Temídayo Amay

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| place_birth=Washington, DC<ref name="Krishawn">{{Cite web |title=Billie Krishawn speaks with artist/activist Temídayo Amay for The SoSu Series |last=Krishawn |first=Billie |work=DC Theatre Scene |date=16 September 2020 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://dctheatrescene.com/2020/09/16/billie-krishawn-temidayo-amay-sosu-series/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326185848/https://dctheatrescene.com/2020/09/16/billie-krishawn-temidayo-amay-sosu-series/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
| nationality=American
| pronouns=[[they/them/he/him]]<ref name="Krishawn" /><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/temidayoma/ Instagram bio], accessed 19 October 2023</ref>
| gender=[[nonbinary]] [[genderqueer]]<ref name="Krishawn" />
| occupation=actor, activist, filmmaker, healer, designer
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'''Temídayo Amay''' (also written '''Tẹmídayọ Amay'''<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Studio_Theatre|number=1274343999243984897|date=20 June 2020|title=In honor of Juneteenth, we asked five Black, Studio-affiliated artists to consider what freedom means to them. Our third response is by Tẹmídayọ Amay. More video responses to come, so stay tuned >> http://bit.ly/2YikOIt}}</ref>) is a Yoruba Nigerian American actor, designer, healer, activist, and filmmaker.<ref name="Krishawn" /> They were born in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Krishawn" /> and grew up in Maryland. They have a BA in theater from the University of Maryland.<ref name="Folliard" /> In 2020, Amay won a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play, for their part playing Gifty in Jocelyn Bioh's "School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play."<ref name="Folliard">{{Cite web |title=Non-binary actor wins Helen Hayes Award |last=Folliard |first=Patrick |work=Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights |date=24 September 2020 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/09/24/non-binary-actor-wins-helen-hayes-award/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618185959/https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/09/24/non-binary-actor-wins-helen-hayes-award/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Links==
*[https://www.instagram.com/temidayoma/ Instagram]

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