A strikingly pretty African-American young lead and character player, Dash garnered notice in the 1990s in a series of teen roles in both features and on TV. Of West Indian and Aztec Indian descent, with clear green eyes and a light complexion, the Bronx-born Dash decided to become an actor at an early age. Early TV work included a small role in the crusading lawyer TV-movie “Farrell for the People” (NBC, 1982) and she later did guest spots on “The Cosby Show” in 1984, as a friend of Denise Huxtable’s with a secret to hide, and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” in 1994, as a pop star who captivates the series hero. Her first try at a TV series, “TV 101″ (CBS, 1988-89), with Dash as a student of an ambitious high school journalism teacher, only lasted half a season, despite critical acclaim.
