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Tonya Pinkins
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Tonya Pinkins
Acting
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Birth Date
May 30, 1962(63 yrs)
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Birth Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Summary
Tonya Pinkins was born in Chicago, Illinois. She has four children. Her father was a police officer and insurance salesman and her mother is a former postal worker. She has two brothers, Eric Swoope and Thomas Swoope and a sister Tamera Swoope from whom she is estranged. She was interested in the arts from a young age. In high school, she studied acting at the Goodman Theatre Young People's Program. Aged 18, she briefly attended college and decided to pursue an acting career instead. She
