Marliss Ameia*

MARLISS AMIEA^* was most recently seen in the World Premiere of Square Blues at Horizon Theatre as Tuesday and can be seen recurring as Maguerite on season two of “Swagger” (Apple TV). The Washington D.C. native’s television/film credits include the Aretha Franklin bio pic RESPECT, A QUESTION OF FAITH, “The Resident”, “Rake”, “Young & the Restless”, and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”. She has also co-starred in a host of Lifetime, Hallmark and Ion Original Holiday movies. Atlanta audiences may remember Marliss as Nina #4 in Simply Simone at Theatrical Outfit, Octavia Vivian in the Emory Theatre Workshop For Peace I Rise, Princess in American Black Princess, or Sharmaine in Da’ Kink in my Hair. National tours and regional theater productions include Disney’s The Lion King, Hairspray, AIDA, Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty & The Beast, Sister Act the musical and the long running Disney shows Playhouse Disney Live Onstage and Hoop Dee Doo Revue. Marliss attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and is a graduate of Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida and the famed Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington D.C. She currently resides in Atlanta with her husband, two children and fur baby. For more info- IG: @MsMarliss and MsMarliss.com. I’m eternally grateful to GOD for another opportunity to grace the stage!