Rita Rucker(I)

Rita Rucker was born on June 18 in Fontana, California but as a child, grew up in Morrow, Georgia. The dramatic arts chose Rita at the young age of 9 where she was able to get her first taste of the stage life at the Clayton County Performing arts Center performing in "Once on this Island" and "Annie". Some of her most notable acting and on-camera training comes from the Actor's Breakthrough under the leadership of Emmy Award-winning GregAlan Williams. It wasn't until after being 1 of 2 Theater Scholarship recipients, that Rita started to consider acting as a serious career. Rita got her first recurring role as Chante in BET's Being Mary Jane starring Gabrielle Union shortly after graduation. Since making her mark on the Southeast market, Rucker decided to make the jump back to the west coast to further her studies and improve her acting chops. As a recent graduate from UCLA's Professional Program in Acting for the Camera, Rita has been able to make her first Los Angeles break as Delores in the hit series Snowfall on FX Networks. As this young protege becomes more driven and continues to dive deeper into her craft, we should expect to see more of her work in the New Year.