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' character, on the first season of the television series ''

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''.

Biography

Born as Jowharah Haddad in

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in 1982, Jowharah Jones grew up in

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. She attended the

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, where she was an honors student and member of the girls' track team. She competed in the 300 hurdles and the 1600-meter relay. Inducted into the

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in December 1998, she graduated with honors from Milton Hershey in 1999.Graduation '99: Milton Hershey High School
" Lebanon, Pennsylvania: ''The Daily News'', May 26, 1999, p.20 (subscription required). Following her graduation, she moved to

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, where she attended

Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is a Private university, private Historically black colleges and universities, historically black Roman Catholic, Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only Catholic Historically black c ...

as a mathematics major. After a year at Xavier, she moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Jones trained at the

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. During the following four years, she worked two jobs as she attended Tisch full-time and auditioned for stage, television, and film roles. After graduating in 2004, she moved to

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

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