Andra Burns is an American Drama Desk Awardwinning actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of the saucy hairdresser Daniela in LinManuel Mirandas Tony Awardwinning musical In The Heights, as Carmen in Douglas Carter Beanes The Nance alongside Nathan Lane, and Mrs. Spamboni in The Electric Company .
Andra was born in Miami Beach, Florida to a Jewish father and a Venezuelan mother. She has described herself as ...a Venezuelan Jewess from Miami who grew up loving Broadway. She spent many summers training at the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts and is a graduate of Miamis New World School of the Arts.
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