queen Sugar as Parker Campbell and had a supporting role in the film Miss Virginia.

Her later screen credits include a guest appearance on Star Trek: Picard in 2020, and a film role in 2022 as Hattie Mae, a singer and the mother of the lead character, in the period romance A Jazzman’s Blues. Critics responded positively to her performance in that film. In 2023 she had a recurring role in AppleTV+’s horror series The Changeling, and she portrayed actress Diahann Carroll in the biographical drama Shirley, which tells the story of Shirley Chisholm.

Public profile
Vann works across acting, singing and film production and is known for moving between supporting and recurring roles on prestige television as well as feature films. She has been recognized by industry awards bodies for her work and continues to take on varied parts, including characters in legal dramas, period pieces and genre television.

Personal life
Vann lives in New York and is a mother of two daughters, Nyla Oyeku and Zoë Oyeku. She is unmarried and has been linked with partner Patrick Oyeku, identified as a businessman. She is an animal lover who shares images of her pet dog on social media. In her free time she enjoys travel, practising salsa and meditation. She is frequently seen enjoying social occasions and alcoholic beverages.

Style and interests
Vann is reported to be 5 feet 2 inches tall with black hair and black eyes. She follows a non-vegetarian diet. Across media and public appearances she has been noted for an interest in fashion and owns a Mercedes Benz EQG.

Latest updates
Most recently she has been seen in recurring television roles, a high-profile film part in A Jazzman’s Blues (2022) and the 2023 series The Changeling. Her portrayal of Diahann Carroll in Shirley is among her latest film credits.

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Recent Work

A Jazzman’s Blues

Played Hattie Mae, a singer and mother of the lead character in the period romantic drama film

2022
The Changeling

Recurring role in the horror television series on AppleTV+

2023
Shirley

Portrayed actress Diahann Carroll in the biographical drama film

2023
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Career Highlights

  1. Stage and screen actor with training from Fordham University (B.A., 2002) and New York University (MFA, 2007)
  2. Breakthrough role as Ernestine in Underground (2016) and NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress
  3. Recurring role as Tegan Price on How to Get Away with Murder (2017–2018)
  4. Notable film performances include A Jazzman’s Blues (2022) and Shirley (2023)
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Amirah Vann was born on 24 June 1980.

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