About

Ninchai is a Minnesota and Puerto Rico-based Actor, Model, and Teacher. Raised by Puerto Rican and Nigerian immigrants, she started performing the Afro-Puerto Rican art of Bomba y Plena at 5 years old. She was inspired to act while watching Anita in West Side Story and went on from there, becoming 2-time semi-finalist for the Spotlight Triple-Threat Award and most recently becoming a 2024 Ordway Greenroom Fellow. She has worked with Penumbra, The Playwtights Center, Lyric Arts, Artistry, The Guthrie, The History Theater, and more! Alongside live theater, she has acted on camera in commercials, films, TV shows and webseries, including playing a lead role in the History Channel Show “I Was There”.