A New Shade of Gray

She's an actress. She's a poet. She's a beautiful dreamer. She can tell you like it is with a smile on her face. This is exactly what she did when I first met her at my first college in CT.

Bridget Gray has shown the world her Shades of Grey and took her fans on a journey to Self-Love. Here's an excerpt from inCOLOR Magazine:

Living by the pen, Gray has talked about her masculine femininity, her views on the game of life, war and peace and why color should not matter. A native of Illinois, Gray traveled to Los Angeles, CA to pursue her dreams of acting. After playing a variety of roles in feature films, television sitcoms and dramas, and music videos, her infectious stage presence and twist of the tongue made her a not-so-average spoken word performer.

In 1999, she won a poetry slam and began combining old-school knowledge with a new groove and attitude, performing in various poetry spots and competitions, as well as lecturing and performing at many colleges and universities, including Princeton and UCLA. Gray’s fan base greatly increased after she brought down the house on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and was featured on BET’s Lyric Café and ABC’s Eye on L.A. She became an underground smash hit and her poems have been published in anthologies and textbooks. In 2001, Gray released her first CD, Shades of Gray. Though it only contains six tracks, each song consists of everyday thoughts and ideas that have been taken for granted.

Click on the link above to read the rest of her profile and watch her short-film, "My Letter to Hip Hop." Photo courtesy of the College Agency.