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series '' All American'', Nina Jones in the second season of the

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series ''

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'', Nona Clark in 666 Park Avenue, Tia Stephens in the Freeform series The Fosters, and Taylor DuBois in General Hospital.

Life and career

Logan was born in

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, of Irish and

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descent. She attended the

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and

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. After appearing in an episode of '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', she was cast in a series regular role opposite

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in the

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drama series '' 666 Park Avenue'' playing the role of Nona Clark.Nona Clark Played by Samantha Logan
The series was canceled after one season in 2013. Logan later was cast in the ABC daytime soap opera ''

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'' as Taylor DuBois. In 2014, Logan appeared in the comedy film '' Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' and had a recurring roles on ABC Family sitcom ''

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'', and MTV teen drama ''

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''. From 2014 to 2015, she had a recurring role as Tia Stephens in the ABC Family drama '' The Fosters''. In 2015, Logan was regular cast member in the unaired ABC prime time soap opera '' Members Only'' and in 2016 guest starred on the 300th episode of ''

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''. Also in 2016, Logan starred in the NBC soap opera pilot '' Cruel Intentions''. In 2018, Logan had a recurring role in the Netflix teen drama series ''

'' and later began starring in The CW sports drama series '' All American''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music Videos

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, Samantha 1996 births Living people Actresses from Boston American child actresses American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses 21st-century American actresses American people of Irish descent American people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni