fiction.wikisort.org - Actor

Deborah Joy Imani Winans (born September 6, 1983) is an American actress and singer, and member of the musical Winans family. She starred as Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf.

Deborah Joy Winans
Winans in 2019
Born	Deborah Joy Imani Winans (1983-09-06) September 6, 1983 (age 39) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	2014–present
Spouse	Terrence Williams
Children	1

Life and career

Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Carvin and Deborah Kerr Winans.[1][2] She graduated with a BFA degree from Wayne State University.[2] She spent a month in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theatre School for additional training, and received an MFA degree in acting from the California Institute of the Arts.[3] In 2014, she began her acting career appearing in Fragile World, a small film. Later she was cast as her aunt CeCe Winans in the Lifetime television biographical film Whitney, directed by Angela Bassett. Winans later made her stage debut in the musical Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story.[4][5][6]

In 2015, Winans was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf.[7][8] She plays Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee, the youngest daughter in the family, who is also the Minister of Music. The series also stars Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Kim Hawthorne.[9]

Winans welcomed her first child, son Terrence David Williams, with husband Terrence Williams in October, 2021.[10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Fighting the Battle	Mia	Short film
2014	Fragile World	Park Goer
2015	Whitney	CeCe Winans	Television film
2015-20	Greenleaf	Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee	Main cast, 60 episodes
2021	Color of Love	Monica	Television film
2021	Don't Waste Your Pretty	Jeanné
2021	A Sisterly Christmas	Kristina Marshall	Television film

References

External links

• Deborah Joy Winans at IMDb

---