Huntah Anarkelda Finnie is a name to watch in the years to come. Her already outsized presence in the entertainment world belies her diminutive five-foot-seven frame. However, she’s proving herself to be an already artistic dynamo capable of holding the audience’s attention across multiple creative disciplines. She harbors several passions including a love for spoken word, neo-soul, improv, and musical theater.
Her affinity for art led her to curate her first art exhibit in 2023 focused on local rising talent. She’s juggled these disparate threads while rigorously training for screen and theatrical work with instructors as diverse as vocal teacher Mary Brown, acting coach Marieshka Phillips, Jen Rudin in piano/vocal, and Tracy Moore.
This studious dedication to honing her craft has paid dividends. She’s flexed her theatrical dancing muscles with the Arthur Miller Foundation as well as for Lisanne Shaffer in the Shubert Festival production of Fame. She’s amassing a growing list of voiceover credits, chief among them her presence in a well-received racial inequality ad campaign. The latter testifies to her engagement with the world at large. Finnie is cognizant of art’s potential to shape public perception and serve as a voice for the voiceless in an often unjust world.
She’s built much of her reputation thanks to appearances such as her role as Leslie on That Damn Michael Che, Amber in Jamal Hodge’s short film Under Thy Wings, and playing the part of LaRonica in Katori Hall’s television production P-Valley. She excelled academically at the prestigious Howard University while playing the role of Laurie in the Howard Players’ short film 5, 6, 7, 8. The consistent theme is that Finnie has a sharp sense of artistic daring. She’s willing to venture wherever her Muse calls her, and the rewards of such an approach are ample.
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Finnie’s future is boundless. She brings unfathomably deep talents, an unquestionable work ethic, bravery, intelligence, and social awareness together in a package that should prove irresistible to assorted projects. Her range is proven and growing by the year. Huntah Anarkelda Finnie is far from just another pretty face. She is an artist in every sense of the word whose fearless dedication to her work poises her for untold success in the coming decades.
Talents such as this are lifers. They are engaged with the world they live in rather than contenting themselves as ineffectual spectators. Finnie will continue pursuing personal improvement in every area of her life despite any obstacles, setbacks, or downturns. It is a quality such as this, among others, that makes her a plum catch for any production. She will enjoy fulsome success on both the stage and the screen. Her transformative talents make her essential viewing.
People will find her. She’ll make herself indispensable and undeniable. The great actor, comedian, and writer Steve Martin once said that the key to success in the entertainment world is to be so good at what you do that no one will tell you no. If that’s true, Huntah Anarkelda Finnie is well on her way.
Levi Colston