Ptosha Storey

Biografia

Ptosha Storey is an American actress and stage director, known for her role as Nancy Hallsen in the BET prime time soap opera The Oval, and Naya Benedict in the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. She began acting in 1990s, appearing on television. She had secondary role in the 1996 television film The Road to Galveston starring Cicely Tyson. She guest starred on episodes of Wishbone , Strong Medicine and Numb3rs. She had many roles in theatre, include playing Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun. She worked as assistant director in The Mountaintop, The Color Purple, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, and Ain't Misbehavin'. In 2016, she was cast in a recurring role in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong produced by Tyler Perry. She later had a recurring role in the Fox prime time soap opera Empire. In 2018, Perry cast her in his thriller film Acrimony for playing Taraji P. Henson's character younger sister. The following year, she began starring in the BET prime time soap opera, The Oval, also created and produced by Tyler Perry. In December, 2020, she joined the cast of CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless playing Naya Benedict. She has a son, Jordan L. Jones who also works as an actor and he starred in the short-lived Fox sitcom Rel.