Actor

Tenaya Cleveland

Hawaii, U.S.

Tenaya Cleveland was born in Hawaii, and grew up in California. As a child, she sang in the Malcolm X Jazz Chorus (led by jazz pianist Dick Whittington, who enlisted jazz greats such as Bobby Hutcherson, Mary Stallings and Richie Cole to play & sing with the kids at concerts). At 10, she made her public acting debut as "The Kid" in the play "Bleacher Bums".

After years of acting in theater, background work and small independent films, she landed a small role on HBO's acclaimed Six Feet Under (2001).

Notable work

8.3
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
as Granola Instructor
8.1
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
as Rehab Coordinator
8.4
The Resident (2018)
as Georgetta Chenault
7.3
MacGyver (2016)
as Trauma Surgeon

Full filmography · 7

The Haunting of Hill House
as Rehab Coordinator
20188.1
The Resident
as Georgetta Chenault
20188.4
MacGyver
as Trauma Surgeon
20167.3
The Vampire Diaries
as Granola Instructor
20098.3