Biography:

Sasha Allen is an American actress and singer born and raised in Harlem. While a freshman at LaGuardia High School, she snagged a role in the D.C. premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Whistle Down the Wind. At the age of seventeen, she signed a recording deal with Electra Records, and was later signed by Arista Records. While she was attending Hunter College, she was asked to join the cast of the movie Camp (2003) from writer/director Todd Graff. She eventually became a backup singer for artists such as Christina Aguilera, John Legend and Alicia Keys. She made her Broadway debut as Dionne in the 2009 revival of Hair. She reprised the role for the 2010 London's West End revival of the musical. In 2013, she was a semifinals on the fourth season of NBC’s The Voice. In 2016, she joined The Rolling Stones on tour, replacing backing vocalist Lisa Fischer.