Denise Manning AKA @TheHalfPintLegend is a New-York City-based Actor-vist, Comedian, and Musician. Denise was a 2023 Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Lead Performance as Amani in AMANI written by A.K. Payne & directed by Josiah Davis. She was co-composer, performer and member of the producing team on the 2023 Capital Emmy Award-Winning PBS documentary The InHEIRitance Project and her narrative performance in the short film The Roll Call: The Roots to Strange Fruit earned her a 2023 New York Emmy nomination. She is the 2021 winner of Songs for our City along with Ben Wexler for their original Song /Composition: "A Place for Me”. Some of her favorite credits include: NYT

Critic's Pick World Premiere and tour of What to Send Up When It Goes Down written by Aleshea Harris & directed by Whitney White, 2022 Outfest Fusion Film Festival Official Selection For the Boys by Ellis Dawson & Mekhai Lee, Los Angeles Independent Shorts Awards Finalist Keep This Far A Part by Tyler English-Beckwith, God is A Comedian, a self-written and self-produced comedic short film and the 2021 Drama League nominated G.O.A.T by Ngozi Anyanwu. If you want to keep in touch, check out Denisemichellemanning.com for more!