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name: "Mýa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mya"
roles: []
born: "10 October 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T07:07:36.738083+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mýa

Actor. Born 10 October 1978 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 October 1978, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Also known as:** Mya, Mya Marie Harrison
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mya_(singer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233736, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17643

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Chicago*](https://film.one/film/chicago.md) (73)

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## Biography

Mýa, born Mya Marie Harrison, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Raised in Washington, D.C., she studied ballet, jazz and tap dance from an early age and began focusing on music as a teenager, releasing her debut album in 1998.

She made her feature-film debut in *In Too Deep* (1999) and appeared as Mona in the 2002 musical *Chicago*, for which she shared a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Her other screen credits include *Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights* (2004), *Shall We Dance?* (2004) and *Cursed* (2005). She later performed on stage as Velma Kelly in the Broadway production of *Chicago*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, billboard.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Chicago* (2002), Fi1m 73, as Mona — [page](https://film.one/film/chicago.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *House Party* (2023), as Mya
- *Lazarus* (2021), as Flora
- *My Favorite Christmas Melody* (2021), as Abby
- *They're Trying To Kill Us* (2021), Actor
- *5th Ward* (2018), series, as Mina Kennedy
- *Bermuda Tentacles* (2014), as Lt. Plumber
- *The Penthouse* (2010), as Mitra
- *Love for Sale* (2008), as Keiley
- *Yo Gabba Gabba!* (2007), series, Actor
- *Cover* (2007), as Cynda
- *The Heart Specialist* (2006), as Valerie
- *Cursed* (2005), as Jenny
- *Shall We Dance?* (2004), as Vern's Fiancée
- *Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights* (2004), as Lola Martinez
- *Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]* (2003), as Yoo Chae-yi (renamed Jade)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Samantha 'Jade' King
- *Chicago* (2002), as Mona — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/chicago.md)
- *2gether: The Series* (2000), series, as Mya
- *In Too Deep* (1999), as Loretta
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, as Mya

## Gallery

- ![Mýa](https://film.one/media/person/1248788/gallery-3b6cb29d1115.jpg) Mýa — Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/M%C3%BDa_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mýa at the 2017 Grammy Awards Red Carpet](https://film.one/media/person/1248788/gallery-0edff51adfcf.png) Mýa at the 2017 Grammy Awards Red Carpet — William H. Caple III, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Mya_Grammy_Awards_2017.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- !["Mya Shuts Down Dating Rumors and Talks New Music" (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/1248788/gallery-97694f8c94d0.png) "Mya Shuts Down Dating Rumors and Talks New Music" (2018) — WBLS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/M%C3%BDa_2018_WBLS_Interview_5.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, and model Mýa standing among fans and media before the start of the 2003 Macy's T](https://film.one/media/person/1248788/gallery-57db0247c149.jpg) American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, and model Mýa standing among fans and media before the start of the 2003 Macy's T — Schwars1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/M%C3%BDa_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mýa](https://film.one/media/person/1248788/gallery-51e65592aa7d.jpg) Mýa — Image via TMDB
- ![Mýa](https://film.one/media/person/1248788/gallery-695b6de1b05f.jpg) Mýa — Image via TMDB
- ![Mýa](https://film.one/media/person/1248788/gallery-2baf78f3d8e6.jpg) Mýa — Image via TMDB
- ![Mýa](https://film.one/media/person/1248788/gallery-eed326aee4f7.jpg) Mýa — Image via TMDB

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