Biographie
A native Houstonian with Liberian roots, Tehana is an actor, filmmaker, theatermaker and social impact advocate dedicated to serving, uplifting, inspiring, and empowering communities to drive tangible positive change in the world.
Tehana was honored and humbled in 2025 when The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute awarded her The James Baldwin Scholarship in recognition of the work she has created thus far and the promise of the work she will create in the future.
Though acting is Tehana's number one passion, it is her joy to create powerful content and to tell stories about people, places and things on the margins. Since graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a major in business and minor in drama, she has earned acclaim and awards for her work. To date, she has created and produced the web series Shrink Wrapped, for which she was nominated 'Oustanding Lead Actress in a Comedy' by LA Web Fest, wrote, produced, directed and starred in the short film COIN, which is the winner of a WorldFest Houston Bronze Remi Award, produced and directed the We Make Movies Film Challenge winner Mama Wanna, directed the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge short Super Inappropriate, which screened at HollyShorts, and wrote the screenplay EXIST which won second place in the inaugural We Make Movies International Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.
In 2018, Tehana completed the iO West Theatre Training Center program on a full scholarship. During her time there, she enjoyed several stints on the Main Stage. After finishing the program, Tehana began performing regularly at The Second City Hollywood as a member of the long form improv house ensemble Stick Pics. Later, she was a cast member of and writer for the SNL like sketch comedy show This Week This Week.
If you scour the interwebs you'll find Tehana in a number of films, a few television projects, some online ads, several print campaigns and one very interesting multimedia show.
Some fun facts about Tehana - she's a world traveler, a nature lover, a sports fan, an arts enthusiast, a life-long learner and a delighter in all things food!
