Ordena Stephens-Thompson
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Ordena Stephens-Thompson is a
Jamaican Canadian Jamaican-Canadians are Canadian citizens of Jamaican descent or Jamaican-born permanent residents of Canada. The population, according to Canada's 2021 Census, is 249,070. Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire Black Canadian popu ...
actress from
Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
, Ontario, Canada. Stephens-Thompson is best known for starring in the Canadian television sitcom ''
Da Kink in My Hair ''Da Kink in My Hair'' is a play by Trey Anthony, which debuted at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2001. The play's central character is Novelette, the Caribbean Canadian owner of Letty's, a Toronto hair salon. Novelette is forced to confront her ...
'' as Novelette "Letty" Campbell. She is sometimes credited as Ordena Stephens. Born in Jamaica, Stephens-Thompson was raised in
Scarborough, Toronto Scarborough (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census 629,941) is a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is situated in the eastern part of the City of Toronto. Its borders are Victoria Park Avenue to the west, Steeles Avenue (Toronto), Steele ...
area. Stephens-Thompson is also a frequent stage actress in the Toronto theatre scene, including productions of ''Da Kink in My Hair'', ''How Black Mothers Say I Love You'', and ''Other Side of the Game''."New to the game: Amanda Parris's first foray into playwriting, an examination of ride-or-die black women, is passionate but uneven". ''
The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...
'', October 25, 2017.


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* 1970 births Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses Black Canadian actresses Jamaican emigrants to Canada Living people {{Canada-screen-actor-1970s-stub