Avis-Marie Barnes is originally from Montclair, New Jersey, and is an alumnus of Howard University. For the past 28 years in Florida, she has directed her share of plays, and she films and coaches actors through auditions in the Orlando area. Avis also builds and maintains small business and entertainment websites. On weekends, she works at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure. Over the years she has appeared as characters in a number of Theatrical roles: Orlando Shakes audiences may remember her in 2015’s The Best of Enemies. Other theatrical credits include Oedipus, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and A Raisin in the Sun. Television roles include Lodge 49 on AMC as recurring guest star Anita Jones, Oprah Winfrey’s series Greenleaf, as recurring guest star Misty Williams on OWN, and has appeared as characters in the television shows Doom Patrol, Stranger Things, Atlanta, The Purge, The Quad and Bloodline. Movie releases have included the ever popular horror film Jeepers Creepers, starring Gina Philips and Justin Long, Netflix’s The Dirt, Before I Wake, HBO’s Confirmation starring Kerry Washington, and Waves starring Sterling K. Brown.