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Actress: Mya Harrison
Character: NSA Agent Mya Starling
Game: Everything or Nothing
Status: Ally
DOB: 10th October 1979
Born: Washington, DC, USA
Memorable Performance: As one of the Moulin Rouge
Girls.
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Character
NSA Agent Mya Starling makes her rendezvous with
Bond in a Jazz bar in New Orleans.
Involvement
As well as lending her likeness to Agent Starling, Mya
will also perform the title song.
Sound Byte
"It was a completely new experience for me. I'm screaming
and yelling and being violent. I really got open in this
project!"
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Biography
Mya Harrison, was born in Washington, DC,
USA. Growing up in suburban Maryland, Harrison took up
tap-dancing and ballet as a child.
She appeared with the
TWA (Tappers With Attitude) troupe, and went to New York
to study with choreographer Savion Glover (best known
for the Broadway hit Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk
) in a residency with the Dance Theater Of Harlem. By
the
mid-90s, Mya had started to concentrate on her other
great love, music.
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Her father was a professional R&B musician, and recorded
demo tapes of his daughter singing. He played one tape to Haqq
Islam of University Music, who made the unprecedented move of
coming to the family home to hear the 16-year old prodigy sing.
Signed to Interscope Records, Mya spent the next two years recording
her debut album in New York, Philadelphia and Atlanta with notable
contributors including label mates Dru Hill, Missy 'Misdemeanor'
Elliott, Babyface, Darryl Pearson and Diane Warren.
Released
in April 1998, was a mature urban R&B collection built around
the singer's assured vocals and reflective lyrics. 'It's All
About Me' featured Sisqo of Dru Hill, and climbed to US number
6 in May. Mya maintained her high profile with appearances on
Pras' hit single 'Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)', taken
from the soundtrack to the Warren Beatty movie Bulworth. In September,
her album climbed to a US chart peak of 29, and 'Movin' On',
featuring No Limit Records' star Silkk The Shocker, reached number
34 on the Hot 100 singles chart. In June 2001 Mya, Lil' Kim,
Pink and Christina Aguilera, sing "Lady Marmalade" from
the film "Moulin Rouge"
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