Noble Exchange: Cast
Dawn Richard is a former member of the musical group Danity Kane, and currently a member of the group Diddy-Dirty Money, along with label head Sean “Diddy” Combs and another singer/songwriter named Kalenna Harper. Her “prelude” album The Prelude to A Tell Tale Heart released February 7, 2011, and will by followed by an official debut studio album called A-Tell Tale Heart, which she has been working on for past three years. // Twitter // Facebook
Jared Cotter is a singer, songwriter and model who has hosted a number of TV shows. He co-wrote the number 1 song “Down” by Jay Sean. The Long Island, N.Y., native’s father and grandfather were both professional musicians, and got Cotter started early, recording his first album at age 15. After an appearance on “American Idol,” he released his album The Album Before the Album. Cotter has written songs for popular artists and has been nominated for Best Male R&B Vocalist at the Underground Hip Hop Music Awards. In June 2007 after Idol, Cotter began hosting a number of television shows. He is currently hosting “The Challenge,” a quiz show involving teams of high school students, on MSG Varsity cable channel. // Twitter // Facebook
A native of Lynchburg, S.C., O’Neal McKnight spent his youth winning school and neighborhood talent contests until he saved enough money for a bus ride to move to New York City. After working various odd jobs in the entertainment world, O’Neal’s flair for fashion helped him break into styling photo shoots. Through styling the hottest names in the industry, O’Neal met DJ Cassidy and music production partner, Dub-L, which whom he created 2 hit singles, “Check Your Coat” & “Champagne Red Lights” that took the NYC club scene by storm. He soon signed a deal with Motown/SRC//Universal records. In 2010 O’Neal performed his music all over the world, filmed a reality show, and started recording music with DJ/producer Junior Sanchez, Bryce Wilson(Groove theory), and Michael Moog for multimedia label BROBOT. O’Neal is now working on his debut album. // Twitter // Facebook Check out his latest music video here: “Crazy”
Katie Chonacas is an American actress, model, singer and film producer. The Detroit, Mich., native landed her first television roles on series including CSI: NY, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Cold Case and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She has toured with 50 Cent and G-Unit throughout Spain and South Africa and released two albums, SO N2 U and a spoken word album, Virgin. Website// Twitter // Facebook
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sheena Sakai captured hearts and snagged ratings on “America’s Next Top Model” as a fashion superstar hopeful. She placed sixth in season 11 and has been invited back for the next cycle of “America’s Next Top Model” (beginning Sept. 8, 2011 on The CW). Known as the hip-hop Asian girl, Sheena has modeled for 1800whoopass, acted in a Trojan Condom Commercial, played lead in a music video for artist Charlie Ward called “I Wanna” and is a spokesmodel for Metro PCS. // Twitter // Facebook
Tamara Park‘s career has crossed borders and transcended fields as she has chased her passion for storytelling and travel. She has produced videos in Europe, wrote articles while living in the Middle East, worked with numerous nonprofits and authored a travel memoir entitled Sacred Encounters from Rome to Jerusalem. Most recently she has traveled from Mozambique to Morocco, Brazil to Haiti producing stories for the Halogen TV series original “Noble Exchange.” // Twitter // Facebook
