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Tanedra Reniese Howard (born August 15, 1980) is an American actress best known for competing in the first season of the reality show Scream Queens, thereby winning a role in the Saw franchise.

She played Simone in Saw VI and Saw 3D.

Career[]

Tanedra Howard was born and raised in Inglewood, California. She attended El Camino College and Santa Monica College and was a member of the latter's cheerleading team. In 2006, Howard was one out of 500 actors chosen to try out for the ABC reality show I Wanna Be a Soap Star 3 but did not make it on the show.

Eventually, Howard's roommate showed her an ad on Craigslist, where Lionsgate Films was holding auditions for the VH1 acting competition reality TV show Scream Queens. She had no acting experience but auditioned and was cast. Howard spent five and a half weeks competing in weekly challenges with nine other actresses and ultimately won the competition. She earned the role of Simone, a predatory lender, in Saw VI in 2009 and reprised her role in Saw 3D the following year.

Filmography[]

Films[]

Year Title Role
2006 Grad Night Graduate
2009 Saw VI Simone
2010 Saw 3D Simone
2011 Love... Another Four Letter Word Vanessa
2012 Anita Ho Tanya
2015 Reggie Gaskins' Urban Love Story Maryanne
Sexy GPS Cyrene
2017 Filmmakers Anonymous Michelle Grant
2023 Keep Me in Mind Sasha

Television Series[]

Year Title Role
2010 Shane Dawson TV Gangsta Woman
2012 The Black Soap Linda Johnson
2013 Diary of a Champion Howard / Track Runner #7
Laugh Central Kenya
2014 Tammi Mac's Bag Lady Brelyn
2014-2016 Black Boots Tammy
2017 Off the Track Jasmine Hyde
2019 Station 19 Date #2
2020 Stuck with You Asia

Television Films[]

Year Title Role
2017 Faces of Heartbreak The Hood Lovers' Heart
2022 Good Luck! Roxy Carmichael

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