Biography
Shaunté Tabb-Massard. actress.
Shaunte Tabb is Guyanese-American from Washington DC. Growing up, she was shy but loved performing in Christmas plays, talent shows, her bedroom, and just about anywhere she could bring out her inner Diana Ross.
She received her MFA in Acting from the Regent University.
Some of her favorite stage roles include Amanda Wingfield in the Glass Menagerie and Golde in the Fiddler on the Roof.(Yes, she played a Jewish mother in 1905 Imperial Russia)
She has toured China and Taiwan with the Broadway play "Aida".
Shaunte has landed roles on networks such as the Lifetime and the Investigation Discovery channel and been featured in several commercials.
When she's not acting, you can find Shaunte pursuing her other passion: Karaoke! You haven't lived until you've seen her "Rolling on the River" twirl.
Eventually, Shaunte plans to create an inner city after-school program and also star alongside Will Smith in a feature film. She's thinking "The Pursuit of Happiness 2"
Film *partial list
My Crazy Ex The Real Lynnette Director Name - John Downer Painless Productions
Death by Gossip Ann Director Name - Derrick Borte M2 Pictures
The Apartment London Director Name - Sheryl Gauntlett Ramsey Productions
Started from the Bottom Nia Director Name - Mario Niles Alvario Productions
Precinct 757 Rena Director Name - Russ Fulmore Ful Camp Productions
2010 - present
Theater *partial list
Dreamgirls Deena Jones Cupcake Studios
Once on this Island Timoune Winter's Lane Productions
Little Shop of Horrors Chrystal Olney Theatre Center
Disney's Aida China Nehebka/Aida u/s Big League Productions
Pumpboys and Dinettes Rhetta Tidewater Stage
Hairspray Lil Inez Signature Theatre
Red and Brown Water Nia Studio Theatre
Perseus Bayou Athena Imagination Stage
2010 - present
Commercials
Conflicts upon request
Training & Workshops
MFA Acting Regent University
BS Theatre Bowie State University
Chubbuck Studio Franz Turner
Alexander Technique Studio Theatre
Shakespeare BADA
Susan Batson Technique Susan Batson(NY)
Procedural drama Morgan Redfield Smitih CSA(LA)
Cold Reading Lisa Zambetti CSA(LA)
Special skills: Meisner, Lugering, Laban, IPA Dialects (Carribean, Brooklyn, Southern, RP, Cockney), Actor Combatant (Unarmed, Broadsword, Rapier and Dagger), Swim, Skate, TV/Film Subgun/Handgun, Stunt falls, Yoga, Certified Zumba Instructor, Dance (social, jazz, ballet), and gum popper!