Biographical Background
Raised in Châbons, France, Ankah comes from a farm and has two siblings. She graduated from the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater for improvisation comedy. She also trained in acting at the HB Studio and the School for Film and Television, at the Alvin Ailey school for dance, yin yoga and in opera as a soprano. Upon arrival in New York City, she worked as an assitsant to photographer-filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, singer/songwriter Frank Simms, sculptor Strong-Cuevas, and author Frances Kazan, to organize the archive of late husband Elia Kazan.
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