Tesfai in 2019, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Azieb Goitom Tesfai
Place of Birth: Orange, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 20, 1982
Ethnicity: Eritrean
Azie Tesfai is an American actress and writer.
Her parents are from Eritrea.
She has stated:
At least once a week I’m asked: “Where are you from?” After responding, “Los Angeles,” I get: “…but, where are you FROM?” “I’m Eritrean,” I say and, after a puzzled look, proceed to explain that it’s a small country just northeast of Ethiopia, and west of Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The next line is either, “Ah, I guess you DO look like a mix of African and Arab,” or “So do you speak Arabic?” as they struggle to categorize me into one stereotype or the other.
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