Stephanie St. James is an American-born actress, singer, mentor, and
advocate for the disease endometriosis.Her mother, a Russian-born
person of Jewish descent, is the daughter of Holocaust survivors, her
grandmother Sofia Katz being one of two Jewish survivors of the entire
Jewish community in Budslav, Poland, and her grandfather David
Kopelewicz a decorated partisan commander who saved the lives of
hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust. Her father is of Guyanese
descent and both met in Jerusalem, Israel.Stephanie St. James grew up
in the Northern California Bay Area, where she began her career in the
theater at a very young age. She has been seen internationally in such
productions as Oprah Winfrey presents "The Color Purple", for which
she was nominated in for an NAACP Theater Award for Best Supporting
Female - Equity for her role as "Squeak". Stephanie received the San
Francisco Broadway World Fan Award for Best Leading Actress in a
Musical Local, for her role as Mimi in Rent at th Street Playhouse in
Northern California. Stephanie was also honored with the FREC Award
by The Film Recording Entertainment Council in for Acting Coach of
South Florida.Stephanie St. James began her career after studying in
New York City at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, where she
landed her first role in the European Tour of Fame the musical in her
last semester of school. She later went on to originate the role of
Rusty in the first national tour of Footloose the musical. She was
seen by United States President Barack Obama at the Cadillac Palace
Theater in her performance of The Color Purple in Chicago. Her theater
resume includes such shows as Gary Marshall's Happy Days, Jesus Christ
Superstar, Irish dance show Celtic Fusion, for which she recorded the
soundtrack in Edinburgh, Scotland, Little Shop of Horrors, Grease, to
name a few. Also as a recording artist her cover tune of ABBA's
"Money, Money, Money" and John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" are
popular singles worldwide from her debut independent releases The St.
James Experience and What Did I Do? under the alias "St. James".
advocate for the disease endometriosis.Her mother, a Russian-born
person of Jewish descent, is the daughter of Holocaust survivors, her
grandmother Sofia Katz being one of two Jewish survivors of the entire
Jewish community in Budslav, Poland, and her grandfather David
Kopelewicz a decorated partisan commander who saved the lives of
hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust. Her father is of Guyanese
descent and both met in Jerusalem, Israel.Stephanie St. James grew up
in the Northern California Bay Area, where she began her career in the
theater at a very young age. She has been seen internationally in such
productions as Oprah Winfrey presents "The Color Purple", for which
she was nominated in for an NAACP Theater Award for Best Supporting
Female - Equity for her role as "Squeak". Stephanie received the San
Francisco Broadway World Fan Award for Best Leading Actress in a
Musical Local, for her role as Mimi in Rent at th Street Playhouse in
Northern California. Stephanie was also honored with the FREC Award
by The Film Recording Entertainment Council in for Acting Coach of
South Florida.Stephanie St. James began her career after studying in
New York City at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, where she
landed her first role in the European Tour of Fame the musical in her
last semester of school. She later went on to originate the role of
Rusty in the first national tour of Footloose the musical. She was
seen by United States President Barack Obama at the Cadillac Palace
Theater in her performance of The Color Purple in Chicago. Her theater
resume includes such shows as Gary Marshall's Happy Days, Jesus Christ
Superstar, Irish dance show Celtic Fusion, for which she recorded the
soundtrack in Edinburgh, Scotland, Little Shop of Horrors, Grease, to
name a few. Also as a recording artist her cover tune of ABBA's
"Money, Money, Money" and John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" are
popular singles worldwide from her debut independent releases The St.
James Experience and What Did I Do? under the alias "St. James".
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