Alyssa Veniece

Alyssa Veniece was born in Toronto, Canada. Veniece is known for playing the role of the bartender in the Aaron Sorkin film, Molly's Game, the angel Margot in the Freeform original Angry Angel, the werewolf Justine in ABC's television series Shadowhunters, and of the new paralegal in the USA Network's television series Suits. Alyssa is an actor, singer, dancer, and writer. She is trained in the martial arts of Muay Thai and Tae Kwon Do, and has previously competed in fitness competitions as a WBFF Pro Bikini Model. Veniece was born to parents of Jamaican descent mixed with Chinese, German, French, Portuguese, and Indian. Her father had an occupation of a stock and futures day trader, while her mother spent the early years of their marriage as a homemaker, raising Alyssa and her two siblings. Veniece's childhood was filled with activities in the arts - ballet and jazz dance lessons, gymnastics, piano lessons and musical theatre. In her teen years she began dancing hip-hop competitively, playing on her city's rep soccer team, taking tennis lessons, writing and enrolling in acting classes. She has worked as a swim instructor, lifeguard, dance choreographer, and personal trainer. In 2015, Veniece won the SOCAN Pop/Rock Song of the Year Award for her songwriting on Down With Webster's platinum-selling single "Chills", earning a Canadian Music Heatseeker Award, JUNO nomination, and MMVA Music Video Award nomination. Veniece is the prototype character for the Eldar race and playable army in the Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade video game, patterned after the High Elves of fantasy fiction. Alyssa Veniece resides in Los Angeles. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Editor