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Oni Faida Lampley Biography (c. 1959-)

Born c. 1959; married; children: sons.

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, writer

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Bootsie, Mattie, and Thomas, Mule Bone, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1991
• Man, Woman, Dinosaur, Playwrights' Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1992
• Nurse Hanniman, The Destiny of Me, Circle Repertory Company, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1992-1993
• Racael Tate, Zooman and the Sign, Second Stage Theatre, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, New York City, 1994-1995
• Ama Cyllah, Mud, River, Stone, Playwrights' Horizons, Wilder Theatre, 1997
• Nurse Logan, The Ride down Mt. Morgan, New York Shakespeare Festival, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1998, then Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 2000
• Biblical Pieces (opera), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1999
• The Dark Kalamazoo (solo show), Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC, 1999, later Drama Dept., Greenwich House Theatre, New York City, 2001 and 2002
• Appeared in Two Trains Running, Broadway production; also appearedin All's Well That Ends Well and The Misanthrope.
• Major Tours
• The Dark Kalamazoo (solo show), U.S. cities, 1999-2001
• Film Appearances
• Young mother with child, Strictly Business, Warner Bros., 1991
• Dispatcher, Money Train, Columbia, 1995
• (As Oni F. Lampley) Mrs. Grant, The Keeper, Rada Film, 1995
• Attractive woman, Bullet, New Line Cinema, 1996
• Celie, Lone Star, Sony Pictures Classics, 1996
• Baroness, The Misadventures of Margaret (also known as Les folies de Margaret), Shaw Brothers, 1998
• Madeleine, Jungle 2 Jungle (also known as Un indien a New York), Buena Vista, 1998
• Waitress, Advice from a Caterpillar, Keystone Entertainment, 1999
• Private duty nurse, Dragonfly (also known as Im Zeichen der Libelle), Universal, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Janelle West, In Our Lives, CBS, beginning 1980
• Hallie Mitchell, One Life to Live, ABC, 1994
• Prentice Little, One Life to Live, ABC, 1997
• Miniseries
• Dr. Georgette Taylor, A Will of Their Own, NBC, 1998
• Movies
• Marsha (some sources cite Marisha) Williams, ... First Do No Harm,ABC, 1997
• Nurse Bascam, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Starz!, 1999
• Specials
• Larry Kramer, PBS, 1993
• The Green Room, Bravo, 2000
• Episodic
• Barbara Kennedy, "Profile," Law & Order, NBC, 1993
• Dollie Withers, "Gone for Goode," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1993
• Third reporter, "Brown Appetit," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993
• Third reporter, "4B or Not 4B," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993
• Sharlene Patterson, "Custody," Law & Order, NBC, 1996
• Reverend Truman, "Unnatural Disasters," Oz, HBO, 1999
• Cynthia Weller, "Big Girls Don't Cry," The Sopranos, HBO, 2000
• Reverend Truman, "The Bill of Wrongs," Oz, HBO, 2000
• Ryan, "Faith," Third Watch, NBC, 2000
• "A Hero's Rest," Third Watch, NBC, 2001
• United Nations official, "Phantom," Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NBC, 2002
• Janet Thomas, "Suicide Box," Law & Order, NBC, 2003
• Pilots
• Alyson Wardlaw, Philly Heat, ABC, 1995
• WRITINGS
• Plays
• Mixed Babies, Washington Stage Guild, Washington, DC, 1991, then Manhattan Class Company Theatre, New York City, published by Dramatists Play Services
• Class 1 Acts: '91-'92, Manhattan Class Company Theatre, New York City, 1992
• The Dark Kalamazoo (solo show), Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC, 1999, produced on tour of U.S. cities, 1999-2001, later Drama Dept., Greenwich House Theatre, New York City, 2001-2001 and 2002, published in TheFire This Time, Theatre Communications Group
• Also wrote other plays and screenplays.
• Essays
• "The Wig and I," Mirabella, 1993
• Contributor to other periodicals, including Elle.