Prior to her role on Undercovers Cox made guest appearances on several television shows.
Among her personal interests are learning how to play guitar and painting. After touring and landing her first television role she moved to Los Angeles, where she continues to reside. Cox then toured nationally for two years as Carmen in Fame as well as revisiting her role as Brenda in Smokey Joe's Café. Other regional theater credits include Rent in which she played club dancer and drug addict Mimi Márquez, the Chicago role of Liz, and Frenchie in Cabaret.Īfter graduating, she performed the role of Sarah in Ragtime, the musical at Merry-Go-Round Theater in Auburn, New York. During her summers she worked at the Heritage Repertory Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia where she played roles in Smokey Joe's Cafe and Anything Goes one summer and performed as a recurring character in Nickelodeon's show Noah Knows Best during another. Cox earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Florida State University in 2003 after being accepted to their Musical Theater program. Phillips High School where she was enrolled in the Visual and Performing Arts magnet program for vocal performance. Due to her proximity to Universal Studios, Cox was able to earn roles as a child actor in various Nickelodeon shows such as My Brother and Me, Keenan and Kel, and All That.Ĭox was a 1999 graduate of Dr. In 1989, Cox was invited to participate in the Disney's Magic Kingdom Christmas Spectacular show. Croix native, moved with her family to Orlando, Florida at age seven after spending five years of her youth studying dance in the U.S. Subsequently, she toured nationally in stage productions of musicals such as Fame.Ĭox, a St.
She continued to train in the performing arts in high school and college. Much of her early work was associated with Universal Studios and Nickelodeon. Abrams's cancelled spy drama, Undercovers.Īs a youth, Cox had a history of dance and theater training and experience. In 2010, she assumed a supporting role in Lost creator J.
adulthood.Mekia Cox is an American actress and dancer, known for her recurring role as Sasha in the second and third seasons of 90210 and her role as a dancer in the Michael Jackson concert series This Is It and the related film Michael Jackson's This Is It. Tree Hill follows the lives and loves of these two brothers, their friends and their family as they navigate high school, marriage, and finally. The residue of the past lingers far into the future for the residents of Tree Hill, even as a new generation is rising. And the siblings natural rivalry only intensifies when they set their sights on the same girl, Peyton Sawyer. But the past and present collide sharply when Tree Hill's basketball coach recruits Lucas for his team, much to the chagrin of Nathan and Daddy Dan. Until now, Dan has managed to keep his two sons far from each other. And both boys are the son of former college ball player, Dan Scott, whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb, and their son Nathan. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court.
Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, NC, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else.
Summary: Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, NC, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else.