Ciara Renee

Professions :

Actress

I came to New York with two bags, my guitar and my laptop. I set my stuff down and immediately ran to an audition.

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I loved working on 'The Flash.' I love the team there.

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My older brother Billy was really into video games, and of course I followed suit. I was such a dork - I was so geeky!

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I go down the street thinking, 'Oh my God, I live in New York.' But then I think, 'Oh my God, I'm on Broadway!'

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You can never take those you love for granted, and you have to be willing to be open and really communicate with one another to make any relationship work. And that's just it: relationships take work, and they take compromise and compassion and understanding.

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I grew up watching sci-fi and Justice League and all those kinds of things.

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I think we see too much female-on-female hating each other on TV. We should stick together.

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I did a lot of trapeze stuff when I did 'Pippin' and continued to do it afterward. Flying is so fun, and I was used to the harness idea, but these harnesses are like intense, full bodysuit things.

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My mother is a Senior Casualty Claims Specialist I, which in layman's terms means the head insurance adjuster!

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My general audition song is almost always 'Man That Got Away.'

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My favorite special skill on my resume is 'excellent monkey noises.'

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Whitney Houston and Ella Fitzgerald are my musical mothers. I learned everything I know about true R&B, pop and jazz singing from these stunning performers and unparalleled musicians.

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I've never really had a fear of heights; in fact, I love being up high, so hanging from wires high above everyone's head has always sort of felt natural for me.

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I wasn't instructed to do any special training for 'Hawkgirl,' but I had started boxing a few weeks prior and stuck with that for several months leading up to the start of production.

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I was not an avid comic book reader as a kid.

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We all wish we could find and embrace our voice, our strength.

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