Nafeesa Monroe has been a professional film, television and stage actress for over twenty years. She is a graduate of The Meisner School of Acting and received her MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University. Some film & television credits include: I’m Through with White Girls, Jamie Foxx Show, The Bold and The Beautiful, Martin, The Steve Harvey Show, and The Parkers. Theatre credits include: Hello Herman (original cast on Off-Off Broadway); For the Love of Freedom (Robey Theatre Co., CA); The Journey to Becoming Super Woman(Edinburgh Festival Fringe, UK). As a spoken word artist, Nafeesa has opened for Jewel, appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry, and performed alongside best selling author Neale Donald Walsch. Nafeesa is a mastered martial artist in Tai Shing Pek Kwar Monkey Kung Fu. She also studies historical and classical fencing with Martinez Academy of Arms in New York. Nafeesa not only works as an actor and spoken word artist, she also works as an acting teacher, fight choreographer, and stage combat instructor.