Andrea nelson meigs biography

Nelson Meigs studied at La Universidad de Autónoma De Madrid (Spain) and exchanged at Spelman College (renowned HBCU in Atlanta), she received her Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and her Juris Doctorate from Duke University School of Law. She is a member of the California State Bar.
Talent agent Andrea Nelson Meigs was born on October 30, 1968 in Bellflower, California.
Nelson Meigs joined CAA in 1995 and became only the second black talent agent in the history of the company to rise through the ranks from the mailroom.

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Andrea Nelson Meigs Biography

Talent agent Andrea Nelson Meigs was born on October 30, 1968 in Bellflower, California. Her father, David Nelson Jr., was a principal in the Los Angeles Unified School District; her mother, Dorothy Nelson, a college professor. Meigs spent her early childhood in the Compton area of Los Angeles and attended a private Christian school before entering the public school system in the fifth grade. After graduating from high school in in Palos Verdes, Meigs enrolled in Tufts University and graduated with her B.A. degree in English and Spanish in 1990. While there, she studied at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia as well as the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. Meigs went on to earn her J.D. degree in entertainment law from the Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina in 1994.

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Andrea Nelson Meigs Biography

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Motion picture talent agent

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Named in 2003 to Black Enterprise magazine's "Hot List" as one of its "fifty under forty" members of "generation exceptional," Andrea Nelson Meigs is a talent agent at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), arguably the largest and most influential agency in the entertainment and corporate world. Nelson Meigs joined CAA in 1995 and became only the second black talent agent in the history of the company to rise through the ranks from the mailroom. She has worked with some of the biggest stars in music and film, including Christina Applegate, Halle Berry, Ellen Burstyn, Beyoncé Knowles, and John Voight, and enjoys brokering deals for artists moving from one area of the entertainment industry to another.

Andrea Nelson Meigs was born on October 30, 1968, in Bellflower, California, the daughter of David Nelson Jr. and Dorothy Nelson. Her father is a retired school principal in the Los Angeles Unified School District; her mother, also retired, was a colle