Trey Anthony

Trey Anthony (born 1974) is a Canadian comedian and playwright.

Born in England, Anthony is a regular on the Canadian comedy circuit. She began doing stand-up comedy during African Nubian Comedy Nights at Yuk-Yuk's.^[1] She has performed as well at The Second City, the Urban Womyn's Comedy Festival and Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.

She was also a writer and performer for Kenny Robinson's sketch comedy show After Hours with Kenny Robinson and a writer for The Chris Rock Show.^[1]

Her first theatrical play, Da Kink in My Hair, debuted in 2001 at the Toronto Fringe Festival.^[1] Anthony says that coming out as a lesbian to her family inspired her to write the play.^[2] In 2005, it was adapted into a television movie by Vision TV, with a cast that included Anthony,Mimi Kuzyk and Sheryl Lee Ralph.^[3] Da Kink in My Hair went on to a US premiere at the San Diego Repertory Theatre with a cast includingD'bi Young, Amina Alfred, Abena Malika and Karen Robinson.^[4]

A television series version of Da Kink in My Hair began airing in 2007 and Anthony is a cast member.

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