Ptosha Storey
Ptosha Storey is an American actress and stage director, known for her role as Nancy Hallsen in the BET prime time soap opera The Oval, and Naya Benedict in the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.
She began acting in 1990s, appearing on television. She had secondary role in the 1996 television film The Road to Galveston starring Cicely Tyson. She guest starred on episodes of Wishbone , Strong Medicine and Numb3rs. She had many roles in theatre, include playing Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun. She worked as assistant director in The Mountaintop, The Color Purple, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, and Ain't Misbehavin'.
In 2016, she was cast in a recurring role in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong produced by Tyler Perry. She later had a recurring role in the Fox prime time soap opera Empire. In 2018, Perry cast her in his thriller film Acrimony for playing Taraji P. Henson's character younger sister. The following year, she began starring in the BET prime time soap opera, The Oval, also created and produced by Tyler Perry. In December, 2020, she joined the cast of CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless playing Naya Benedict.
She has a son, Jordan L. Jones who also works as an actor and he starred in the short-lived Fox sitcom Rel.
Acting
TV
Grey's Anatomy
as Regina Evans
2005
TV
9-1-1
as Nora Yates
2018
TV
S.W.A.T.
as Vanessa
2017
TV
Empire
as Chyna
2015
TV
All American
as Sadie Moore
2018
TV
Numb3rs
as Lawyer
2005
Movie
Acrimony
as Brenda
2018
TV
Bel-Air
as Mrs. Ahmad
2022
TV
Key & Peele
as Gospel Singer #2
2012
Movie
Petals on the Wind
as Nurse
2014
TV
The Young and the Restless
as Naya Benedict
1973
TV
Tyler Perry's The Oval
as Nancy Hallsen
2019
TV
Moesha
as Woman
1996
TV
Strong Medicine
as Alice Wilburn
2000
TV
The Soul Man
as Gospel Lady
2012
Movie
Bid for Love
as Angela
2022
Movie
The Step Daddy
as Rochelle
2020
Movie
Rocket Power: The Big Day
as Baker's Assistant (voice)
2004