Tazel holds a B.A. from Spelman College and an M.F.A. from New York University\'s Graduate Acting Program.\n', '

She made her professional acting debut at the New York Shakespeare Festival’s The Winter’s Tale (2000); further roles include at the Royal Shakespeare Company\'s Cymbeline, and an off-Broadway appearance in Playwrights Horizons\' Juvenilia. Tazel was nominated for the L.A. Drama Critics Circle award for Lead Performance, for her work in I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given To Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda (role of Juliette, 2007) at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA, and received the NAACP Theatre Award for Best Lead Female (2007) for that same role.\n', '

On screen, Tazel has made limited appearances, including a minor role in the David Duchovny drama House of D (2004, table below), starring Anton Yelchin, Robin Williams, Téa Leoni, and Erykah Badu.\n', '

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