KALYN JAMES | Voice over actor

Kalyn James truly embodies a renaissance woman whose versatile talents are blazing a trail for a new generation of influencers. This Mobile, Alabama, native has carved out her own niche and is enjoying a multifaceted platform to engage people who follow fashion, arts and entertainment. Her deeply rooted hard work ethic career has a rich history. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Sociology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Kalyn began charting her career by making history at being crowned the first, and only, African-American Miss Alabama where she placed as a top ten semi-finalist in the 1994 Miss America Pageant. Kalyn was the face and spokesmodel of the UPN network in Birmingham, Alabama and served as a television journalist on The Fox Sports Network’s show Behind the Game. She is an accomplished model, voice over talent, dancer and choreographer with more than 30 years of dance training. Since moving to Miami she has performed in the MTV Video Music Awards, the Latin Video Music Awards, the Latin Billboard Awards, and danced and choreographed on the Latin Univision and Telemundo Television Networks in Miami. She has worked extensively as an events emcee, a print and television model appearing on the pages of Glamour, Ebony, Essence, Jet, and O Magazine. She was also featured in the Old Navy “Bermuda Shorts” commercial and with her entire family in a national Disney World commercial. Kalyn made an indelible mark on the South Florida arts and culture scene for four years as the Emmy-nominated host of ARTLOFT, an Emmy Award winning PBS weekly television show highlighting local and national artists, openings, installations, performances, and art organizations. Kalyn is also the host of her web-based show Fashion Style Miami highlighting designers, fashion, art, design, and culture in the Miami area. She is the former Corporate Sponsorship Coordinator and Manager of Donor Relations at the Adrienne Arsht Center of the Performing Arts. Kalyn has taught dance classes at In Motion Dance, Dance Exchange, Sixth Street dance Studio and is currently teaching Pilates Barre fitness classes at Iron Flower Fitness Miami. Kalyn puts her family and community in the forefront and has been a supporter of Young Arts, City Year, Bakehouse Art Complex, Honey Shine - an Alonzo Mourning Charity and more. She is a member of the Greater Miami Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. Kalyn was named one of Legacy Miami Magazine’s 25 Most Influential and Prominent Black Women in Business and Leadership in 2014. She received the 2015 In The Company of Women award for Outstanding Woman in Arts & Entertainment and was listed among Miami Today’s 2016 Best of Miami in Arts & Culture. Kalyn is married to video producer, Rico James and has two daughters, Phoenix and Zen.

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