User:Cleona Divine/sandbox

Cleona Divine is a British born Artist. As a British artist Cleona was born in London, England. The Capital city of England, and spent most of her time there.
== She studied Acting & danced in a Crew called CRC whilst living in Birmingham, England. There she participated in, Jonzi D’s Breaking Convention Tour at the Birmingham Hippodrome, Danced & acted in a number of Gary Vic’s Birmingham Opera Production’s Mozarts “He had it coming”in 2006, “ King Idomeneo” in 2008 to name a couple & Acted in [https://www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk/explore/playwrights/kinch-don#:~:text=Biography,Poets%20and%20Players%20in%201975. Don Kinch]’s (Soweto Kinch’s Father’s) Plays. All choreographed by ==

== After experiencing a little theatre and being centre stage. She took some time to try her hand at music and joined a group when the Funky House scene was very big in the UK. With a short lived success of having music on Ministry of Sound she took some time away from the arts. ==

== In 2014 she moved back to London and after a long break decided to pursue the arts again as an actor & dancer. She landed a lead role with The Big House and played second lead in Phoenix Rising in 2017 Written by Andy Day and Directed by Maggie Norris. After getting a taste of theatre she decided to get experience in film and TV. After many background roles she got the chance to participate in Beyoncé’ s Black is King Film & had a small cameo in Beyoncé’s “Brown Skin Girl”. With her small stint behind the scenes and in the background of some huge productions & adverts like Mission impossible & Paramount & Jaguar she then wanted to take a chance and expand her acting & modelling career. ==

== She’s recently played in a short film called “Inertia” released in 2023 which has already received a New Renaissance Film Festival Award and has been nominated for a BUFFA award. She’s now been signed to a modelling agency & currently working on her solo music career which is said to be released in 2024. ==