ABOUT ASJHA NAHYA COOPER
Actress who portrays the character Sharon in the 2016 Richard Linklater film Everybody Wants Some!! In 2021, she began playing Vanessa Taylor on the series Chicago Med . She has over 30,000 followers on her asjha Instagram account where she uploads diary-style posts and inspirational messages.
She began acting as a teenager. She launched her Instagram account in 2016. Early Instagram posts of hers included poetry she found inspiring, inspirational and human rights messaging from other actors and creatives she was inspired by.
She made her acting debut in a 2010 episode of the show Friday Night Lights .
Her father Kinshara Te'Taun Burkes works in product development and merchandising for the fashion industry.
She is close friends with Anjelika Washington , Samantha Logan , and Sydney Park . She posted a picture to Instagram with the three of them at Joshua Tree, California in 2020.
