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Brit Manor is an actor, singer, songwriter, creative entrepreneur and energy healer from Los Angeles.
Forged by a musical family, Manor grew up wailing in churches and show choirs, acting in plays and dancing in competitions. The triple-threat graduated from LA County High School for the Arts and NYU TISCH School of the Arts in Drama as a University Scholar. After college, Manor toured West Africa and U.S. with a hip-hop theater company, out of which sprung her first band Profit$ a hip-hop jazz sextet. An avid culture enthusiast and organizer, she produced underground parties and secret concerts in both New York and LA for 10 years under the moniker B/HIVE Propaganda. She also founded the late and great Los Angeles art & literary magazine Amor Fati. Manor caused sonic waves with her sophomore alternative R&B EP Only Child (2016) on Bastard Jazz Recordings, hit singles like "In The Gray" (2014) and "Get You Some" (featured on Orange Is The New Black) produced by Captain Planet, self-released EP series Autoportraits (2011), as well as extensive touring and recording collaborations with Nick Waterhouse (Innovative Leisure), disco-pop band Yellow Alex & the Feelings, psych-garage artist Ty Segall (Drag City), Kilo Kish, Medium Punch, The Bamboos, and more. She is a Red Bull Music Academy alum and Associate Member of the Ammunition Theatre Company. Select Film + TV credits include Them: Covenant (Amazon), Star Trek: Picard (CBS), Better Things (FX), Ray Donovan (Showtime), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), The Fosters (Freeform), Leimert Park (BET), American KoKo (ABC) and over 2 dozen indie films and new media projects. Commercial campaigns include Apple, Facebook, Lexus, Uber, Intel, Home Goods, Disney, Famous Footwear, Home Away, Nordstrom, Variety and more. She is co-founder of recording studios @tropicounion in Los Angeles and @loveandlaughtermusic in Orange County with her family. Brit moonlights as an astrologer, holistic counselor and community organizer. |
