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Shahadi Wright-Joseph (born April 29th, 2005) ​is​ ​a​n American ​singer,​ ​actor​ ​and​ ​dancer​. She currently​ ​plays​ ​the lead​ ​character,​ ​"Holiday" ​in​ ​the Gen-Z Media podcast​ ​series,​ ​Six Minutes[1] and is best known for her role as "Little Inez" in the ​star-studded​ ​cast​ ​of​ ​NBC’s​ ​3x EMMY Award​ ​winning​ ​production​ ​of​ ​'Hairspray Live! '​ Shahadi is set to play the role​ of "Young Nala" ​ ​in​ ​the​ ​highly​ ​anticipated The​ ​Lion King​ ​live ​action remake​, coming to movie theaters in Summer​ ​2019.

Life and Career
Wright-Joseph was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents Dina Wright-Joseph and Kevin Joseph and raised in East New York. Shahadi ​began​ ​her​ ​career​ ​as​ ​a​ ​Fisher​ ​Price print​ ​model​ ​and​ ​started​ ​​dance​ ​training with​ ​Purelements:​ ​An​ ​Evolution​ ​in​ ​Dance​ ​at age​ ​two.​ At​ ​age​ ​nine,​ ​Shahadi became ​the youngest​ ​actor​ ​to​ ​play​ ​"Young​ ​Nala"​ ​in Disney's​ ​The Lion King ​(musical). ​In​ ​Fall​ 2015,​ ​Shahadi​ ​joined​ ​the original Broadway​ ​cast​ ​of​ ​"School of Rock,"​ ​as ​"Madison"​ ​and understudied​ ​the​ ​role​ ​of​ ​"Tomika,"​​ working​ ​with​ ​composer,​ ​Sir Andrew​ ​Lloyd​ ​Webber​. She later joined​ ​the​ ​star-studded​ ​cast​ ​of​ ​NBC’s​ 'Hairspray Live!'​ ​in 2016, performing​ ​alongside​ ​Jennifer​ ​Hudson, Harvey​ ​Fierstein​, ​Ariana​ ​Grande​, Derek Hough and Ephraim Sykes.

As​ ​a​ ​vocalist,​ ​Shahadi has​ sang entertainment and​ ​fundraising​ ​events​ ​for​ ​Radio​ ​Disney, Broadway​ ​Star​ ​Project,​ ​City​ ​Harvest,​ ​the United​ ​Negro​ ​College​ ​Fund,​ ​the​ ​Young Entertainers​ ​Awards,​ ​White​ ​Plains​ ​Youth Bureau​, ​Harlem​ ​School​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Arts and Broadway Hits for Haiti.​ In 2016, Wright-Joseph ​released​ ​her​ ​first​ ​debut music ​EP,​ ​entitled, "Love for the Holidays​" ​and​ ​later released​ the EP "Love for the Holidays (​The Remixes)".

Shahadi is also a mentor to ​young​ ​aspiring​ ​actors. She teaches bi-monthly ​musical​ ​theater​ ​workshops workshops at A Class Act New York.