Jennia Fredrique
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Jennia Fredrique | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | film director, screenwriter, actor |
| Known for | Who Made the Potato Salad? |
Jennia Fredrique Aponte (born Jennia Watson) is an American writer, director and actor known for the films Who Made the Potato Salad?, First Kiss in Color, Sacred Heart (2015) and 90 Days (2017). The latter, a film about HIV, earned Aponte numerous awards including an African Academy Award.
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Born in Gary, Indiana, Aponte studied film and theater at Columbia College Chicago, before moving to Los Angeles to embark on a career in front of the camera prior to writing and directing. As an actress, she has held recurring and series regular roles on: Noah’s Arc (Logo), City Guys (NBC), Delores and Jermaine with Whoopi Goldberg (ABC), According to Him & Her (BET), Passions (NBC), My Wife and Kids (ABC), Cuts (CW) and The Hughley’s (CW).
Aponte has also written and directed, along with her husband and producing partner, Sol Aponte, the Anatomy series, a six-part docuseries for P. Diddy Comb's REVOLT TV.
Her first feature, Diamondback, a redemptive revenge drama set in 1870s Montana produced by June Bug Pictures, is set for a 2021 release.
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