LATOYA RAFAËLA – ACTOR

Latoya was born and raised in the Netherlands and started as a dancer when she was only four years old. She began her professional training at the National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam when she was nine. Over the next seven years she danced with the National Ballet of Holland, in Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Swan Lake and the role of Clara in The Nutcracker. She also played the role of Little Yoyo in the Dutch film Naar de Klote.

Latoya continued her education in jazz and musical theatre at the High School of Arts in Amsterdam, where she graduated in 2005 with a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre. After her training, Latoya was a cross-over swing in the original cast of the musical The Lion King in the Fortis Circus Theater in Scheveningen, Holland. She covered the lead role of Scaramouch in the rock musical We Will Rock You in the Musical Dome in Cologne, Germany and was in the ensemble of the West End production of the musical Wicked in the Apollo Victoria, London. Deathless is her first English dramatic role. In 2011, Latoya has continued her run in We Will Rock You in Utrecht, Netherlands and has also appeared in the Dutch short film comedy Daya.