BIO
Renee Connell enjoys the Arts, especially singing Gospel and inspirational music, acting and writing. "You Are A Shield For Me" is her freshmen Album.
Renee was cast as a choir member in episodes 3 & 5 of Season 2/ Power Book III: Raising Kanan on the STARZ Network and in episode 10 of "Let The Right One In"
on the Showtime network.
She was featured in Vy Higginsen's Gospel Musical "Let The Music Play Gospel", at the Dempsey Theatre in Harlem N.Y. She was also featured in Alive! and Kickin', a Musical written and produced by Ken Wydro and Vy Higginsen, at the Dempsey Theatre in Harlem N.Y.
She was featured, along with other cast members, in a piece on CBS' 60 Minutes.
She was nominated for the 2014 AUDELCO Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Musical –Female, for her performance in Alive! and Kickin'. In 2011 Renee was the Recipient of the NAACP Lorraine Hansberry Theatrical Award for writing and producing “The Candle Party, an original inspirational play”.
Renee began singing at an early age. She went on to sing professionally with Kool and The Gang, Paul Simon, Donald Malloy and various artists. This path afforded her, the opportunity to record and travel the world extensively. She has entertained audiences from coast to coast and as far away as Germany, in both the secular and Gospel Music arena.
"Only what you do for Christ will last"