Tanya Wright is a two-time winner of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Best Acting Ensemble for her portrayal of Crystal Burset in Orange is the New Black. She has also appeared as NSA Adviser of the United States in Season 5 (2018) of CBS' Madame Secretary and starred for 7 seasons as Deputy Kenya Jones on HBO's True Blood.
Tanya Wright is an entrepreneur and the founder of a story-driven haircare line called HAIRiette.
Born to a 15-year-old mother in the South Bronx, New York, Tanya was the eldest of four. She was a shy and creative child who won the "best writer" award in the 5th grade for an imaginative story she wrote about a family and their beautiful Christmas tree, despite her family's financial struggles.
