Yvonne Senat Jones

Yvonne Senat Jones was born in Dallas, TX. She is of Haitian-Bolivian descent and is fluent in Spanish. She fell in love with acting at El Camino College then transferred to Cal State Long Beach where she graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts. She received a full scholarship to University of South Carolina where she earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Acting. She began working with a non-profit organization, City Hearts LA, an organization which brings the arts to schools that wouldn't normally be able to fund an arts program. Her first big break came when Emmy-Award winning casting director , Robi Reed, cast her in the role of Robyn Crawford in the BET movie "The Bobby Brown Story". The cast won the NAACP Image Award for best TV Movie. A year later she booked the recurring role of Tally in Tyler Perry's Hit Drama "The Oval". Dir.Perry then expanded her role to a series regular lead in his spin off, "Ruthless". Her Disney+ TV Musical Feature, Sneakerella, won the 2022 Emmy for Outstan