Background
Born in London, England to Jamaican parents, Anthony arrived in Canada at a young age with her mother.
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She is a regular on the Canadian comedy circuit. She began doing stand-up comedy during African Nubian Comedy Nights at Yuk-Yuk"son She has performed as well at The Second City, the Urban Womyn"s Comedy Festival and Toronto"s Saint Lawrence Centre for the Arts.
She was also a writer and performer for Kenny Robinson"s sketch comedy show After Hours with Kenny Robinson and a writer for The Chris Rock Show.
Her first theatrical play, Da Kink in My Hair, debuted in 2001 at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Anthony says that coming out as a lesbian to her family inspired her to write the play.
In 2005, it was adapted into a television movie by Vision television, with a cast that included Anthony, Mimi Kuzyk and Sheryl Lee Ralph. Da Kink in My Hair went on to a United States premiere at the San Diego Repertory Theatre with a cast including Doctorate"bi Young, Amina Alfred, Abena Malika and Karen Robinson.
A television series version of Da Kink in My Hair began airing in 2007 and Anthony was a cast member before the show was cancelled in 2009.
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