Shahadi Wright Joseph parents Kevin A Joseph and Dina Wright hail from Brooklyn. Shahadi grew up alongside her sister Sundari.
Shahadi is an American singer, dancer, and actress best known for portraying the character of Zora Wilson in the 2019 Jordon Peele horror movie Us. Furthermore, she is also the voice artist behind the iconic role of Young Nala in the 2019 musical movie The Lion King by Jon Favreau.
Wright was born on April 29, 2005, in New York City, United States of America. She established her knack for dancing at the early age of two. She auditioned using Lupita Nyong’o’s Academy Award acceptance speech in third grade.
Joseph started her acting career by landing a role in The Lion King at the age of nine. Similarly, she also makes an appearance in the podcast Six Minutes, where she plays the lead character of Holiday. She also starred as Ruby Lee Emory in the Amazon Prime Video horror drama series Them, which was released in April 2021.
Shahadi Wright Joseph Parents And Family
Shahadi Wright Joseph was born to her parents Kevin A Joseph and Dina Wright Joseph. Dina and Kevin both work at Purelements and Evolution in Dance.
Shahadi is 17 years old. Her mother Dina is a professional dancer and describes herself as a dance educator, while her father Kevin is a dancer.
Shahadi also has a sister who is currently studying in California, United States of America. Her name is Sundari Wright, and she can be seen on her sister’s, father’s, and mother’s social media handles.
Shahadi Wright Joseph family hails from a dancing background. Her mother, father, and sister are all dancing enthusiasts.
Sundari is also a dancer who recently went to her second dance intensive for the summer. She spent the week with Dr. Elana Anderson on the forty-five degrees project. Her father posted her photo to encourage her to do better in her dancing endeavors.
Mother Dina Wright Joseph
Shahadi mother Dina Wright Joseph is a dance educator and program manager at Purelements and Evolution in Dance.
Dina currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She has been awarded FON Artistic Achievement and has been on the cover of Heart and Soul Magazine. Similarly, Instyle magazine also wrote an article about Dina with the headline Dina Wright: A Force of Nature.
Mrs. Wright has also made television appearances in multiple tv programs, including Free to Dance and Divas Live alongside Aretha Franklin. Similarly, she has also worked as a co-choreographer of VH1’s Hip Hop Honours tribute to the Smithsonian Museum’s multi-media installation called Black Dance in the 20th Century.
Along with being the founding member of Purelements, she also frequently appearances at Lahman College’s City and Humanities Department as a guest lecturer. Furthermore, she was also a lead teacher for NYCDOE’s Summer Arts Intensive at Stuyvesant High School.
Joseph was a dancer instructor at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and studied Balled and Graham-based Modern at the same institution. She graduated High School from Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS. She has also worked at Opus Dance Theatre and Community Services and has been involved in DWJ Consultants.
Dina is highly active on the social media platform Instagram. Her account has gathered over one thousand followers, and she posts about her personal and professional life.
Shahadi Father Kevin A Joseph
Shahadi father Kevin A Joseph is Co-Executive Artistic Director at Purelements an Evolution in Dance.
Kevin is a native of New York and is currently based in Brooklyn. He went to Borough of Manhattan Community College in 1994 and obtained an Associate of Science degree in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services.
Similarly, he enrolled at SUNY Empire State College in 2007 and completed his Non-Profit Arts Management degree in 2008.
Like his wife, Mr. Joseph is also a dancer and has worked as a principal dancer and co-founder of Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn from September 1994 to June 1999. Finally, he became the co-executive artistic director of Purelements in August 2006 and has been serving the position for sixteen years and counting.
According to his Instagram profile, he is an RYT-200 Yoga-certified fitness lover. He likes to participate in cycling-related activities and has posted about the same over his one thousand five hundred-followed Instagram account.