Donna Bey

Donna Bey is a native of Newark, New Jersey, who had entertainment aspirations from an early age. As a child she studied ballet at Garden State Ballet, in Newark, New Jersey, but unfortunately had to discontinue it due to lack of funds. She realized at the age of ten she could sing and began to write songs and forget how the melody went. This was very exciting!! since dancing wasn't possible. She sang in elementary school, middle school chorus, and gospel church choirs. She also was a member of the drama club at school, so she participated in plays there as well. She began to get so immersed in both of those talents that she decided to tryout for Arts High School, where she attended as a Drama Major, for three years. After High School she was the recipient of "The Dionne Warwick scholarship" for music, Ms. Warwick decided to give back to the "Inner city" youth at that time. It received honorable mention in the Star Ledger newspaper in New Jersey. She then studied music, at Essex County College, which included, voice, keyboarding, ear training and sight singing and music theory. She also sang with the jazz ensemble and college chorus, during which the jazz ensemble had the opportunity to sing backup for Ray Charles. She planned to further her education, but life was interrupted to a degree when she began to start a family prematurely, but the love of the performing arts had never left her. she decided as the children got older she would get back to what she truly loved, but they were her number one priority above all her wishes and desires. So in the last few years Donna has been acting, singing, producing and more recently audio and video editing. She believes in honing her skills so if she's not in a film, theatre or television production, she will be in class studying her craft.