Jowharah Jones

Jowharah Jones (born 1982), also known as Jowharah Haddad-Jones, is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her television role as Nico Slater, daughter of Vanessa Williams' character, on the series Ugly Betty, which she played during the show's first season. (The role was then later played during the fourth season by Yaya DaCosta).^[1][2]

Born as Jowharah Haddad in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1982, Jowharah Jones grew up in Hershey, Pennsylvania. She attended the Milton Hershey School, where she was an honors student and member of the girls' track team. She competed in the 300 hurdles and the 1600-meter relay.^[3][4][5] Inducted into the National Honor Society in December 1998, she graduated with honors from Milton Hershey in 1999.^[6][7] Following her graduation, she moved to New Orleans, where she attended Xavier University of Louisiana as a mathematics major. After a year at Xavier, she moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.

Jones trained at the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. During the following four years, she worked two jobs as she attended Tisch full-time and auditioned for stage, television and film roles. After graduating in 2004, she moved to Los Angeles, where she now resides.

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