Superconductor was released on 20 November 2012, and the album debuted at number one on 's Soul and R&B charts in France, the United Kingdom and the US The album also features musicians Maceo Parker and Trombone Shorty. She began writing with Prince while on tour, collaborating on three songs, "Superconductor", "The Calm" and "Long Gone", which appear on Allo's album, Superconductor. Īllo's reputation as a musician led her to a role as a singer and guitarist in American musician Prince's band, the New Power Generation, in 2011. The album's first single, "Dreamland", features the rapper Blu. In 2009, she released her first independent album, UnFresh, a collection of 12 original songs. Career Īllo's first solo gig was an open mic night in 2008 at the Fox & Goose Public House in downtown Sacramento. At that time, Allo formed her own band, Allo and the Traffic Jam, which occasionally performed for tips on the corner of 22nd and J streets in Sacramento. Following high school, Allo attended American River College in Sacramento. Īllo's US education began in seventh grade at Arden Middle School in Sacramento, and she graduated in 2006 from El Camino Fundamental High School in Sacramento.
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Her Californian-born mother Sue, was forced to move back after suffering chronic fatigue syndrome. Allo holds dual citizenship in the United States and Cameroon and moved with her sister Suzanne to Sacramento in 2000 at the age of eleven, joining three other siblings. She also went to PNEU school Bamenda, Cameroon.
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She had a recurring role in three episodes of the comedy-drama series The Game in 2011, followed by a number of other roles, including a supporting role in the 2017 film Pitch Perfect 3 and the lead role of Nora in Amazon Prime's series Upload (2020).īorn in Bamenda, Northwest Region, Cameroon, Allo developed an interest in music at an early age her mother taught her to play the piano at age seven. She released her first of three albums in 2009, and joined Prince's band, The New Power Generation, in 2011. Cr: Saban FilmsĪssassin is available in theaters, on digital, and on demand.Andy Allo is a Cameroonian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. You look for those roles where you can stretch, and this was one of those for sure. I love that it is something I mentioned a bit earlier about being an actor. I have a special place in my heart for playing characters where there are like two sides of one coin, and I get to do that in 'Upload,' and I get to do this in this one too. It still felt like I was coming into something, and I got to add my own little something to it. This is their baby, and they'd worked on this and created this for so long that I felt like I was part of the conversation. That's what I felt, and that was so exciting to be a part of something that even though he and Aaron had. That in and of itself is so exciting, and to be a part of that collaborative energy. I got to work with Dominic Purcell, Nomzamo Mbatha, Bruce Willis, and even with Jesse in his first feature. I love a challenge, and this film allowed me to play in a sandbox with a lot of action. We didn't have much time, and it's common knowledge we shot this in two weeks. Image courtesy of Saban FilmsĬan you speak of the liberating experience of taking on a role like this compared to your previous work? It was like all these things firing off, and I was excited to jump in and have some fun. After seeing that and reading the script, I was getting sucked into this character Mali, who's an artist, but there's that challenge as an actor also to think how do I show the signs when someone is in my body and has taken over my consciousness but not completely lose myself? I had great conversations with Jesse and Nomzamo about figuring out how we balance that. Let me open the script" As I was reading it and getting to see the short film was brilliant. I was like, "It's a sci-fi, and it's action?! Hold on. I hadn't done a lot of action, so that was the first thing that piqued my interest. Bleeding Cool: What drew you to 'Assassin?'Īllo: There were several things.
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