Jennia Fredrique

Jennia Fredrique Aponte is an American writer/director known for the films First Kiss in Color, Sacred Heart (2015) and 90 Days (2017). The latter, a film about HIV, earned Aponte numerous awards including an African Academy Award. Aponte has also written and directed, along with her husband and producing partner, Sol Aponte, the Anatomy series, a six-part docuseries for P. Diddy Comb's REVOLT TV. Her first feature, Diamondback, a redemptive revenge drama set in 1870's Montana produced by June Bug Pictures is set for a 2021 release. Early Life Born in Gary, Indiana, Aponte studied film and theater at Columbia University in Chicago, before moving to LA to embark on a career in front of the camera prior to writing and directing. As an actress, she has held recurring and series regular roles on: Noah’s Arc (Logo), City Guys (NBC), Delores and Jermaine with Whoopi Goldberg (ABC), According to Him & Her (BET), Passions (NBC), My Wife and Kids (ABC), Cuts (CW) and The Hughley’s (CW).