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Ilka Tanya Payn was a Dominicanborn actress and attorney who later became a prominent HIVAIDS activist in the United States.

Payn was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States at the age of thirteen, settling permanently in New York City. She became widely recognized for her role in the Spanishlanguage telenovela Angelica, Mi Vida . It was from her role on this serial that provided Payn with the experience to move on to bigger roles in Hollywood with a small role in the film Scarface, and a guest role on the television series Hill Street Blues. Prior to these roles, she had worked in local theatrical and television projects in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Spain.

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