Background
Drew was born in Washington, District of Columbia
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Malaya Drew
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She attended Middlebury College where she studied English Literature and Spanish.
Career
Drew is best known for her role as Adele Channing on the cable television series The L Word (2008) and for her role as Katey Alvaro on National Broadcasting Company"s long-running Emergency (2006–2007). She has had recurring roles on Entourage (2005) and Las Vegas (2006–2007). After graduating college, she moved to London and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Artist
She left school a term early when she was cast in the world premiere of Neil LaBute"s The Distance From Here directed by David Leveaux at the Almeida Theatre (2002).
She has appeared on television shows including Law and Order: SVU as Suzy Fleckner (2003) and Computer Society of India: Miami (2004). On Computer Society of India she played a character who was originally named Colleen Mitchell but after the producers cast Drew, they changed the character"s name to Colleen Mendoza, to reflect Drew"s mixed heritage.
She also played Angelica Sandoval on The Inside, with Peter Coyote and Rachel Nichols, for the Fox network, but the series was never aired. While she was still working on Las Vegas, she was cast on Emergency as the new medical student, Katey Alvaro, who is doing her residency in the Emergency and has an affair with another doctor, played by Shane West.
She was on Emergency during seasons 11 and 12.
In 2008, she played Adele Channing in the fifth season The L Word, a character modeled after Eve Harrington in the movie All About Eve (1950), starring Bette Davis. In 2013, she played the witch, Jane-Anne Deveraux who is considered a martyr by her coven on the CW series, The Originals, a spin-off from another CW series, The Vampire Diaries. In 2008 Drew was voted one of Maxim"s "100 Hottest Girls of Entourage" (#19).
In 2009 she was voted one of Emergency"s "Hottest Doctor"s of All Time" (#2).
Membership
In 2005 she recurred on the Home Box Office series Entourage and from 2006–2007 she was on the National Broadcasting Company show Las Vegas, playing a new member of the Montecito Casino team with James Lesure, Josh Duhamel and James Caan.
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Nationality
United States