Anndretta Lyle Schedule and Appearances

Bio

Anndretta Lyle (sometimes credited as Andretta Lyle) is an American Actress who has starred in Tyler Perry plays including Madea Goes to Jail.


[edit] Early life
Anndretta (Born 1976) was introduced to theater at the age of 4 or 5 by her mother who was determined to expose her to activities outside of their neighborhood, the Acorn projects, on the west side of Oakland, CA. Anndretta took the public bus to the Julia Morgan Theater in Berkeley, CA after school to attend classes and rehearsals for early roles in plays and musicals. At the age of twelve she landed her first professional television job as a host for the FOX Kids Club doing news segments, interviews and voice-overs.

Anndretta continued her involvement in theater throughout high school, college and beyond in productions like Working, Wind in the Willows, and Once On This Island. At Stanford University she studied classical voice and during her junior year, along with friends, wrote and produced the musical hip-hopera Stanfunk XIX: The legend of Don Juan. Anndretta has played characters that include; Friar Tuck, Billie Holiday, a furry animal with a British accent named Mole, the mythical Jamaican love martyr named Timoun, a non-speaking dancer named Consequence, a man-stealing vixen named Trina, and most recently a sixteen year-old foster child named Toni.


[edit] Tyler Perry
From 2002, as a background soprano for Kelly Price, Anndretta appeared with her at the Stellar Awards, BET's Celebration of Gospel, BET's 106 & Park and other events in venues all over the country and overseas. In August 2003, Kelly introduced Anndretta to director and playwright Tyler Perry.

In September 2003 Anndretta started touring nationally with Tyler Perry's Why Did I get Married and in January 2004 she toured nationally with E Lynn Harris' Not A Day Goes By. In December 2004 she appeared in the TBN special Madea’s Family Christmas written by Tyler Perry and hosted by Juanita Bynum. In January 2005 she began touring with Tyler Perry's stage play Madea Goes to Jail finishing in May 2006. Anndretta is featured in the Madea Goes to Jail DVD released in June 2006 which has sold over one million copies.

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