BIOGRAPHY

Shamicka was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee where she enjoyed climbing trees, perfecting the art of making mud pies, and playing intense games of kick-ball. At age 6 she tagged along with her best friend to try her first dance class and never left. For a while she would literally run out of basketball practice, eat dinner in the car (thanks Moma), and jump into her tap shoes as she ran into the dance studio. It was at age 14, after repeatedly jete'-ing over the free throw line that her Daddy realized she wasn't destined for the WNBA after-all.

Throughout adolescence she pursued print and commercial modeling while continuing her training in dance. But it was after she turned down the invitation to sign with a modeling agency in Tokyo during her sophomore year in high school for fear of getting behind in her technique that her parents knew that the world of dance, singing, and acting had stolen her heart.  She went on to graduate with a BFA from the University of Tennessee in Theater and Dance before heading off to New York City to attend the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. There she experienced more rigorous training in various disciplines with a primary focus on the Lester Horton technique. After a year and a half she took what she had learned in the classroom and hit the streets of NYC. "Streets" being the over crowded rooms of the cattle call auditions for Broadway. After hearing many "No's" along the way she landed the "Yes" that would change her life for years to come.

Shamicka has performed in many stage productions including Hair, For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, Little Shop of Horrors, Dreamgirls, and Pippin. It was in 2007 when her perseverance and glowing presence landed her the role of Go-to-Hell Kitty in her dream show, the Broadway International tour of Chicago. The tour has enabled her to inspire audiences and instruct young artists all over the U.S., Thailand, Japan, South Korea, and Dubai.

She knows that New York City developed her as a dancer, a well rounded artist and entertainer, and a fashionista, as well as a woman trustworthy of the precious gift of influence.  The City will always hold a special place in her heart, but now she calls the 72 degree, sunny valley of Los Angeles home. She's enjoyed establishing roots in LA on various entertainment platforms such as theater (in The Skylight's production of "Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea" as Shea, the Pasadena Playhouse's production of "Kiss Me, Kate" starring Wayne Brady and Merle Dandridge, and under the direction of Brook Shields, as Go-to-Hell Kitty in the infamous Hollywood Bowl's production of "Chicago"); t.v. (Nickelodeon's "Bella and the Bulldogs", and ABC's "General Hospital"); and national commercials such as Pantene's "Sorry, not Sorry" campaign, and Honda's "Beware of the Stare".  

As her platform enlarges she is determined to maintain her enthusiasm for being Big Sister to all---confident yet teachable and fabulous while empowering!!!