Clea Alsip was born and raised in Tulsa and went to Booker T. Washington High School. She received her bachelor’s degree in international relations and drama from Stanford University and her master’s in acting from the Tisch Graduate Acting Program at New York University. She guest starred this season in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and will soon be appearing opposite Kathleen Turner in The Killing of Sister George. 

Originally published in This Land, Vol. 3, Issue 22. Nov. 15, 2012.