Acacia Morgan

Acacia Morgan (Born Samantha Jade Reese, May 11, 1984) was born an only child in Tampa, Florida, she knows nothing about her hometown. Her parents divorced when she was just six weeks old, causing her, her mother, and maternal grandmother, to move to Detroit, Michigan, where most of her mother's family resides. In 1986, Acacia's mother granted what would be one of her mother's last wishes, and moved the three of them to Lucinda's hometown of Pensacola, Florida. Acacia lived in Pensacola for three years, moving to back to Detroit in 1989 after Lucinda passed away.

At the age of 8, Acacia participated in a stint of class productions, and noticed that she felt comfortable breathing life into the scripts given to her, but as she grew older, and gained weight, the ridicule she received from her peers and teachers turned her into an introverted spirit, thus causing her to turn away from the stage, conflicting with her artistic soul. Knowing that performing was what soothed her, she turned to concert music. She took up the Piano, Violin, and the Clarinet, and when she was 13, she joined the choir, once she realized that she could carry a tune. Acacia also realized at an early age that she was athletically inclined, so sports, such as tennis, basketball, volleyball and cheerleading were a big part of her life. She accredits cheerleading, in fact, to helping her come out of her shell.

When she graduated high school in 2002, Acacia was certain that a career in Law was her path, due to her very analytical nature. So, ignoring her artistic spirit, she planned to attend the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, to major in Psychology, then proceed to Law School. Upon arriving in Los Angeles in 2004, she was convinced that Law was her calling. Despite her desire to be in front of a camera since childhood, growing up in East Lansing, Michigan, Acacia knew that a more "practical" profession was more attainable. Plus, she was painfully shy. That all changed after a bout of "extra work" on the box office smash "The 40-year old Virgin" in 2005. She realized that on the movie set, she was at home. Since then, she has graced both the stage and the movie screen. In early 2007, she filmed and wrapped the fesitval-bound film "Played", the thought-provoking short about loyalty and life's choices, written and directed by fellow Michigan native Chavon "Von J" James, starring alongside up and coming stars Barika Croom and Alonzo Ali. Since then, she has been busy, with films "Working", "The Other Side of the Road", "Reunion", "Outrageous Fortune", "Cupid's Arrow", and the "Mystery of Flight 211", and others, as well as stageplays "Diary of a Catholic School Dropout" and "The Four Women".

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